Reading List

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS 2021: Artists’ Reading List

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS puts children at its centre, exploring with them what drawing can be and uncovering new ideas through this instinctive act. There are several strands to this programme, including an afterschool club, teachers' assemblies, family studios, in-school projects and holiday clubs. This list has been compiled by Rita Evans, Amy Leung, and Joy Yamusangie, and titles marked with an asterisk * are held in Outset Study.

Title Author Selected by
City Choreographer: Lawrence Halprin in Urban Renewal America Alison Bick Hirsch Rita Evans
Art-Based Games Don Pavey Rita Evans
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds Adrienne Maree Brown Rita Evans
Simone Forti: thinking with the body Edited by Sabine Breitwieser Rita Evans
Lines: A Brief History Tim Ingold Rita Evans
Deep Listening: A Composer's Sound Practice Pauline Oliveros Rita Evans
'The Dreamer That Remains: A Portrait of Harry Partch' Tantalus Films, 1974 Directed by Stephen Pouliot Rita Evans
Lines: A Brief History Tim Ingold Amy Leung
Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit Corita Kent Amy Leung
Walking and Mapping: Artists as Cartographers Karen O'Rourke Amy Leung
Wanderlust: A History of Walking Rebecca Solnit Amy Leung
On Practice: Walking [Podcast dated 5 March 2021] Serpentine Galleries Amy Leung
Verso's Guide to Political Walking [Blog article dated 25 April 2015] Verso Publishing Amy Leung
Another Christian Robinson Amy Leung
Initiation Song from the Finders' Lodge [poem] Ursula K. LeGuin Meera Shakti Osborne
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope Bell Hooks Meera Shakti Osborne
Tar Beach Faith Ringgold Meera Shakti Osborne
Medicine Stories Essays for Radicals Aurora Levins Morales Meera Shakti Osborne
Julian Is a Mermaid Jessica Love Meera Shakti Osborne
Postcards Home Ingrid Pollard Meera Shakti Osborne
Fovea / Ages Ago Sarah Lasoye Meera Shakti Osborne
Stone Fruit Lee Lai Joy Yamusangie
Henri Matisse: The Cut Outs Edited by Karl Buchberg Joy Yamusangie
Keith Haring Darren Pih Joy Yamusangie
All This Stuff: Archiving the Artist Judy Vaknin Joy Yamusangie
Oh My Brianna Rose Brooks Joy Yamusangie
Photographs: Annotated Artists Edition Jack Davidson Joy Yamusangie