Programme for kids and teenagers

As part of the General Rehearsal project, artists, curators, a sound designer and a choreographer present a programme for kids and teenagers from 3 to 18 years old.

The traditional format of guided tours of the exhibition will be presented in the guise of specialized tours for different interests and age groups. The tour for children of between 3 and 8 years old will be combined with an animation workshop: together with a mediator, participants will first draw their favorite images or the displayed works, and after the tour, the kids will master the techniques of object and abstract animation and try to create a cartoon. During the tour and the Non-Random Movements master class, children aged 5-7 learn to express emotions in more than just words, and are taught how to create pictures with mystery objects and colours.

The tour for children and teenagers aged 9-13 is followed with a class on screenwriting. An interactive tour of the exhibition introduces participants to the basic concepts of drama, and then gives them the opportunity to write a play. 8 to 12-year-olds are introduced to various forms of contemporary art, and then invited to create their own works and tell their stories through performance art. A tour for teenagers aged 11-14 also has to do with performance: together with a choreography teacher, they walk through the exhibition halls and then, in a practical session, try to present the exhibition as a playground, a space that activates a particular choreography.

Two special tours are associated with sound and music. Teenagers aged 11-14 are told in detail about the sound component of the works presented at the exhibition; after that, at the workshop they are introduced to the basics of sound art and given the opportunity to try on the role of audio artists. Teenagers aged 15-18 are taught electronic music: they learn how to work with sound in Ableton Live and to write their own tracks. Another tour for those aged between 14 and 18 is complemented with a screenwriting class which culminates in a presentation of the plays written by the participants and a talk about these.

All programmes for kids and teenagers conclude with a kind of graduation, where the participants will present their animated films, electronic tracks and performances. A film marathon and master classes round off the event.