Searching for clues and new image ideas with ink
Our world is full of contrasts: detail meets the big picture, unity meets strangeness. Based on the exhibition ‘PARADISE. Cityscape as a Mirror of Time’, this workshop invites children and young people to embark on a creative search for clues – with pencils, ink and an open eye for the inconspicuous and invisible.
What happens when we look at just one detail?
The starting point is a small section – a fragment of a work of art. In the exhibition, participants independently select a detail, which they view through a peephole and trace precisely.
Experimenting with ink and tools
Back in the workshop, the playful exploration of materials begins: ink meets unusual drawing utensils such as feathers or homemade brushes. The focus here is on trying things out, changing them and expanding them.
From detail to new artwork
In the second part of the workshop, participants work with a copied image detail – a fragment from an exhibition piece. This becomes the starting point for a new drawing composition. Lines, structures and patterns are continued, broken or reinterpreted. In this way, the original detail merges with a self-created visual world – the fragment becomes part of a larger whole. The focus is on artistic questions: When is an image ‘enough’? What happens when we exaggerate, condense or abstract a work of art? And how much of the original actually remains – or does something completely new begin here?
Creatively exploring social issues
The workshop picks up on central themes of the exhibition: possession, alienation, loss, search. These are questioned creatively and translated into individual images – beyond conventions and with room for personal perspectives.
Who is the workshop suitable for?
The offer is aimed at kindergarten groups and school classes aged 5-18. The theoretical input and artistic requirements are adapted to suit the age group.