During the winter months of the pandemic, our students were holed up indoors, in their classrooms and bedrooms, feeling uninspired to take new and exciting photographs. Not only that, but their Instagram, Flickr, and other social media posts increased tenfold as their world of access and interconnection through the internet expanded. This backdrop inspired me to create a conceptual project that didn’t require new photographs to be taken, but did invoke inquiry and hands-on studio time.
Art teachers incorporate humor, play, game creation, and imagination into their lessons. Young students assemble surreal imaginative photomontages, elementary students create pinch-pot monsters and 3D environments to film in stop-motion animation, middle-school students reference pop culture in playful pop art television sculptures, high-school students interpret their social media personas through photo collage, and more.
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