Student- and teacher exchange project, Thursday: Lighting, sound and art

Jyväskylän kristillinen opisto's students are at work combining lighting, sound and art.

On Thursday we made a performance about autumn. First we divided our group in half so the others were working with the lights and the others with the sound. The music group recorded sounds that they thought reflected autumn. For example they recorded people eating apples. The light group prepared the stage. We brought leaves from outside, put colorful fabrics on the floor and made a tree from cardboard. The light group also set the lights in their right positions.

After couple of hours the light group and the music group united and we started to put our performance together. We listened what the music group had recorded and started to think about the lights and the story. We made one scene at a time. Sometimes we thought about the story first and after that the lights, sometimes it was the other way around. When creating the story we just improvised and tried different things. We decided in our group if the scene was good and continued. We did the same with the lights. So we tried different light combinations and together decided which one was the best for that scene. 

In that same evening we performed our performance to other students and teachers. It lasted around 10 minutes. After we asked what people thought. Some people saw all four seasons and others said they saw problems with how we treat the environment like a cry for help.

All in all it was really fun and educational because we had to do the lights and the sounds on our own. We had to start from the bottom. We also made new friends. Some of the students who currently studies at Svefi worked with us so we got new perspectives and of course learned some Swedish at the same time. 

The painting at the background was made by the students who studied painting, drawing, visual arts etc.