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Human Being and Human Becoming


Tell us the story of your project – What was the impetus? What was it about? Who was involved? How did you begin?

Initially in 2017, Cleo Fagan, curator of Superprojects, approached Maeve Mulrennan, curator of Galway Arts Centre about doing a project for children that explored the body and consciousness.  Out of this conversation, the idea for working with the artist Siobhan McGibbon emerged, who had previously worked with young audiences as part of GAC’s Red Bird Collective. Siobhan’s work very much centres on the human body and she has extensive experience working with children and young people. Galway Arts Centre have worked with Scoil Chroí Íosa previously and the close proximity to GAC, combined with their enthusiasm for working on arts projects and the efforts and skills of the students themselves, made the school the ideal partner to work with.

Working over 9 sessions, Siobhan and the students have used collage and sculpture to explore transhuman themes, resulting in an exhibition (15th – 27th October 2018) in Galway Arts Centre for Baboró International Arts Festival for Children.

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Artist(s)

Siobhan McGibbon

Teacher(s)

Rachel Scott


Artforms

Multi-art form

School Level

Primary

School/
Participant Group

Scoil Chroí Íosa, Galway


No. Participants

24


Region

Galway

Age/Class

6 to 10 years old


Dates

April – May 2018 and October 2018


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Leading Agency

Superprojects


Other Partners and/or Funders

Galway Arts Centre, Galway, Baboró International Arts Festival for Children

Key themes/ lines of enquiry

Exploring imaginative future possibilities for the human body, creating science fiction based on science fact.


Curriculum Strands

Art, English, Social, Environmental and Scientific Education, Social Personal and Health Education Curriculum, Physical Education (for the Art & Philosophy programme), Religious Education (for the Art & Philosophy programme)



The way children think is highly imaginative and they often love the peculiar, so what better people to go on an artistic journey into the world of transhumanism!

Cleo Fagan, Curator




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