Appropriation

Using the National Gallery of Victoria's interactive site, **[|Pictures of a Floating World's]**provided the platform to explore the issues of copyright and appropriation with one of my year 8 art classes.

The discussion of these issues provided students with an understanding and appreciation of why they could use the Japanese artworks from this site in the creation of their artwork. Students 're-contextualised' the artworks to explore issues of identity and consider visually how they could give new meaning to an artwork by importing new signs/symbols into the existing piece. The exploration of 're-creating' an artwork but using new media was also explored through the examining the work of artists such as **[|Anne Zalhalka]**and [|Dianne Jones].

The discussion of 'cultural' identity was explored in this topic, with students being required to carefully consider how they could make their digital art piece reflect both the Japanes and Australian cultures. References were made to the work of **[|Guan Wei]** to broaden students understanding of cultural identity and globalisation.