All About the DOG Sculpture Installation and Akane Takayama

Friday 30 July 2010

Clissold Park 31st July 2010



This image is from the installation at Victoria Park but now we are all looking forward to the installation at Clissold Park, tomorrow, 31st July 2010 from 12.30hrs.

The weather is threatening to be a bit rainy in the morning, the wind may blow a bit but the afternoon should be dry and quite warm. All the preparations are in hand, the team will gather at 10.00hrs tomorrow in the park and we should have all the DOGs in place by 12.30.

IT WILL BE BRILLIANT.

Friday 16 July 2010

DOG Sculpture Installation: Sculptural Evolution.


Once you have claimed your DOG Sculpture at one of the installation events then you can join in with the ongoing public art which will build to a stunning climax next year.

The first part of the evolution is to take your DOG home and photograph all of the situations it gets into. These photographs can then be sent to a central archive by e-mail: dog@takethepebble.com

Once there they will be archived and displayed in an on line gallery. In this way the dynamic of the sculpture grows and it is the members of the public who become the artists and set the DOG within a context.

The photographs can also be posted on social networking sites and you can join the artist at Akane Takayama DOG Sculpture Installation on Facebook. Twitter news will be found through the HumanRightsTV twitter acount.

As the on line exhibition grows all involved will then be invited to take part in a very special and currently very secret event in which the installation will go international. Every member of the DOG art community will receive a credit for their work and several top public galleries will be involved.

DOG Sculpture Installation: Clissold Park 31st July 2010 from 12.30
Holland Park 8th August 2010 from 12.30

Sunday 11 July 2010

HumanRightsTV Tweet covers DOG Sculpture Installation



You can follow the DOG Sculpture Installation on Twitter at HumanRightsTV and on Facebook at DOG Sculpture Installation.

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Friday 9 July 2010

Sotoko and her DOG





This video is in Japanese but even so we can clearly see how people react to the DOG Sculptures. Sotoko was one of the volunteers who helped to marshall the event at Paradise Gardens and, like all the volunteers, she too wanted a DOG Sculpture.


Sunday 4 July 2010

Colvestone School, Hackney


One of the underpinning principles of the DOG Sculpture Installation was the desire of the artist to provide something of value to her community. As a consequence she has set up and run sculpture workshops for primary school children in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Hackney. The idea behind these was not to bring the children into the DOG Sculpture as "workers" or "contributors" but to bring them in as artistic partners.


For this to work Takayama provided the structure of a sculpture making workshop but did not define the form. In this manner the children, with their teacher, could decide on their own artistic ambitions within the remit of their existing educational programme. The idea was for the children to create their own sculpture which they could see in the context of Takayama's public art work and perhaps consider their own artistic future in the process.

Each school involved in the workshops took their own approach, tailored the sculpture construction to relate to existing classroom deliveries. This is the advantage to the schools and the teachers of the approach Akane Takayama has taken; she hasn't sought to impose an "art agenda" on the schools but provide an "art opportunity" which the schools can fit within their own educational management schedule and adapt the workshop content to support that schedule.


The skills and imagination are plain for all to see. As you look through these models consider the detail and imagination these children have employed.

Our Lady and St Joseph's, Hackney

One of the underpinning principles of the DOG Sculpture Installation was the desire of the artist to provide something of value to her community. As a consequence she has set up and run sculpture workshops for primary school children in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Hackney. The idea behind these was not to bring the children into the DOG Sculpture as "workers" or "contributors" but to bring them in as artistic partners.

For this to work Takayama provided the structure of a sculpture making workshop but did not define the form. In this manner the children, with their teacher, could decide on their own artistic ambitions within the remit of their existing educational programme. The idea was for the children to create their own sculpture which they could see in the context of Takayama's public art work and perhaps consider their own artistic future in the process.


The educational benefits of spatial awareness, three dimensional sculpture construction and then the public acclaim of having your work on public display (both in local venues and on this site) should be self evident.


What continually surprises is the quality of work 8 year old children are capable of when they work with an artist. Some of the drawing skills, some of the conceptualisation and all of the unbounded enthusiasm are simply to be marvelled at.

