Sculpture: Interactive installation

Exploring how artists use space, scale and materials to create installation art that conveys ideas, transforms spaces and shapes the viewer’s experience.

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Lessons

Lesson 1: What is installation art?

Lesson 2: Space and scale

Lesson 3: Everyday amazing

Lesson 4: Creative concepts

Lesson 5: Viewer experience

Key skills

Generating ideas:

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Key knowledge

Formal elements:

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Key vocabulary

analyse

art medium

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Equipment list

Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.

This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)

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  • Cardboard boxes
  • Range of materials (such as: powder paint, glitter, charcoal, chalk, coloured sand, ready-mix paint) ×15
  • Digital cameras ×8
  • Access to classroom objects (such as: chairs, PE equipment, trays, boxes) ×8
  • Large pieces of fabric/ materials (such as: foil or bubble wrap and interesting objects readily available around school to cover furniture)

    ×8
  • Masking tape ×1
  • A selection of Pegs or bulldog clips

The equipment below is optional

  • Protective goggles ×30
  • Torches ×8
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