Shifting the Scale

Collections Visualise This

Visualise This is a contemporary Visual Arts collection that encourages students to rethink how they see and interpret the world. Drawing on ideas from leading Australian artists Hayden Fowler and Daniel Boyd, the collection explores perspective, scale, storytelling and the ways images shape our understanding of history, technology and the natural environment.

Across 13 lessons, students experiment with drawing, collage, mixed media and conceptual approaches to making and responding. They learn how artists question dominant narratives and how creative choices influence meaning.

Teachers receive step‑by‑step lesson plans, teacher notes, student worksheets, and opportunities to build literacy learning into Visual Arts. Designed for flexible, low‑prep delivery, the collection uses accessible materials and supports both specialist and non‑specialist teachers.

Aligned to the Australian Curriculum, Visualise This helps students analyse artists’ practices, develop technical and conceptual skills, and communicate ideas through resolved artworks — all while seeing their world in new and imaginative ways.

  • 8 x 45 minute lessons

    A New World Order

    Years 7-10, Secondary
    Nature documentary meets post-apocalypse sci-fi in the work of media artist Hayden Fowler. His degree in biology intersects with his art practice around ideas of humanity and nature, using video photography, installation and performance.
  • 5 x 45 minute lessons

    Shifting the Scale

    Years 7-10, Secondary
    The work of Aboriginal artist Daniel Boyd interrogates Australia's colonial narrative. Explore the theme of appropriation and use the conventions of social media to shape artworks that offer alternative perspectives. Acknowledge your own presence within a grand narrative.