8.2

Middle Years Activity

Written Response

Thomas DEMAND
German 1964–
Archive 1995
silver dye bleach print (Ilfochrome), face-mounted to acrylic, edition 4/5
183.8 x 238 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Purchased with funds contributed by the Young Collectors Council
© Thomas Demand/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia
97.4576

Sarah Anne JOHNSON
The Buffer Zone 2003
from the Tree Planting series, 2003
243.8 x 254 cm
chromogenic print, ed 1/2
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Purchased with funds contributed by Pamela and Arthur Sanders; the Harriett Ames Charitable Trust; Henry Buhl; the Heather and Tony Podesta Collection, Falls Church, VA; Anne and Mel Shaffer; Shelley Harrison; and the Photography Committee, 2005
© Sarah Anne Johnson, courtesy of Julie Saul Gallery, New York
2005.43.44

For	Middle Years Students
Curriculum	English, Humanities and Art
Aim	To respond to the work in writing.
Preparation	To do this activity you will need to: Read the information for Theme Eight – Contemporary Art: Constructed Worlds. View the work either online or in the exhibition. Research through the library or Internet.
Individual Task	Select either the work by Thomas Demand or an image by Sarah Anne Johnson and imagine what it would feel like to enter the world depicted. Write a short email/or letter in response to your encounter with this world. OR Imagine you are a reviewer for an art magazine. Write a short critique of this theme of the exhibition and comment specifically on these two works.
Group Task	Share your written responses with others.