I think having this conversation is a great way to introduce visual culture into the art room. It would be the most beneficial to actually take students on a field trip out into their town, maybe a downtown area or at least a suburban business area.The students could break off into pairs or groups to explore a block and document how many ways visual imagery and design are used in that block of the city. This would be a great photo or video project. Once we come back to the class we could share our findings.
If a field trip isn't feasible, we could visit the urban landscape virtually through video that I creates or some kind of cyberspace tour. With this option we could discuss as a class all the visuals we encounter.
There's a third option, as well. The students could make a visual journal of all the visuals and design they encounter between the time they wake up and the time they get to school, or even their entire day (that would be quite the documentation!). In their journals, they could take photos or sketch all the different images in their experience as a way of documenting this research.
If a field trip isn't feasible, we could visit the urban landscape virtually through video that I creates or some kind of cyberspace tour. With this option we could discuss as a class all the visuals we encounter.
There's a third option, as well. The students could make a visual journal of all the visuals and design they encounter between the time they wake up and the time they get to school, or even their entire day (that would be quite the documentation!). In their journals, they could take photos or sketch all the different images in their experience as a way of documenting this research.
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