I was employed to facilitate a Big Draw activity at Gallery Oldham this year and decided to go down the route of iPads.....but accomodating for young people instead of older people. This way i could develop my understanding of what was do-able and accessible in galleries too.
Using an app called 'Sounthingie' and inspired by the Kathleen Major exhibition, 10 iPads were used to create not only drawings but music compositions too. It was a big hit with 70 visitors taking part for various amounts of time!
As a way of sharing and viewing other visitors drawings and music compositions i was also commissioned to set up a blog that can be viewed on the internet by everyone who participated, you can view this at:
www.linetolife.blogspot.com
We hope to sustain this way of working at Gallery Oldham and over the next few months will look at the best ways of doing so. Keep Posted to see what happens...
