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Grade 11 Art Trip - DMA

Dragon Drop Stories October 28, 2022

A four panel GIF of three girls sketching in an immersive art light display

This week, Grade 11 art students took a trip to the Daejeon Museum of Art for the Daejeon Art and Science Biennale 2022.

TCIS is a strong STEAM school, with initiatives and overarching focuses on analytical sciences and creative design. Technology and design are major concepts that intentionally connect all subject areas. So, an art exhibit like this aligns with our approaches to inspiring students.

It was interesting to see how artists combined technology with traditional media, or in pure forms, to beautiful effect. Grade 11 students are in their first year of DP art, and they will continue challenging themselves as they develop a portfolio showing skill and depth. Students came away with lots of ideas to try. 

A group of high school students pose for a group photo on their field trip to the Daejeon Museum of Art
A girls stands looking at an abstract sculpture at the Daejeon Museum of Art

From the Daejeon Museum of Art exhibition website - 

  "The Daejeon Art and Science Biennale is a biennial project that integrates technology, nature, and humans which actively utilizes Daejeon's science and technology infrastructure to realize the true spirit of the times of science and art convergence. 

Daejeon Art and Science Biennale 2022 considers a range of ways in which every human/non-human being on the planet can live ‘together’ without anyone being marginalized. It will provide the opportunity to survey serious issues facing today’s cities and to deliberate about the open value of a future city that we are making together."

[https://www.daejeon.go.kr/dmae/DmaExhibView.do?exType=01&menuSeq=6124&exSeq=105526&&pageIndex=1]

A boy sits in the dark as he looks at an electronic stained-glass style display at the Daejeon Museum of Art
Two female students stand looking at a large tv and lights installation exhibit at the Daejeon Museum of Art
A TCIS girl wearing a VR headset and controls experiences an interactive display at the Daejeon Museum of Art
A high school girl stands in the dark watching a projection on a very large screen
A shot over the shoulder of a blonde hair girl as she draws on a museum program
A group of TCIS students silhouetted against a wall of light as they interact with exhibit materials in an art museum
A shot over the shoulder of a boy as he draws on a museum program
Three TCIS students in the dark stand silhouetted in front of a large screen projection of a forest
A group of students at the Daejeon Museum of Art interact with a whole-room piece involving video, light, sculpture, & sound
Two girls sit in the dark watching a screen-based art exhibit video displayed across three screens
Three people stand in front of a large wall of images on display at the Daejeon Museum of Art
Two male students sit sketching in the Daejeon Museum of Art
High school students sit sketching in the Daejeon Museum of Art
Four girls sit in the dark watching a screen-based art exhibit video displayed across three screens
A multi-panel gif of a girl taking notes in an immersive light display at the Daejeon Museum of Art
Two high school girls with TCIS letter jackets walking through a gallery of sculptures on pallets and shelves
A girl stands silhouetted in front of a large projection display at the Daejeon Museum of Art
A group of high school girls pose for a reflection photo in iridescent mirror glass
A high school girls sits on the floor reading and sketching in the Daejeon Museum of Art
A high school girls sits sketching on a bench at the Daejeon Museum of Art
A girl sits on the floor sketching and making notes in front of an abstract sculpture hanging from the ceiling
A shot past a young man's head as he looks at an abstract sculpture at the Daejeon Museum of Art
A TCIS teacher sits and sketches as she looks at a sculpture installation at the Daejeon Museum of Art
A TCIS teacher sits and sketches in front of a screen projection display at the Daejeon Museum of Art
Two TCIS students stand reading the exhibition description on the wall
A student sits in front of a sculpture and screen projection piece and sketches in her art notebook
Two girls stand in a hallway of an art museum, reading the exhibit descriptions
Two high school girls stand in the middle of a ring of art pieces displayed on horizontally-placed tv screens
A photo of a girl next to a lighted sign reading "approaches to the mind"
A close-up shot of a girl in front of a lighted sign reading "companion animal"
A close-up shot of a girl watching a screen projection art display in the dark at the Daejeon Museum of Art
A close-up profile shot of a boy in front of a lighted sign reading "approaches to the mind"
A close-up shot of a girl in front of a lighted sign reading "companion animal"
Two people sit back-to-back in an immersive art exhibit at the Daejeon Museum of Art
TCIS girls interact with a rainbow colored, hologram-style display at the Daejeon Museum of Art
A high school boy and girl stand in front of a large display of photos on the wall

Following this exhibit, students visited another local gallery for an exhibit on the works of Lee Ungno. Mr. Lee is a Korean artist with collections utilizing traditional Korean art and craft with hanji paper. Also in the exhibit was a collection of his abstract wooden sculpture.

All in all, it was a balanced and inspiration experience for Grade 11 art students!

Two TCIS students stand in front of two large ink and paper art pieces, each of many small roughly painted people figures
Two TCIS students walk through an art gallery on a field trip
Students stand in an art gallery with Korean hanji-based works
Two high school boys walking past a giant art piece of Korean ink calligraphy on hanji paper
A high school girl stands reading an exhibit description in an art gallery
Two female TCIS students read an exhibit description sign at an art gallery in Daejeon