Banbury School Humanities Specialism pages
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| SCHOOL REPORT DAY 26 MARCH 2009 |
 Return to the womb...
Banbury School BBC News School Report journalists are visiting the Banbury museum today to uncover the story behind their latest exhibition.
 We are told that Banbury Museum’s new exhibition offers a very strange experience - a return to the womb. The exhibition, Sensory Pods, features two giant soft sculptures by international artist Jan Niedojadlo, both inspired by the human body: ‘Womb’ and ‘Liver.’ We hope to get some fabulous in the womb footage!
 George report from the womb!
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 Wicked womb works well
People in Banbury have been going back inside the womb. They have also been finding out what it's like inside the liver. Banbury Museum have currently got an exhibition on with interactive models of the womb and liver where people can actually get inside and listen to the sound of a heartbeat in the womb or weird squelching noises in the liver. The womb and liver were not designed for scientific purposes but more for art and somewhere people can go and just relax.
A group of students, including myself, from Banbury School went to Banbury museum, on behalf of BBC News School Report to interview Dale Johnston, the curator of the exhibition. We discussed whether the exhibition was appropriate for all ages and whether it could help people get a wider understanding of how the womb and liver works. Mr Johnston said, “The feedback we get from visitors is that they particularly like being able to get their hands on and being able to relate to things by getting involved, rather than just looking at things and we find these have been particularly popular and not just with one audience group but actually with a wide audience group”. |
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