Hayward Gallery
Secondary Schools Takeover Day: Louise Bourgois: The Woven Child
2022
‘Pupils spent the day teaching each other about the work
and learning about how an exhibition is produced before
creating their own masterpieces’
Students from multipe London based schools joined together to creatively respond to the retrospective works of Louise Bourgois at the Hayward Gallery. Drawing upon specific themes of Bourgois’s work, students processed reclaimed textile materials to create figurative soft sculptures and collaborative woven webs from handmade t-shirt yarn. The large scale participatory workshop focused on process driven activities and how we can use different processes to generate alternative art materials for sculpture and art making.
A team of A-level students were trained through a series of workshops to support large scale workshop delivery prior to the Takeover Day.
150 participants produced a ball of yarn from a recyled t-shirt each and received a takeaway Mini Guide to Repurposing Textiles’ booklet.
A team of A-level students were trained through a series of workshops to support large scale workshop delivery prior to the Takeover Day.
150 participants produced a ball of yarn from a recyled t-shirt each and received a takeaway Mini Guide to Repurposing Textiles’ booklet.
Photo credit: Blandine Martin
Photo credits: Pete Woodhead