Arty Anglais Podcast Lessons - Should Street Art be in a Gallery?
Today’s English lesson episode is about how Street Art can end up in a Gallery. I’m specifically going to talk a little about a video I watched about the Urban Nation Gallery in Berlin.You can find the video I’m talking about in today’s episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGzwWzeL0m4I’ve spoken about this gallery before on the podcast. But first, let’s do something I sometimes do as a warm-up. As a warm-up, I give my students some newspaper headlines and they have to guess what the missing word might be. Let’s have a look at two different ones from the BBC and if you’re interested, I’ll put the link to the article in the show description.Newspaper headlinesCan you guess the missing word? Does __________ help us work better? It depends?What do you think?Actual Article here Why we need to ________ more?Actual Article here I’m going to use the first article in a future lesson episode but now, let’s look at today’s video about Urban Nation Gallery.VocabularyEphemeral - not permanent or lasting for a short amount of timeTransitory - not permanentStreet art is something we describe as being ephemeral or transitory because it doesn’t always last long. What other things can you think of that are ephemeral or transitory?Physical things like waves and the flow of water are ephemeral because they are always changing. I also think that social media is very ephemeral. For example, different hashtags and trends are always changing with current events.Aesthetics - a set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation of beauty.Showcase - a place or occasion for showing or presenting a collection of things Indescribable - too unusual, extreme, or indefinite to be adequately described.Posterity - future generations of people. For example Every attempt is being made to ensure that these works of art are preserved for posterity.Curated - selected, organised, and presented using professional or expert knowledge Questions before watching the video Favourite art style or art? Maluda (a Portuguese artist) https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Maluda/51C4DA4DD8E6A65AMichael Murphy https://www.supersonicmodern.com/How often do you go to museums or galleries? What artists/designers do you admire? Jo Di Bona https://jodibona.com/bio/Is graffiti art? What do you think it means - Street artists are getting their due now because people have started to think of them as real artists. - Praised even though criticised normally. Can Street Artwork in a museum also? Why and Why not? Questions for After watching the video:Know of any other galleries showing street art?Would you go to a gallery for street art?Would you go to the gallery in Berlin?Any questions - get in contact [email protected]