Collecting street art in Berlin during the five-day trip.
and colliding with the wrapped, twisted and broken forms within the Jewish Museum. A fractured disorientating building guiding us through human atrocity and survival.’ Jamie Spillet, Year 12
waning, enthusiasm built within the group. ‘The best day yet,’ said Year 12 and 13 students in full agreement after a morning at the East Side Gallery, wrapping their heads around The Wall followed by guided tours of the incredible Boros Collection and its bunker (tickets are like gold dust). This experience was summed up as: ‘Unapologetic, in your face, edgy, raw, downright disturbing, social realism, feminist yet misogynist (is that possible?), resonating, badass, ripped, torn, bent, high art, low art and everything in between. I’m tired, but it’s a good tired… I now need to let things settle in my brain and reflect.’ Back in London, boys regularly visit Tate Britain, Tate Modern, The White Cube, Bermondsey, The Wallace Collection, Whitechapel, Frieze Art Fair and The Courtauld Institute. We also make frequent trips to work with artists, art historians and curators at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Talks, lectures and ‘In Conversations’ are embedded into our curriculum and wider learning: the atmosphere is very much ‘Art School’ rather than ‘School Art’. ‘Art trips are not passive events or time spent aimlessly wandering through a gallery with an exhibition guide – they are fully immersive activities that reveal to us
Experiencing cultural life beyond the campus.
Berlin is unapologetic, it is confrontational, kind and practical. This trip above all was inspiring as well as exhausting. Nearing the end of the trip rather than
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