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What does an adaptation of an adaptation look like? A partnership between the Smart Museum of Art and Snow City Arts now helps pediatric patients across Chicago use the evocative exhibits of the Smart Museum of Art as a springboard for learning and the creative process.
First, inspired by filmmaker Guy Ben-Ner's work in the Smart Museum of Art's latest Adaptation exhibit, children in two Chicago hospitals are adapting Robert Wise's influential 1951 Science Fiction film, The Day the Earth Stood Still. The resulting film was created exclusively by patients and shot entirely on the pediatric units of Stroger Hospital and Rush University Children's Hospital.
The second film, "Perhaps, Perhaps: How the Young Maidens Saved Guam" is an adaptation of a traditional folk tale from Guam found in the book Outfoxing Fear: Folktales from Around the World, edited by Kathleen Ragan. The story was re-told by children at Stroger Hospital and Children's Memorial Hospital using shadow puppets, illustrations, movement, original music, and story-telling.
The patients of Snow City Arts will chase the notion of adaptation throughout 2008. Revisit this page periodically to see the latest adapted film innovations by Snow City Arts' kids. |
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