Exploring materiality as a driving component when co-creating fantasy worlds

Abstract

The aim of this article is to investigate how paper materials can be used as a dramaturgical premise when co-creating a fantasy world together with kindergarten children. Four exploratory workshops were carried out with a group of children in a kindergarten in Norway. The findings demonstrate how transformative materials function as a driving component in collective creations. The children moved between creating individually and collectively with the material, and through this interaction they co-created stories and play situations. These findings suggest implications for how art pedagogical practice can make use of transformative materials to build collective fantasy play.