JVS TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING ART PROJECT: THE STORY "MAGIC ART"

This is a story about a young man that joins the army in the World War II. He was studying Art at the College, and he didn't want to go. After a few days, he returned to his home and just in time to his prom. When he comes back, he rediscovered that art is magic, and art is what people need in this world.

Characters:
Narrator 1.
Narrator 2.
Narrator 3.
Tom.
Oliver.
Dr. Lambert.
Samantha.
Alice.
Erika.
Fairy.
Joseph.
Terrence.
Mentor.
Derek.
Mark.
Mathew.
Eddie.

Narrator 1: Once upon a time, there was a man who was a lover of art. One day, he was called by his major and was asked to join the army to fight against the enemy.

Narrator 2: The man could not deny this order and he prepared to face his destiny. Join the army was his worst nightmare, how will he survive without art?

Narrator 3: This story begins in a city, where people were living day by day trying to get over the war, hopping, and finding a shelter with friends and family members. Saying goodbye to a loved one was the hardest thing...

Tom: Hey, be careful with that (KABOOM!)

Oliver: Oh no!! Not again!! I knew that I shouldn't come! I'm an artist. An artist! Do you hear me??

Tom: Shhh! Please don't get in panic. You know the General will go crazy! This is not the first time that you explode a grenade. Let's go with the doctor!! (He's helong Oliver to walk).

Dr. Lambert: Oh men, rally? Don't tell me...

Oliver: Yes, doc. I'm sorry... I feel terrible.

Dr. Lambert: Of course you feel terrible! You did it again! (He cures Oliver putting a band aid on his head)

Tom: Ooops he didn't again... (dancing and singing like Britney Spears, Dr. and Oliver look at him) Sorry...

Dr. Lambert: But don't worry I heard that we are leaving this horrible place.

Tom: What do you mean?

Dr. Lambert: You know, the war is over I guess.

Oliver: Really? Wow!

Narrator 1: At that moment in a downtown cafeteria...

Samantha: Oh this is the fifth letter that I send to Oliver and I don't have any news about him! How is that possible? I'm desperate!

Alice: Take it easy, he left two days ago!

Erika: (walking next to Samantha's table) Oh don't worry, maybe he is writing to another person... (smiling)

Samantha: Oh why do you say that??

Alice: Don't listen to her Sam, you know she is bad. (Looking to Erika as she says "bad").

Erika: Ja ja ja maybe I am (she walks away)

Fairy: (She gets walking into the cafeteria) Hello Samantha you don't know me, but I definitely know you! And let me tell you: "He is coming back".

Samantha & Alice: What?

Fairy: He's coming back

Samantha: He's coming back?

Fairy: What? That's my part!

Alice: Let´s go Sam, she is crazy. Can you believe what she is wearing?

Narrator 2: Later, at the art class...

Joseph: You'll see Terrence, I will go to the prom with Samantha...

Terrence: Maybe you should talk to her first!

Joseph: Are you with me?

Terrence: Don't get mad, it's just that she is waiting for Oliver...

Joseph: Oh I know!! (very angry)

Terrence: Well, I'm just saying... (looking at the sky)

Mentor: Good afternoon people. Today I will analyze your work, I know all of you have worked a lot. Who wants to start?

Derek: Well, this is my biggest creation (shows his work very proud)

(All people in the class are amazed by the painting)

Erika: It's beautiful... But what is it?

Mark: Obviously is... What is it?

Derek: It is the way I feel about war, you know? This is "Abstract Expressionism"

Everybody: Oooh!

Mark: Well, that's nice Derek. This is my work. (He shows it to the class).

Mentor: Oh my God!

Alice: Oh my eyes! (shouting)

Mathew: Oh man, I feel dizzy!

Mark: But can you see? It seems like it's moving but it is not! It's wonderful!!

Terrence: Mmmm maybe you should go back to the future, where you belong...

Joseph: Yes! You are in the wrong age...

Erika: Well, I like it after all. Don't you see the colors! The lines and figures, the shadows?

Mentor: Well, I must accept that I have never seen something like this before! Good job, Mark.

Mark: Thank you! I call this "Op art"

Eddie: Well, I hope you like my work... You are very difficult people, do you know? (he shows his work)

All girls: Oh, how cute!

Mentor: Nice colors. Your work makes me feel calm.

Eddie: That's the idea! After all, we should find peace somewhere. Don't you think? (Asking to people).

Narrator 3: When the class was ending, the Fairy appears with a big surprise for all students!

Fairy: Hello everybody! I feel so happy to deliver my surprise to you!

Samantha: (whispering with Alice) I know that girl...

(Tom and Oliver get into the classroom, they look dizzy and confused...)

Alice: Sam! Look!

Everybody: Welcome home!!

Oliver: Hi! (Taking Samantha's hands)

Samantha: (Letting go Oliver's hands) Oh, here you are! I sent five letters to you! Why didn't you answered?!

Fairy: (shaking her wand over Samantha's head) You are not angry anymore!

Samantha: Yes, I am!

Fairy: No, you are not!

Samantha: Yes!

Fairy: No! Ash! (She hits the floor and shakes her skirt)

Joseph: Samantha, do you want to go to the prom with me?

Oliver: What??

Erika: Yes, Oliver, Joseph and Samantha are...

Fairy: Good friends!! They are good friends.

Terrence: Oliver, that lady...

Fairy: I am a fairy!

Terrence: Ok, sorry, the Fairy is right. Joseph wanted to invite Samantha to the prom, but she never speaks to him, I think Samantha, doesn't know Joseph.

