César Rogers
France, 1997
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Thesis: 'There are flowers that only grow in a certain climate'
'There are flowers that only grow in a certain climate'
A big wall with a lot of things scattered on it: Drawings (small to very big) on different materials (paper, cardboards, canvases), some made directly on the wall. A round engraved table plate. Wooden beams which are bended, like shelves and open frames to the drawings. On it, Books about pedagogy, Drawing tools (compass, multi-pencil).
I have been researching escaping authority in learning processes, evading constraints and frames of the classroom. Looking towards a horizontal pedagogy, in and outside of school, in order to follow each other’s paths of desire.
« words are windows, (or they’re walls) » Marshall Rosenberg, c. 1995.
We want to be able to pass things to each other through those windows. Deliberately forget a warm generous cake on the balcony, so that some kids from the neighborhood will smell it, come, dare to take a slice, enjoy it, and learn how to make it themselves.
A wall is a big vertical page. The sections of the wall display enlarged collected pieces of drawings and handwriting bits from multiple persons.
I see them as testimonies, residues from learning processes. Like students carving signs under the table or throwing paper-balls to their friend in order to overtake boredom.
Round shapes are more fair than angular ones. An angle is sharp, it could hurt. A famous punishment in primary schools is to send the punished one to the corner of the classroom. No corners, no punishment! What I like about a round table, for instance, is that people sit at an equal distance from the centre.
