QUT Session Plan - 28 July
In this session QUT students were introduced to the Great and Grand Rumpus Project and given a brief of their involvement in it via Situational Creative Practice unit
Part 1 - Housekeeping
Evac procedure toilets covid procedures
Part 2 - Sarah's intro to the SCP unit
- Attendance
- Sarah to email Course info
- MS Teams for communication and to facilitate collaboration.
- students introduce themselves and their discipline.
Part 3 - Daniel's Intro to the Great & Grand Rumpus
- intro staff Mick, Rozina
- Watch Video 2018 GGR
- General intro to the well
- Brief discussion on Cardboard as a medium - Sustainability - recyclable, accessible, plastic, safe
- Brief discussion on the the exhibition outcomes links to well artefact. “sculptures don't have to be a representation of a dragon, they might just have the heart of a dragon in them… or they could be a dragon”
Part 4 - Tour of SLQ Gallery
QUESTIONS
- How many hours/ days will we be spending here?
- If the sculptures are going to be interactive how will you deal with potential covid transmission via the hands on sculptures?
- Where will you store the sculptures while they are being constructed?
- What limitations are there in the SLQ Gallery space?
Part 5 - Fabrication Lab General Induction
- SLQ Patron Membership rego
- video presentation
- Overview of Oh&S Tips
- Overview of induction quiz
- Tour of Edge L1, Clean Lab & Machine Shop
Part 6 - explore the well and //Spirits of the Grumpus// design and fabrication
- Rozina introduced examples of lamp structure and construction technique and the Spirit of the Rumpus Wild concept
- Students introduced to the materials they will be working with
- Students shown a few construction techniques and given time to play with the materials and to figure out their capabilities
- Students encouraged to explore the Well and to start to brew ideas and concepts and some of these ideas were mapped out on paper for next week
- Students given homework task to explore the Well, select Things they are drawn to contribute to the group and also to come with a geometric shape and a concept in mind for their Spirit of the Rumpus Wild