Art Lab: World Builders

Art Labs are artist-led workshops connecting young audiences with artists, artmaking and the national collection.

Recently acquired by the National Gallery, Last Riot (2005-2007) is a large-scale multi-channel video installation by artist collective AES+F. Bringing together digital drawing, collage, performance, sculpture and the worlds of advertising and fashion, the collective conjure a video game landscape that comments on the state of violence and beauty in contemporary global culture.

In this Art Lab, artist Tom Buckland will guide you to sculpt a fantastical world in miniature inspired by your own imagination and perceptions of the future.

Combine DIY hands-on making skills with basic special effects technology using modelling clay, cardboard and recycled materials. Superimpose yourself into your alternate reality using green screen and editing technologies to bring your vision to life in a 90-second video installation. All materials provided.

Tom Buckland is an artist who deals in a correspondence of worlds. By examining the present and past, they construct portals to alternate futures. Working with recycled and found materials, Buckland creates playful, interactive and experimental installation, video and performance works that invite audiences to embark on a discovery journey.

Please be advised that Last Riot contains depictions of violence. Please contact the Youth Programs Convenor for further information if required.