Joseph: Thank you buddy! (very angry)

Terrence: You're welcome, bud. (He gets down to tie his shoes as Joseph tries to hit him).

Fairy: Hey!! Stop fighting! Can't you see? My gift is not exactly to take these guys with you today. My gift is the expression, the art. All people can express what they feel and think throughout art in all its ways.

Mentor: That's right. People should know that war is not necessary. We have, music, literature, drama, dance, and of course visual arts.

Dr. Lambert: Hey!

Tom and Oliver: What are you doing here, doc?

Dr. Lambert: It's just that I always forgot to give these letters to Oliver!

Oliver: Oh! Do you see, Sam? (Sam smiles) Thank you! The moment is perfect.

Tom: Yes, doc, besides, Oliver couldn't read letters because of all those grenades!!

Mentor: Ok everbody, let's go to the party!!

All narrators: The end.

JVS TRANSMEDIA STORY TELLING ART PROJECT: PURPUSE

PURPOSE: To find out the different movements in the Modern and Post-Modern Art. It includes period from 1945 to 1990.

During activities children got tools for making research, tools like iPads and Internet, also kids should work in team, so they got different responsibilities, like taking time, sharing the iPad, and of course find information to collect data and eventually, use information in the next part of this project.

I discovered that not all kids have the patience to look for information on the Internet, however kids have a high sense of friendship and kids really started to work in team, for that reason, all kids achieve the objective and found the characteristics of abstract expressionism, op art, pop art, minimal art, new realism, conceptual art, performance art, neo-expressionism, computer art, post-modern classicism, and Victorian revival.

JVS TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING ART PROJECT: RESEARCH "POP ART"

Is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States.^[1] Pop art presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from popular culture such as advertising, news, etc. In Pop art, material is sometimes visually removed from its known context, isolated, and/or combined with unrelated material.^[1][2] The concept of pop art refers not as much to the art itself as to the attitudes that led to it.^[2]

Pop art employs aspects of mass culture, such as advertising, comic books and mundane cultural objects. It is widely interpreted as a reaction to the then-dominant ideas of abstract expressionism, as well as an expansion upon them.^[3] And due to its utilization offound objects and images it is similar to Dada. Pop art is aimed to employ images of popular as opposed to elitist culture in art, emphasizing the banal or kitschy elements of any given culture, most often through the use of irony.^[2] It is also associated with the artists' use of mechanical means of reproduction or rendering techniques.

Much of pop art is considered incongruent, as the conceptual practices that are often used make it difficult for some to readily comprehend. Pop art and minimalism are considered to be art movements that precede postmodern art, or are some of the earliest examples of Postmodern Art themselves.^[4]

Pop art often takes as its imagery that which is currently in use in advertising.^[5] Product labeling and logos figure prominently in the imagery chosen by pop artists, like in the Campbell's Soup Cans labels, by Andy Warhol. Even the labeling on the shipping carton containing retail items has been used as subject matter in pop art, for example in Warhol's Campbell's Tomato Juice Box 1964, (pictured below), or his Brillo Soap Box sculptures.

 Andy Warhol  

Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became a renowned and sometimes controversial artist. His works explore the relationship between artistic expression, celebrity culture and advertisement. He worked in a range of media, including painting, printmaking, sculpture, film, and music. He founded Interview Magazine and was the author of numerous books, including The Philosophy of Andy Warhol and Popism: The Warhol Sixties. Andy Warhol is also notable as a gay man who lived openly as such before the gay liberation movement. His studio, The Factory, was a famous gathering place that brought together distinguished intellectuals, drag queens, playwrights, Bohemian street people, Hollywood celebrities, and wealthy patrons.

Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books, and feature and documentary films. He coined the widely used expression "15 minutes of fame". In his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The Andy Warhol Museum celebrates his life and work.

The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is US$100 million for a 1963 canvas titled Eight Elvises. The private transaction was reported in a 2009 article in The Economist, which described Warhol as the "bellwether of the art market".^[1] Warhol's works include some of the most expensive paintings ever sold.

A SPECIAL PROJECT - UN PROYECTO ESPECIAL

We are working in a special project. The special thing about this project is that it will be a gift for our moms. Next May, we'll present an assembly in honor to our loved mothers.

The main topic is the History Art but we don't want to repeat all the teacher's information. We want to do something different, so here are the details!

First of all, Art's world has a lot of information, so we investigated Modern & Post-Modern Art. This period began in 1945 with the Abstract Expressionism and we found a lot of interesting things! An example is that we knew the Op Art. Can you imagine a lot of static lines, figures and colors cheating on your eyes? Well, just take a look!!

Our favorite is Pop Art because it contains a lot of colorful pictures of famous people and characters. Do you recognize this?
Of course we haven't finished yet; but now we'll work with the information we've got!

Keep in touch!!

SUSTAINABILITY

For the purpose of knowing about sustainability, children pretended that our planet is a sponge that absorves everything we do. Here children are ready to work with the sponges.

At the end children comment how can they help to this world project.

Sustainability

SUSTENTABILIDAD

LOS ALUMNOS DE PRIMER GRADO, COMPARTIERON GRANDES EXPERIENCIAS Y CONOCIMIENTOS, EN EL TRANSCURSO DEL PROYECTO.
ALGUNAS DE LAS ACTIVIDADES QUE REALIZARON FUERON LAS SIGUIENTES:
- BUSCARON INFORMACIÓN EN VARIAS FUENTES.
- COMPARTIERON CONOCIMIENTOS.
- PRESENCIARON UN VIDEO.
- TRABAJARON EN EQUIPO.
- ELABORARON UN CARTEL, INCLUYENDO CONCLUSIONES E IMÁGENES.