ELECTRIC CORPSE: Creative learning in public
DELIVERED | ARTPLAY AND SCHOOL RESIDENCY
A workshop model that helps young people turn their own drawings, stories and ideas into collaborative animation and sound.
The opportunity
Georgie’s education practice includes Electric Corpse at ArtPlay and a six-month residency at Brunswick Primary School supported by Creative Victoria. The formats connect hands-on artmaking with digital production and shared authorship.
The experience
Participants explore avatars and shared identity through drawing, story, animation and sound. Body and facial tracking bring imagery to life. The ArtPlay programme describes a collaborative animated film created through design, acting, script and sound activities.
Documented delivery
The published programme documents a three-day format for ages 9–12 and a separate six-month school residency. These are delivery precedents for different durations, not one combined programme or a measured claim of improved attainment.
From participant to co-creator
The sequence is practical: make an image, explore how it moves, add a story and sound, then share the result. Technology becomes a tool for expression and collaboration.
Opportunities for a future commission
Creative agency
Young people supply the imagery and ideas that shape the result. A future council programme could make local voices visible through a community screening or agreed public presentation.
Digital and expressive skills
The activities connect visual art, story, performance and responsive media. The format supports practical learning goals that can be defined with schools, libraries and youth programme partners.
A pathway into cultural participation
A workshop can give participants a role as makers in a wider festival or civic programme. A proposed family showcase could link education activity with an accessible early-evening public event.
Libraries, schools and council youth services could commission a short workshop series with an optional public showcase. A nature theme could invite participants to animate local species or waterways with guidance from an environmental educator.
Audience insights and engagement data
A future programme could record activity completion, selected creative themes and session-level participation, supported by voluntary reflections. This could help hosts adapt facilitation and understand interests. Adult participants or parents and carers could separately opt in with an email address for future programmes. Children’s contact details would not be collected through background interaction, and learning would be assessed through agreed tasks.
How a future commission could be evaluated
- Participation and interests
- Record completion, creative choices and access needs using minimal session-level data.
- Learning and response
- Use agreed making tasks, optional reflections and facilitator observations.
- Programme follow-up
- Offer a separate parent, carer or adult email opt-in for future activities.
A useful commissioning step
Co-design the age group, learning goals, staffing and accessible activities with the host. Agree safeguarding and permissions for artwork, voices and images. Scope the showcase separately and assess learning through a few clear tasks.
Sources and credits
Georgie Pinn education page; portfolio/CV, pp. 10–11. Learning benefits are programme intentions; no formal attainment evaluation was supplied.