The Evolving Sculpture and Animation of Oliver Laric at SLAM
3:34
Grades: 6 - 12

Video Description: How do images originate? How are they re-purposed and repeated throughout history? What is original and what might be the not-so-original history behind the original? Multimedia artist, Oliver Laric, addresses these questions by remixing an iconic sculpture that originated in the Renaissance.

Type of Video: Story*
Unique Video ID: Visual Arts-207**

Quick Ideas for Using the Video:

  • What is student response to the sculpture highlighted in the video? Use the video in conjunction with an activity that has students taking a sculptural work in your community and re-imagining it in an art work of their own in the medium of their choice.
  • Use the video as part of your art history study. Have students heard of Oliver Laric previously? Have them learn more about him and his work.

 

*Story videos employ a narrative form to highlight a topic, location, or practitioner in the area of study.

**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.

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