COME LET US LIVE WITH OUR INNER CHILDREN is a collaborative interactive sculpture created by artists Feyishara Adelekan, Rebecca Bersohn, Erica Garber, Casey Glover, Catharine Maloney, Adena Stevens and Liz Zacharia. The title is an adaptation of an original mistranslation of Froebel's philosophy. The following visual diary is the result of the artists' research of Frederick Froebel, the inventor of Kindergarten, and his 20 gifts that combine learning, art and play. As they have, the artists invite the viewers to connect with their own INNER children through play.
GIFT #5
The 5th gift is a set of 27 3 inch blocks, some of these are halved. The goal of the set is to enable the child to figure out a triangle can be made from the sides of three squares, it is an example of the Pythagorean Theorem. I attempted to prove the Theorem using household items instead of blocks. I had an alarm clock, an Internet Router, and a Nintendo Wii Video Game System. Though these three things do not have the same dimensions on each side they still have right angles and are able to make a triangle.
- Catharine
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