Each school involved in the workshops took their own approach, tailored the sculpture construction to relate to existing classroom deliveries. This is the advantage to the schools and the teachers of the approach Akane Takayama has taken; she hasn't sought to impose an "art agenda" on the schools but provide an "art opportunity" which the schools can fit within their own educational management schedule and adapt the workshop content to support that schedule.


The skills and imagination are plain for all to see. As you look through these models consider the detail and imagination these children have employed.

Bonner School, Tower Hamlets

One of the underpinning principles of the DOG Sculpture Installation was the desire of the artist to provide something of value to her community. As a consequence she has set up and run sculpture workshops for primary school children in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Hackney. The idea behind these was not to bring the children into the DOG Sculpture as "workers" or "contributors" but to bring them in as artistic partners.
For this to work Takayama provided the structure of a sculpture making workshop but did not define the form. In this manner the children, with their teacher, could decide on their own artistic ambitions within the remit of their existing educational programme. The idea was for the children to create their own sculpture which they could see in the context of Takayama's public art work and perhaps consider their own artistic future in the process.


The educational benefits of spatial awareness, three dimensional sculpture construction and then the public acclaim of having your work on public display (both in local venues and on this site) should be self evident.


What continually surprises is the quality of work 8 year old children are capable of when they work with an artist. Some of the drawing skills, some of the conceptualisation and all of the unbounded enthusiasm are simply to be marvelled at.


If we just consider some of the form these children have presented with their drawings, the drawings which are the basis of the model design, then we really have to question why more art workshops are not provided for children in inner city areas.

No words necessary here, these sculptures speak for themselves. The untutored eye might see the use of a template here but using a template in designing a sculpture is a skill in itself. The purpose of the workshops was to give the children the opportunity to realise spatial awareness, management of projects, design, construction and delivery within the activity of being an artist. All of these skills are valuable educational experiences and reinforce the core curriculum activities but where, especially for children from inner city communities, this approach really has value is in the public presentation of the end results and the consequent approval each child receives for themselves and their work.


Each school involved in the workshops took their own approach, tailored the sculpture construction to relate to existing classroom deliveries. This is the advantage to the schools and the teachers of the approach Akane Takayama has taken; she hasn't sought to impose an "art agenda" on the schools but provide an "art opportunity" which the schools can fit within their own educational management schedule and adapt the workshop content to support that schedule.


The skills and imagination are plain for all to see. As you look through these models consider the detail and imagination these children have employed.

Bangabandhu School, Tower Hamlets

One of the underpinning principles of the DOG Sculpture Installation was the desire of the artist to provide something of value to her community. As a consequence she has set up and run sculpture workshops for primary school children in the boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Hackney. The idea behind these was not to bring the children into the DOG Sculpture as "workers" or "contributors" but to bring them in as artistic partners.

For this to work Takayama provided the structure of a sculpture making workshop but did not define the form. In this manner the children, with their teacher, could decide on their own artistic ambitions within the remit of their existing educational programme. The idea was for the children to create their own sculpture which they could see in the context of Takayama's public art work and perhaps consider their own artistic future in the process.


The educational benefits of spatial awareness, three dimensional sculpture construction and then the public acclaim of having your work on public display (both in local venues and on this site) should be self evident.


No words necessary here, these sculptures speak for themselves. The untutored eye might see the use of a template here but using a template in designing a sculpture is a skill in itself. The purpose of the workshops was to give the children the opportunity to realise spatial awareness, management of projects, design, construction and delivery within the activity of being an artist. All of these skills are valuable educational experiences and reinforce the core curriculum activities but where, especially for children from inner city communities, this approach really has value is in the public presentation of the end results and the consequent approval each child receives for themselves and their work.


Each school involved in the workshops took their own approach, tailored the sculpture construction to relate to existing classroom deliveries. This is the advantage to the schools and the teachers of the approach Akane Takayama has taken; she hasn't sought to impose an "art agenda" on the schools but provide an "art opportunity" which the schools can fit within their own educational management schedule and adapt the workshop content to support that schedule.

The skills and imagination are plain for all to see. As you look through these models consider the detail and imagination these children have employed.

Satoko's DOG goes walkies

Satoko loves her DOG Sculpture and takes him everywhere with her. This constant compainion is reliable and trustworthy and like any good dog always stays still when told to.

Satoko's DOG sculpture loves a really good hole in the ground.

After a good digging around there is nothing like a bit to eat and a drink!



Careful you don't over do it!



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