🌈 Phase 2 - Encounter
🎥 Audio/Visual
⏱ 7 minutes
Task 2 - How We See Art?
Creates awe and emotional entry. Removes the pressure to "understand" - just look, and let it zoom in.
Step 1 - Watch in silence
No instructions · no commentary · no interruptions
Flowing abstract colours · contemporary digital art · a zoom into pixels
Step 2 - 60 seconds of silence
"Now… just think. Don't speak yet."
60
Silence = deep processing. Let a personal question form.
Step 3 - Zoom into digital art
What happens when we zoom in?
Bridge to Phase 3 - Investigation
"Let's start exploring how this actually works - as an Artist, a Digital Creator, and a Viewer."
What happens in Task 2
A 7-minute Phase 2 - Encounter activity. Students watch a second, deeper immersive visual, sit through another 60 seconds of silence, then interact with a zoom-in demonstration that shows a digital image breaking apart into coloured pixel squares - the Awe & Curiosity Wonder element.
🎯 Learning objectives
To deepen curiosity and awe before any explanation is given, and to plant the first seed of "images are made of tiny coloured units" that Group B will investigate in Phase 3.
♿ SEN Adaptations
- The zoom demonstration can be stepped through at any pace, with no timer
- A breathing-style timer can replace the numeric silence countdown
🖨️ No-Tech Format
- Teacher shows a printed, heavily zoomed-in photograph so students can see individual coloured dots
- Students describe aloud what changes as the image is "zoomed in" further