Reading Time: 6 minutesFull Process (20 minutes) This is not a test with right or wrong answers, it’s just a small game🥳 Learning Outcomes： By the end of this toolkit, learners will be able to: Identify their intuitive self through an unguided music choice. Notice how a personality label can influence self-expression. Compare the two musical “selves” and […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes📖Introduction Have you ever experienced moments like this—where meditating to music creates vague yet soothing images in your mind, and you wish to freeze this dreamlike memory, yet don’t know how to capture it through the camera lens? Master photographer Ansel Adams once said: ‘Photography is the art of capturing emotion and light in a […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesA Short introduction for thisToolkit(5 minutes): OR text version（3 minutes）： open toolkit video text version     5 steps to create music using everyday objects: Step 1: Close your eyes. What do you hear? Can you describe what is making the sound? (1 minutes)   Step 2: Find a place you think is quiet. Listen […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen vision fades，perception will be reshaped. Introduction When vision fades, the body begins to “see” in another way.Scents, textures, and sounds form a new terrain,and every sensation becomes a coordinate. In the upcoming non-visual photography experience,you will use your senses to take three photographs,and place them on a sensory coordinate map to observe,how the body […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesReady to step into the shoes of a curator, artist, audience, or critic? Ready to dive straight into a mini simulated exhibition? No prior expertise required Simply immerse yourself in the role simulate the exhibition and relish the debate!     🦋 Over these 20 minutes, you’ll engage in exhibition conceptualisation and critical practice by […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesDadaism（2min） Dadaism was an artistic movement that emphasized the creativity of everyday objects, was anti-traditional and full of experimental spirit. The MoMA art museum has collected many classic Dadaist works. If you are interested, you can click the link below to view the related exhibits in more detail. https://www.moma.org/collection/?classifications=any&date_begin=Pre-1850&date_end=2016&include_uncataloged_works=false&on_view=false&q=dada&recent_acquisitions=false&with_images=true Shooting process（13min） Step 1.Preparation: Download software(1min) […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesNote: You do not have to read the text in this colour, but these texts can help you to understand the significance of this toolkit. The designer expects that everyone can enjoy this toolkit and can construct their knowledge by playing this toolkit, even though they are not interested in theory. This toolkit has no limit […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesIn the cave you fear to enter lies the treasure you seek.                                                                                       […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesIntroduction📖 In today’s fast-paced life, people are more or less under pressure from many aspects, which leads to the generation of low-level anxiety. This toolkit will help you relieve low-level anxiety in the moment through an artistic healing method. Rediscover your inner peace by engaging in the practice of art. Do you ever feel anxious […]

Reading Time: 7 minutesIntroduction🎮 This toolkit is an experiential life simulation game centered around narrative, card drawing, and choices. The learners will draw cards representing family, education, health, career and social relationships at different stages of their lives. It enables learners to experience a complete life cycle from birth to old age within twenty minutes. Through the interweaving […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction &  Aim This is an open toolkit that helps individuals retrieve their memories and emotions by touching old objects.  They allow absent people or vanished scenes to remain in the present in the form of “objects”, providing people with a sense of security and a mental transition. By touching them, individuals can draw calmness […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesFor Whom? Everyone! No matter your age, background, or artistic experience! Just curiosity! Squat down, Lean in, Squint!   Learn Goals This open toolkit provides a complete guide from step-by-step rules to reflection, which is a perfect entry point to develop concentration, communication skills and a sense of wonder. Through this open toolkit, you will […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes🔹 Learning Aims • Understand how memory is expressed and shaped in public space • Develop visual & emotional literacy • Reflect on personal and collective remembrance • Recognise both monumental & intimate forms • Create a personal remembrance work • Self-evaluate through reflection prompts 🔹Preparation • Paper (or a notebook) • Any pen or […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesIntroduction Seurat’s color logic in pointillist painting stemmed from his observation of natural light and shadow; Yayoi Kusama’s childhood observation of millions of white stones in her family’s nursery became the initial inspiration for her polka dot creations; The symbolic foundation of polka dot art lies hidden in the texture of nature. The “dot” form […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteStep 1 (4 minutes) Please watch the video, screenshot scenes of discomfort and form your comments. Video Link: https://youtu.be/Vk5-c_v4gMU?si=o55jwuIugFHIo71b https://b23.tv/aMsGh4y （for Chinese students）   Step 2 (3 minutes) Please post your comments (may include screenshots) on this Padlet step 2‘s comments section and browse others’ comments. Padlet for post comments: https://padlet.com/gaoxinger6/viewing-magnetic-through-mulvey-s-theory-does-it-gaze-at-wom-7xev1e74amdtcc6o   Step 3 (10 […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe City beneath our Feet is a 20-minute open learning toolkit centered on Manhole Cover Rubbing. “City Beneath Our Feet” is not merely about manhole cover rubbing（frottages) This technology was developed by Max Ernst in a blueprint drawn in 1925. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/frottage Max Ernst’s early “table rubbing” experiment saw the texture of wooden floors. Place the […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes  This toolkit is inspired by two contemporary artworks: Richard Lang’s “A Line Drawn by Walking” (1967), which tells us that walking is both a method and a work, and that movement leaves meaning. Geta Brătescu’s “The Worker’s Hand” (1974) reveals the visible imprints left by daily movements and exposes the hidden structures behind them. […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes1. Activity —Bound to Fail (6 min) Choose one of the three activities A. Cut a Perfect Circle Cut a circle with a tool no more than scissors, the rounder the better. B. Draw a Perfect Straight Line Draw a straight line with no tool, the straighter, the better. C. Perfectly Replicate a Sentence Copy […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction video   introduction video “Creativity is not far away, not in the mind of a genius, but in everyone’s body, waiting to be awakened by the impulse.” Are you feeling drained of creativity and struggling to come up with good ideas? Do you think creativity is the privilege of genius and has nothing to […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesSeeing and Creating: How to Understand Different Ways of “Seeing” in Painting?   license：Seeing and Creating: How to Understand Different Ways of “Seeing” in Painting? © 2025 by Xurui Xie is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0    🤔Hook Close your eyes for 5 seconds. Imagine you’re looking at a painting right now. Are you seeing the “painting” itself, or the […]