Reading Time: 5 minutes  This practice is for anyone — all genders, all backgrounds.   Feminist Decluttering  is about noticing the silent rules society puts on us: how we “should” look,  behave, spend time, and constantly try to be “better”.  Instead,  we are here to take back our space, our time, and our right to live for ourselves.   “Instead of spending time and energy catering to the gaze and social discipline, I follow Orlan’s spirit: ‘My goal […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesIntroduction & Aim Much like in life, the creative process often leads us into moments of uncertainty or “lack of inspiration.” Makers, artisans, and artists whose well-being depends on their creations know about it very well. These moments, however, are not to be feared. Instead, they offer an opportunity to shift perspectives, pushing us to […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesConcept Your pocket is a miniature museum of your daily life. The objects you carry are not random—they are unconscious traces of time, behavior, and identity. In Pocket Archive, participants act as both archaeologist and curator: excavating the objects they carry, arranging them as an “exhibition,” and discovering the hidden connection between body, habits, and […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesSummary The core focus of this Open Toolkit is to enable you to complete a small weaving art installation in the style of Cathy Jacobs within 20 minutes. You can create a mini work of 10 to 15cm that can be directly used as a desktop decoration. The content will be revolve around the construction […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesDo you want to be an artist?🧑‍🎨 Do you want to have a pet companion? Let’s go!!!   ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Unit1: Prepare Materials 🧻Newspapers or tissues 🔖Cardboard or cardstock 🥣Latex ✂️Scissors 🩹Tape 🖋️Marker pen 🎨Acrylic pigment   ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Unit2: Teaching Video （Only look at the first 6 minutes） 🎥 http://xhslink.com/o/5rd6zs8GBDm   ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Unit3: Making Steps 1.Think […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes  Introduction / Context     When you think of ‘Model Villages’, you might immediately think of miniature houses. This is by no means incorrect- but the term ‘model village’ can also refer to the industrial ‘model villages’ designed by architects to house industrial workers. By making this ceramic house you are constructing your own […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesBanksy – Ferris Wheel, 2017, installation view, Barbican Centre, London, England, photo: Ungry Young Man, Banksy – Basquiat – London Barbican – September 2017 – 04 , CC BY 2.0 Art Detective Crash Course     Ready to solve your first art mystery? Use this personalized 20 minute art detective simulator. You’ll receive a magical […]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Short introduction for thisToolkit:       more information： Link to visit John Cage’s 4’33”       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?   Step 2: Find a place you think is quiet. Listen […]

Reading Time: 6 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: 2 minutesShooting process（16min） Step 1.Preparation: Download software(1min) No purchase required. Prepare a mobile phone or tablet with the software downloaded, and a phone stand. you can start shooting immediately software : Stop Motion( ‎Stop Motion Studio App – App Store )   Step 2.Try the software(2min) Understanding the shooting principle: Frame-by-frame shooting + Continuous playback Common […]

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: 2 minutes1. Activity —Bound to Fail (6 min) Choose one of the two 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 minutesEmotional collage is a simple and creative exercise that uses the form of collage art to express your inner world by combining different materials and elements. As a means of contemporary art, collage not only breaks through the traditional painting and sculpture, but also provides a very intuitive artistic expression, which is very suitable for emotional healing. […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes  Please take a close look at these two images What details or features do you observe? Have any additional elements been incorporated into them? Let’s continue exploring further! Part I: What is synthetic Cubism? （1 minute)         In the artistic revolution of the 20th century, synthetic cubism became an important turning […]

Reading Time: 6 minutesIntroduction   For a long time, our understanding of sound has been “listening” because sound is abstract. Can we hear and see sound at the same time? Interestingly, the answer is yes. In fact, many artists have made related attempts to combine sound with art, allowing the audience to see the shape and color of […]

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis toolkit uses iterative drawing as a way to explore what it means to visualise one’s self and document your experience on the page. Materials Required (per person): x4 Large Sheets of Paper Broad Tip Pen The premise of this task is to focus on the self, not the quality of drawing. Drawing is a […]

Reading Time: 10 minutesEthnographic documentaries teach us that unfamiliar cultures are not far away, just unappreciated. Introducing : What is this: “Becoming an Ethnographic Documentary Observer: From Research Methods to the Screen” is an open toolkit to help learners understand the core research methods of ethnographic documentary research. What is the goal: To master the basic ethnographic research process […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes  Introduction Have you tried the fun of creating with clay? Did you use your fingers or palms? Do you remember the tactile and emotional sensations when you come into contact with clay materials? -We might as well think of this process as a ‘non-verbal’ physical communication between you and the clay material! It can […]

Reading Time: 9 minutes“Happiness itself is a long patience, so I wait for a breeze in the garden to blow my worries away.” Materials🧱 You can choose any one of these： White paper,Pens (preferably in different colors)📄🖊️/ Tablet with drawing software(like Procreate,Sketch up etc.),Capacitive pen💻 Let’s begin! Step 1:Learn about garden types and design principles⛲️ Chinese Garden Deeply […]