Art+&+Identity

The answer to this question can seem very mysterious, but at the same time almost obvious: "I'm me, of course!". In this trail we will consder questions such as:


 * what makes us who we are? our genes? our memories? life experiences?
 * what parts of identity are visible, which are invisible?
 * how do the groups we belong to affect our identity?
 * do we have one identity, or many?

On our trail we will visit the Cunningham Dax gallery to look at how art is used to express and explore our identity. We will also make some **art** of our own (individually and as a group) to help us get a handle on these strange and interesting questions.


 * What makes up or influences our identity? Post your ideas here!**

[]


 * What do I value? **

[]

__Art and Identity Trail:__ __Who am I?__
The answer to this fundamental question can seem very mysterious, but at the same time almost obvious: "I'm me, of course!"

In this trail we will look at what makes us who we are. We will introduce some basic ideas from psychology and visit the "Mind" exhibition at the Melbourne Museum to give us some tools to help us think about the topic. In the afternoon we will visit some art galleries to look at how people use art, the form of self-portraits, to represent who they are. Along the way to answering out big question, we will look at two sub-questions:
 * how do the groups we belong to affect our identity?
 * is our identity something that we are born with, or does it get "made" by our life experiences?

Resources:
Myers-Briggs Personality Test: @http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp @http://kisa.ca/personality/

How frequent is your MBTI type? @http://www.capt.org/mbti-assessment/estimated-frequencies.htm

What is it to be creative? Is there more to art that meets the eye? Can an idea be art? We will delve into conceptual art, the philosophy of art and most probably make a bit of art to see how the public reacts. We'll go off to the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, explore some laneways and our heads aren't too full of art then we'll probably duck into the National Gallery for good measure.
 * ART: **

= Resources for your Art and Culture Trail =


 * Find out what else is showing at the National Gallery of Victoria. **


 * [|**Australia**]
 * [|**International**]


 * Find out what's showing at each of these Cultural Spaces **


 * [|**Australian Centre for the Moving Image**]
 * [|**Arts Centre**]
 * [|**Ian Potter Gallery**]
 * [|Australian Centre for Contemporary Art]


 * Find out what's showing at each of these Galleries **


 * [|**Anna Schwartz Gallery**]
 * [|e.g.etal Contemporary Jewellery Design]
 * [|**Flinders Lane Gallery**]
 * [|**Forty Five Downstairs Gallery**]
 * [|**Craft Victoria Gallery**]
 * [|**RMIT Gallery**]

ART TRAIL PLANNING


 * Street Art Tour. **[[image:teamgalileo/melbourne-graffiti.jpeg align="left"]]

The Everfresh Crew's Guide to Melbourne Street Art - Google Maps Here

 * Dockland's Public Sculpture Walk **



The Dockland's has some amazing public art. Like this Cow Up A Tree! Why is the cow up a tree? What purpose dies public art serve? Should taxpayers' money fund this craziness?

=== Check out the brochure of Dockland's Public Art Walk here ===


 * Ian Potter Gallery @ Fed Square or VGV St Kilda Rd **

Art belongs in galleries, right? Or wrong? What inspiration can we takle from the art of others? What do we see when we look at art? Begin to identify not only the art you like, but why you like it?

Do some research on what exhibitions are available at the moment. Whoich one appeals to your group. Make sure it is a free admission exhibition at either the NGV St Kilda Rd or Ian Potter Centre.

 * Public Art Installation Experiment **



Plan an art piece to install in the city. Where will you perform/create your art? What is the message? What materials will you need to organise before we leave?
Remember to keep it clean and sustainable. We need to pack up all traces of the experiment before we leave. Have your proposal checked over by Carly before we go :)