http://www.artloft.com.sg/Mac/Gallery/Pages/Eat_with_Family_Project.html ART LOFT is proud to work with 14 children to present a multi-dimensional art installation based on the theme – Eat with Family. Today’s parents in Singapore are often over protective of their children. They tend not to involve them in house chores, which include preparation of meals at home. There are also families who rarely cook their meals at home. As a result, many Singaporean children are ignorant of the time and trouble it takes to prepare meals at home. Hence, when Art Loft was faced with the Eat with Family project, we wanted to enrich the children’s experience by guiding them through a journey of conceptualizing, creation and serving their families to a meal prepared by them. We wanted to expose the children to a different kind of art making, not just the usual pen and paper or brushes and paint experience. We wanted them to plan, design and execute the whole event. It was going to be a design lesson, drawing and painting lesson, cooking lesson and last but not least, a performance piece by these 12 children. The first part of the program focuses on where the children enjoy eating with their family. It could be simply at home, at their favourite restaurant or even a picnic by the beach. A scene of their family meal at their desired location is captured in a 3d collage. In this collage, the children are not only taught to be sensitive to the physical details that shape the environment of the place they eat at but they are also taught to perceive and present this environment in 3d. The notion of depth of space is simplified to a fore-ground, mid-ground and back-ground frame in each collage and as the details added to each frame overlay, the children’s family meal at the dining room, sushi restaurant etc. come alive rich in its sense of place. In this second part of the program, the children undertake the task of preparing a meal for their family. Preparation work begins from planning the menu. The children talk about what to cook for their family from starters right to their favourite dessert. They then proceed to design the menu and placemats to be used on the actual meal day. For most of the children, cooking is a first time experience. They learn to cut, pour, scoop, roll, toss, stir, all for a delicious meal for their family. They also learn to fold napkins and lay the table with the placemats and menus prepared earlier. Finally it is time to serve and sit down for a well-earned meal with their family. This entire process is documented in video and photographs and this time, the children are not only the little artists of their meal preparation, but also the subject matter of a video installation and photo-story collage. Behind the Scene Support for the Project This project would not be wildly successful without the committed support from everyone. We would like to first thank the parents of the 14 participating children for the patience to see through the 8-week long project. Your participations on the actual day of lunch / dinner meant a lot to the children. Next, we need to extend the appreciation to the team of teachers - (i) teacher Seet Fun for initiating the concept and curating the whole project; (ii) special mention to teacher Pei for leading the execution throughout the project and successfully guiding the children to work towards a set of innovative and cohesive art work; (iii) teacher Shireen, Karen, Hui Leng and Karena for contributing invaluable ideas and culinary expertise on the actual day of the family meal; (iv) Cafe Linger for the logistical support on the actual day of the family meal at Art Loft @ Joo Chiat. http://www.artloft.com.sg/Mac/Gallery/Pages/Eat_with_Family_Project.html#0 caebff8e-c5db-4af6-a262-0ff69f2a6b32 http://www.artloft.com.sg/Mac/Gallery/Pages/Eat_with_Family_Project_files/Media/_DSC7101/thumb.jpg http://www.artloft.com.sg/Mac/Gallery/Pages/Eat_with_Family_Project_files/Media/_DSC7101/micro.jpg http://www.artloft.com.sg/Mac/Gallery/Pages/Eat_with_Family_Project_files/Media/_DSC7101/mip.jpg 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