Echo 2012

Images that creates friendship and communication

Gemini Images a completely new format for working with art across all boundaries through videoconferencing. The children create a common picture and one will shake hands, talk, etc. while they work. The painting in one country is projected on screen in the other country. We get two identical images, - hence the name Twin Pictures.

The purpose of the "Twin Pictures" is to promote dialogue and cooperation across cultural, social and geographic boundaries. Through artistic expression, the project will promote the interest and acceptance of diversity, giving kids the opportunity to convey the thoughts and opinions to a wider audience. The conference makes the children shared pictures with messages to the adults about how the Earth might be good for ALL.

Children Norway and Korea shows a world of hope and friendship.

From each side of the earth, children of 5 on the steps of Kastellet school in Norway and Let's Art Children's Art Center in Korea to speak - on the same - to government leaders, ministry people, specialists in art and education - and the international press. They will tell how the world can be good - for everyone! It takes place on Unesco's World Conference in Seoul, May 2010.

Pilot project - Kastellet school in Norway and Let's Art Children's Art Center in Korea.

Prior to the World Conference has the children in Norway and Korea completed a school project where the purpose was to get to know each other through working with art and social media together and find out what they want to say to the adults at the World Conference. The children have to work with angles to the friendship and children's thoughts on how we have it on earth. Art work has been digitalized and further developed in both countries, so the children are working artistic team on team. Together, the children arrived at the message it wants to convey to the adults at the exhibition during the World Conference in May.

Simple digital solutions / social media.

ECHO 2012 to encourage ordinary people can meet all limits without much knowledge or digital wallet. The children themselves have filmed and interviewed each other - both to artistic work, but also to the documentation of the project. ECHO 2012 has since put together the children's dokuementasjon to small movie clips. All technical equipment and editing is done with amateur equipment in the spirit that ordinary people (schools, organizations, youth clubs, etc.) can do the same. We have emphasized the magic lies in the fact that children from either side of the Earth meet for friendship and have positive experiences in meeting with new cultures. We have divided the classroom through Skype which is projected on the wall and / or displayed on a PC, depending on the activity and urstyr who have been in use. Digital media has gone back and forth between countries.

Tasks school project.

Self-portrait with important message to the adults. The pictures are stock to hang together.
Presentation of ME made by pupils themselves in the Power Point, where they talk about interests and tell about themselves. In addition, they write what they want to know about the other country and the children there. (These questions are answered in later task.)
"What Men March report to March when they have seen on Earth." Pupils made space with planets and Mars Men. This was filmed and photographed. Later, digiatel material projected on the children as they talked about what they thought men would have thought in March about the Earth.
"I can not sleep!" The students made small bedrooms in cardboard boxes that were filmed and photographed. In retrospect, they have stood in each other's projected bedroom while they talked about what children think about when they can not sleep.
"Presentation of our school and our country." Based on what students have set of questions to each other before, they held talks via Skype. There, among other slice of bread with cheese, and Holmenkollen Ski presented. As Let's Art Children's Art Center is an art school, presented the Munch and Grieg's. Munch lecture ended with a scream in unison, while Grieg was presnetert through theater. In Korea's presentation was concluded with dance. And of course - they spoke English either way!
Video Interview with Mayor Fabian Stang. As the twin pictures will be painted on the Oslo City Hall, seemed the students it was natural to talk with the mayors of the prize awarded at the City Hall and the topic of friendship. Kastellet school got from ordøreren Obama's water bottle that was left in the mayor office - which themselves act was a big fuss. The interview was held in English and is among the material to be displayed at the exhibition at the World Conference in advance of the twin images painted. Interviewer was nevertheless concluded with a question that students felt was exciting to hear: "You like to fix? Do you like to swim?"
Skype meeting: Budksap the twin images. What do students say to the adults in the Twin pictures, and how will the message conveyed visually?