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.
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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.
The 9th gift is made up of whole, half, and quarter metal circles with diameters of three inches, two inches, or one inch. I made my own circles and half circles and used them as a guide to make a drawing. The intention of this gift is to illustrate the diameter and radius of a circle. I assigned a color to each size circle in order to better see the variations and colored the circles in to illustrate their volume.
The 13th gift is cutting. The purpose of the gift is to carefully cut paper which has been folded and then unfold it to create patterns, silhouettes, or vignettes. Paper Cutting falls into Froebel's Occupations and are a set of skills to learn which lead towards innovation and creativity. I made a short video of how to paper cut.
