In November, we started a program at the CORNERSTONE YOUTH CENTER. We worked on the first step of the relationship between the viewer and the viewed world. Using movable cardboard frames, the kids started to walk around the space, looking for elements that they found interesting and important in some way to them. There is a puzzle on the wall, a doll, origami ornaments, a plate of cookies, a guitar, Halloween pumpkins, etc.
If the cardboard frames are open and we include several elements, we consider the space part of the image; if the frame is closed and we focus on a detail, that element (when it becomes an image) can be anywhere, and the context disappears.
By doing this, we clearly say with the image what we consider attractive and its relationship with the space we occupy (in this case, the Youth center). It is a first step to becoming aware of our particularity and unique way of looking at things.
Each way of looking is unique, personal, different, and subjective at the same time. In this way, learning to look at the world means learning to look at ourselves.
