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ARTISTIC RESEARCH- Process

DAY 5- HENIE ONSTAD EXHIBITION ROUND 2- 26.11

I went back with my 2 year old daughter, two friends of mine and their two year old daughter, to see the exhibition from a different perspective (that of a two year old’s curious mind).

here are some key takeaway moments:
- on the way home around 16.00 looking at the full moon and making the link between the full moon and the Abakans.
- the snakes (black ropes from one of the Abakans) that are asleep (obviously, they’re not moving) so we have to be quiet.
- the red one has a big long lose. Alba’s favourite.
- the orange one, mummy’s favourite, looks like a face with big cheeks.
- there are dinosaurs in the black coat, so it’s a bit scary.
- watching the film, and we see Abakanowicz and two other people moving the Abakans as they are being set up: the Abakans are dancing on themselves.
- about the black Albakan and the ropes: the Abakans are holding the snake (those are the cheeks of the snake).

Reflection on seeing from a children’s perspective:
- seeing recognizable objects or recognizable elements in the art
- no border between physicality and sense (of course those black Abakans 3 metres behind the snake/rope, are its cheeks): might be called imagination.
- empathising with the people they love/relate to (mummy’s favourite, Alma’s favourite, Ida’s favourite, Alba’s favourite).