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ART EDUCATION VICTORIA

A VIBRANT, INTERCONNECTED AND HIGH QUALITY LEARNING COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS AND ENHANCES CREATIVITY AND PARTICIPATION IN THE VISUAL ARTS FOR ALL VICTORIANS.

WHAT STANDS OUT MOST ABOUT THIS UNDERTAKING

• Barton’s enchanted aesthetic
• Vibrant colours set against the dark backgrounds
• Use of dot to form line and shape
• Washey use of watercolours creating a sense of the organic form
• Dedicated detail similar to that of a scientific observational record

SOME THEMES WORTH EXPLORING

• Sacrifice
• Collaborations
• Contemporary art making
• Relationships
• Bond/Blend with nature (pagan

connetions)

• Role of literacy and her connection to

family time

• Lifecycles
• Perspective – The bird’s naïve

perspective of the boy and the boy’s uneducated perception of the bird.

• The ‘disposable’ behaviours in society
• Gender roles
• Courtship in different cultures
• Arts practice - deriving inspiration
• Metaphor - if not a bird, what might the

Nightingale represent?

SOME POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES

• Compare and contrast the aesthetics with other artistic animations
• Breakthrou Film’s Peter and the Wolf
• Shaun Tan’s The Lost Thing
• Craft a Prequel, Sequel based on a character.
• Fabricate a replica from an animation (similar to the dress, bird, flowers).
• Storyboard or animate a short poem or piece of writing.
• Make a list poems and pieces of writing that you think would suit Barton’s aesthetic/unique

style.

• Select a courting ritual from a different culture and create an artwork.
• Explore the depiction of sacrifice as a means for art making.

OTHER RESOURCES

• ACMI’s webpage
• Student worksheet