They want to see the power of food

What the food can to do to help people

Introduction
This dialogic engagement is a discussion of the art documentary video from China, students will
learn the novel materials and form of art, the experience of creating process in this video. On
the other hand, students will learn the skills of thinking a work/ thing, expressing opinions and
responding other people’s voices. The students will watch a video with five minutes long in the
classroom in advance. This class is prepared for the students of grade 11 and grade 12 in Taiwan,
the maximum students of class are 20, the ​class time is 45 minutes​.

Information
Mudium: Video
Video title: Chicken Looks Sexy through Her Lens
Video link: ​https://youtu.be/AxQl-dWNfAg

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Published on Oct 20, 2018

Introduction of video: Post-90s Hunan girl Tangtang, who worked in the Internet business, was
forced to quit by serious overtime work. After resignation, she learned photography with her
own savings and started to specialize in food photography. Three naked chickens, pigs with
rings, lamb taking a sunbath ... These greasy meat are granted with a sense of humor and art. In
addition to creating her own artworks, she also does photography for many brands, which could
bring her over 100,000 yuan a month.

The prompt
Suggesting students watch this Video as an artist and an audience individually to answer the
following questions and writing thoughts down and questions. Bring those documents to the
class for the discussion. The student will learn the not only the art knowledge, but also a way of
thinking a work/ thing, receiving various opinions, and the ability of quick thinking and
expressing in public throughout the process of class discussion/ responding questions/voices in
the class.

Instruction of generating the dialogue.

Step 1: writing a response in advance.
Step 2: discussing in the class.
Setp 3: writing thoughts after the discussion in the class

● Step 1: writing a response in advance.

Assignment: Video response
Due: 2/19
Grade:
1. Video response: 10 point possible
2. Community Contribution: 20 points possible
Video: Chicken Looks Sexy through Her Lens ​https://youtu.be/AxQl-dWNfAg
The outline:

As an audience As an Artist

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 1. The thoughts/ feeling when you watch
the works in the video. ( 1 paragraph
minimum)
2. Do you think is it a kind of artwork?
Why? ( 1 paragraph minimum)
1. If you are an artist, what materials you
want to use to create an art work?
2. A description of what form the work
you will create.
3. Why do you want to use this material
to create this piece?
4. Do you have any specific meanings/
stories behind the work? If yes, what
is that?
5. How do you get this inspiration?

● Step 2: discussing in the class.

1. Playing the video again in the class.
2. Asking the student to share their assignments.
3. Finding specific parts to admire a student's sharing.
4. Giving questions from a student’s expression to ask other students.
5. Repeating number 2 and 3 about five times.
6. If there still have time in classing, asking them to answer the following questions.
a. The ​aesthetic​ and the concept, which one is more important elements of
an artwork?
Another art food video: After 90, Hong Kong youth dyed clothes with
leftovers. ​https://youtu.be/ZwJM8uz2N0c
B. What is your thought for the bellowing comments? How do you
respond those comments as the artist?

● Step 3: writing a thought on the assignment paper after the discussion in the final 10
minutes class.
1. What do you learn from today class? Can be about the feeling you have, the
knowledge you get or the performance you show in the class.
Vocabulary

● Art:

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 1. skill acquired by experience, study, or observation.
2. the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of
aesthetic objects.

● Concept
1. something conceived in the mind.
2. an abstract or generic idea generalized from particular instances.

● Aesthetic: concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

● Cyberbullying: the use of information and communication technologies to support

deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to
harm others.

● Art Social Responsibility:?