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Open Toolkits

Open Toolkits

OERs composed by MA Contemporary Art Theory Students

Category: Green Basho šŸ

Toolkits by CATs in the Green Basho

A neatly arranged tea set on a wooden table, including a gaiwan, white teacups, a glass pitcher, and tea tools, placed in front of a wooden cabinet with a large blue vase, a small architectural model, and a book on display.

Reading Time: 3 minutes1.Introduction (1 minute) This course takes tea art practice as the entry point, guiding learners to re-examine the composition of daily items, behaviors and relationships through the arrangement, brewing and tasting of tea sets. The arrangement of tea sets, the control of rhythm and the occurrence of interaction make participants realize that art is not […]

Several small yellow mushrooms grew on the green grass.

Reading Time: 2 minutes🪧 Introduce   Clay is one of the most common mediums in art therapy and psychotherapy.   Clay symbolizes the “source of life,” embodying the connection between the human psyche and the material world.   Through clay, inner thoughts and emotions can be made concrete and visualized, helping people to clearly understand themselves and alleviate […]

This is a warm painting. Above it reads ā€œEmbrace your imperfect self .ā€œ In the picture, a smiling self drawn by solid lines is tightly embracing another "imperfect" self outlined by dotted lines, with thoughts, graffiti, and mend marks on its body. The core message it conveys is: true completeness comes from accepting all of our seemingly chaotic and incomplete parts.

Reading Time: 4 minutesDear friend, Welcome to this corner of courage and authenticity. Perhaps you have been trapped by the idea of ā€œmust be perfectā€Ā for a long time, consumingĀ your inner energy andĀ leaving you without the courage to start so many things; Or maybe you’re just curious about self-exploration. No matter who you are, welcome to join this short […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesā€œWe perform ourselves in everyday life.ā€ā€”ā€”Erving Goffman – The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Introduction (1 minutes) Everyday Exhibition is an online, self-paced micro-curation toolkit that invites you to slow down and rediscover the aesthetics hidden in your daily life. It does not require a specific space, a tidy home, or any special tools. […]

In 1964, Andy Warhol used a ready-made soap from the supermarket as one's own work of art.

Reading Time: 2 minutesSection 1: Introduction – Art is All Around You ( 2 mins) What do you think art is? A masterpiece of oil painting in a museum that requires years of training?Contemporary art says: No. Art can be an idea. A single choice. section 1 Look at the images:   Andy Warhol’s Brillo Boxes (1964): Supermarket […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesā€œCinema is a mosaic made of time.ā€ ——Andrei Tarkovsky, Sculpting in TimeĀ (1986)   Many viewers focus solely on the narrative when watching films, yet cinema’s true allure often lies concealed within its audiovisual nuances—a single frame composition, a dolly shot, or a sound effect can all generate distinctive cinematic storytelling. These elements collectively form what […]

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