Site-Specific+Sculpture+-+creating+the+sculpture+and+a+visual+presentation+for+a+commission

Presenter: ** Roberta Berman,  **  Shop/Sculpture Teacher School: ** [|Bank Street School for Children]  **


 * Description:** 7th graders learn the steps of applying for site-sculpture commissions. They are introduced to the myriad opportunities now (using the Insider section of Sculpture Magazine, as well as sites on the web, using the computer in the Shop.) First they create a sculpture about something that is important to them. photo it, print it, cut it out and super-impose it on a photo of the specific site, found on the web and printed out, the right size for their presentation board. Under, they write a statement about why their sculpture should be there. what effect it will have on the public. They present their sculpture (maquette) and photomontage to the jury (their classmates). The sculpture on the site photo is deeply convincing. It looks like it is already there. Technology is used in a way that enhances the imaginative work done by hand.