Fairy eye - photography workshop - Horváth Petra

“We should not wait for art to become accessible to us, but we should open ourselves
up to art.” Werner Hoffmann describes exactly the idea that gave me wings in 2021 to start
a photography workshop at the Conductive Practice Elementary School. I wanted to provide
a space for our pupils who have an inner motivation to show their environment how they
see the world, but whose fine motor skills do not allow for detailed ways of representation.
Using a camera or other digital device also requires individualised differentiation, which
facilitates the process of free illustration. However, in my experience, pupils can arrive at
such experiences from completely different perspectives, the key element of which is that
they are the “leaders” themselves of the creative process.
The workshop provides an excellent space for our pupils to shape their outlook. It
shows them that at the core of events the holistic approach and digital representation are
closely connected. For our pupils to be able express their inner worlds, we must find the
way that allows them to create freely.
The primary role is not that of practices or different technologies, rather that of forming the
ability “to see” and of intuitive representation. During the process, pupils can be part of how
the conductor builds on those inner qualities, which are the pupils’ efforts to understand, to
experience and internalise the world around them. These experiences encourage self-
expression, communication, and creativity. Thus, the world built from the perceived and
understood information will not be a mere replica of the original, but a newly created, one-
time, and unrepeatable construction that represents the sensitivity of the pupil’s psyche,
the components of their personality, and their limitless creativity.
The most important aim of my video is to present the moments of the workshop that
can reveal how my pupils realise the power of their own inner creative worlds; and how in
just a few tenths of a second they can capture everything that is the interconnected mixture
of the reality around them and their intuitions and observations.
The emphasis in the video is on the processes that are meant to teach the ability “to
see”, the ability to observe.
(Petra Horváth)

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