“We are
born, we live, we share, we are all passing by. We succeed each other. This is
the law of nature. This is much more than a game…” A great majority of students
of our course chose this quotation by Mababa Diouf. It has been written in the
concept text that was send to us by Margalit and Adeline.
After
having visited an exhibition of Hélio Oiticica at the Museum of Modern Art
Frankfurt we tried sewing in a workshop. We started on pieces that were meant
to be ritual clothing to be worn on special occasions in life. Then we saw the
show of ancient African Nok ceramics with unusual and beautiful figures that
were supposed to done for spiritual practise and the students wanted to do
pottery as well.
So on 25th
of January we met at the pottery workshop in the Haus der Volksarbeit, very
close to a house where African refugees found shelter. Talking about their life
and their dangerous passage to Europe first, we thought about forming mascots or
talismans as kind of guardian spirits for our personal passage of life.
Sarah for
example did a series of human sculpture in different clay with a big pumping
heart as a symbol for the bonding equality of all human beings: Love.
The photos
of the ceramics will be included in our textile artwork that will be a
combination of all individual webs forming a passage together, as we spend this
year – a passage of time – together and get involved with each others stories,
favourite things and books and songs.
Dorle
Schmidt
UNESCO Art
Course
Anna-Schmidt-Schule Frankfurt
Anna-Schmidt-Schule Frankfurt