Dreamscapes of Sustainable Use: Making Surreal Art
12. Responsible Consumption and Production
Art
Grades 5-8
30-60 Minutes
Materials Needed
- • Drawing paper or sturdy cardstock
- • Pencils, colored pencils, markers, pens
- • Collage materials: magazines, newspapers, fabric scraps, recycled materials, found objects
- • Paints (Optional)
- • Scissors
- • Glue
Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
You can find an introduction to Goal 12, as well as the Targets & Indicators, Objectives, and Action Planning Resources on the Goal overview page.
See Goal 12 Overview
Introduce Global Goal 12 and Surrealist art style. Show examples of Surrealist artwork (Dali, Magritte, Oppenheim, Miro). Discuss dreamlike, illogical qualities and how they can help think differently about consumption.
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Imagine Transformation
Students imagine favorite everyday object transforming in a dream world.
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Quick Doodle
Quickly doodle the transformation.
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Practice Juxtaposition
Practice juxtaposition (putting things together weirdly) to show consumption and waste themes.
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Practice Scale Distortion
Practice scale distortion (changing sizes unrealistically) to show consumption and waste themes.
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Create Grid
Students create 6-8 square grid.
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Draw Before
Draw common items/trash in "before" state.
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Draw After
Draw their surreal transformations in "after" using Surrealist techniques.
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Create Final Artwork
Students create final Surrealist artwork about Global Goal 12 using ideas from grid, combining collage and drawing, applying Surrealist tricks to tell story about consumption.
Students share artwork and discuss strange/unexpected elements, use of Surrealist techniques, common themes, and messages about Global Goal 12.
- What strange or unexpected elements do you notice in the artwork?
- How were Surrealist techniques used?
- What common themes emerge?
- What messages about Global Goal 12 do the artworks convey?
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