Hobart – Year 11 Design and Technology and Visual Art Excursion 🎨🖼️

Last week Year 11 Design and Technology and Visual Art students had the opportunity to travel to Tasmania to experience the wide range of architecture and galleries. We left on Thursday 4 April and began our journey exploring the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery viewing the history of Tasmania and its range of beautiful flora and fauna. 

Following on from this, we caught a scenic ferry to the Museum Of Old and New Art. At the museum, we experienced a variety of interactive and eye-opening installations and displays. Personally, our favourite display was the Water display – Bit.Fall by Julius Popp. Bit.Fall is a waterfall creating a cascade of words sourced from live news feeds. In a split second, the machine releases of hundreds of drops, creating a ‘waterfall’ of words.  A play between technology and its relationship to nature. The water created a calming experience and made us think of how the design of the project was made possible. The aim of the artwork was to expose and push the boundaries of one’s creativity leading them to new and innovative ideas. 

Moving on, as a group we explored the Salamanca markets, participating in a scavenger hunt activity, aimed to encourage us to discover different products for sale that could spark a flame of inspiration within us for our own major works. We viewed a variety of innovative products such as handcrafted timber designs, homemade beauty products, and traditional food delicacies. Lastly, we spent the afternoon on an enjoyable architectural walk, where we discovered the history of Hobart with our amazing tour guide Diane. Diane showed us the most monumental aspects of the city and how it came to be. 

Overall this trip was one to remember as we created lifelong memories and bonds with each other and gained new and insightful learning experiences that we will never forget. 

Bianca K & Isabella H, Year 11/Ms Stephanie Ricciuti, Acting TAS Coordinator