Secret Art Agent 008
The goal of Secret Art Agent 008 was to create a positive meeting place for all generations, where art and the connection between image and language were at the centre. The project focused on the participation and creativity of the children. Secret Art Agent 008 was realised during the autumn of 2008 at the Malmö Konsthall together with two artists, Madelene Oldeman and Joanna Thede. Three schools from three different parts of the city took part by sending one class from year 1-6 each. The chosen schools, the Kulladal School, the Gullvik School and the Värner Rydén School had rarely or never paid a visit with pupils to the Malmö Konsthall. In Secret Art Agent 008 the children solved cases which didn’t have a given solution. The project started in the school and then spread outside the school area. Already at the first meeting, each pupil was given a Secret Art Agent notebook, in which they could draw and make notes during the duration of the project. The children developed by exploring, thinking and drawing conclusions themselves. They were secret art agents who created, discussed and solved cases. The long-term goal of the project was to involve the whole family, and let the secret art agents become the link. Secret Art Agent 008 consisted of three steps:
1. Art raid in the classroom - an insight into what forms contemporary art can take.
2. Visit to the Malmö Konsthall - to experience the current exhibition and to try out what it’s like to work as an artist.
3. Family evening at the Malmö Konsthall - for invited family members with workshop and opening of the children’s art exhibition, among others.
Secret Art Agent 008 wanted to raise questions. How do we create new and positive meeting places between schools and the art world? For the family and the art world? How can the creativity of the pupils be encouraged and become a natural part of the learning experience? Can art become a catalyst to develop critical and creative thinking?
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