ArtPlay

City: Melbourne
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm

8300 kilometres will not stop a group of imaginative and inspired children in the ArtPlay building in Melbourne to connect with a group of children in Jeonju, Korea. Using a large projection screen and multiple cameras, the challenge will be to have a conversation without any spoken language. As part of Cultural Diversity Week, artist GiJong Yu in Korea and Jessica Wilson have co-designed this inventive and unique workshop using a suite of technology and physical play in sharing the young participants’ shadows and ideas. “We are taking away language as a form of communication and replacing it with physical responses to each other and the different buildings they are in, so that these children can engage in a totally new kind of imaginative conversation,” Jessica Wilson said. “The exciting challenge presented to us when creating Talking with Shadows was that I didn’t speak Korean and GiJong Yu in Korea couldn’t speak English so we were in a unique situation where we needed an interpreter to exchange ideas and workshop the concepts. We are thrilled with what we discovered together and now we can share with children.”

Link to website: https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/arts-and-culture/artplay/whats-on/Pages/talking-with-shadows.aspx