It's a fix(ture)!

The Headington Shark

Terraced housing

1. Explain this post's title.
2. Think up a title or comment for this sculpture (such as: "Strong winds with a risk of squale" or "Neighborhood watch just turned nasty..." or "Is it a fallen angel shark?" or "Squale!" or "Down with the Joneses!").
3. Imagine a short dialogue between the owner of the house and his neighbor about the sculpture...
4. Find other works of art that include sharks.
5. Send a comment to this blog post explaining why you love or hate sharks!
6. How effective is the Headington Shark as public art?

Life is a great big canvas, throw all the paint you can at it!

Click HERE to watch the TED talk by Alexa Meade!

Object obsession...

Click HERE to watch a TED talk by Adam Savage!

Questions:

1. Are you into modelmaking?
2. What is the one object you would most like to have and why?
3. Would you, like Mr Savage, like to reproduce that object?

That obscure desire of objects!

A Collection a Day blog: click HERE!

Click HERE to read a Wikipedia article on collecting!

Click HERE to read a Wikipedia article on the psychology of collecting!

To do:

1. Make a list of your favorite objects and/or describe your collection(s).
2. Describe one of your favorite objects, tell us its history and why you like it so much.
3. Start a collection of objects and take a photo of it in the style of "A Collection a Day."

Why do we prefer the original to a fake?

Click HERE to watch a TED talk by Paul Bloom!

This world is but a canvas to our imagination...

Carnaval

1. Describe the watercolour above and explain why you like (or do not like) it.
2. Who was Romanin?
3. What did Jacques Martel mean by: "ce qui est le plus voyant demeure le plus invisible..."?
4. What other World War II leaders were also amateur artists?

Banquet démocratique

"C’est le buste de Platon, celui qui a fait Le Banquet."

"Vous faites bien de m’en parler, je dirai quelques mots dans mon discours pour le féliciter. Son canard aux navets est vraiment réussi."

1. Translate the dialogue of the (1920s?) editorial cartoon by Romanin above.
2. Describe and comment the cartoon.
3. Translate the dialogue of the 1917 editorial cartoon by Romanin below.
4. Describe and comment the cartoon.

À la curée

Aigle: « Au secours, ma chère colombe ! »

Colombe: « Ouais ? Et qui m’a coupé les ailes il y a trois ans ?! »

Zoom in on the future of comic strips!

Who is Zoom?

Article from The Guardian
Zoom website

1. Who is Zoom?
2. What is The Zoom?
3. Who is Boris Johnson?
4. Who was top of the Vogue 2013 Hot List?
5. Who lives at 10 Downing Street?
6. Which is your favourite sitcom?
7. What would you have preferred your forename to be?
8. What is the Beano?
9. What is your favourite comic book (describe why you like it so much: characters, stories, art work, etc.)?
10. Do you like to draw and/or write stories?