Task 2 Brainstorm (Mind map)
What will happen
Themes
Environment
Role of the Actors
Audience is invited into the room
Museum display
Celebration and appreciation of literature
Museum curator/staff
Museum curator introduce themselves
Audience is given time to explore the installations
View and interact with multimedia
Skype/Whatsapp video calls or pre recorded videos
Gallery like display (exhibition)
Favourite books of my classmates with a quote
Provides backstory
Remain ambiguous
Audience should create a 'sculptural ode' to their favourite book using the existing objects in the room
Dimly lit, almost organised chaos?
Magical and mystical atmosphere
Similar to that of the Lost Lending Library
Mystique and wonder
Feeling of calm and nostalgia in the audience
At the same time, a bit of urgency. This might happen if we continue to let technology dominate our lives.
Wistful and sentimental; contemplation
Work of art (form of expression)
How the digital age is changing our literary world
Paper books are dying at an alarming rate
Reading is active, while watching television or scrolling through social media is passive.
Devices take away our imagination whilst books promote comprehension
We imagine these worlds differently. Books provide a unique experience that we cannot achieve with anything else.
Someone like Mr. Lim Bo in What's for Afters?
Gives hints to the audience
Provides the backstory
Guides the audience to create their sculptures
Could even do the sculpture making with the audience
A demo for guidance
Characters through multimedia
Poet
Recite a poem related to the joys of literature
One of the museum displays
Skype/Whatsapp video calls
Pre recorded videos
Emily Dickinson's There is no Frigate Like a Book
Could add my own lines at the end
For further guidance
E.g. with which the lessons we are told, a sculpture awaits for you to mold.
Senses
Tactile
Scrunched up paper
Auditory
Calming music
Cover of books
Classical music?
Ethereal music?
