{"id":93518,"date":"2026-06-04T14:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/?p=93518"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:35:25","slug":"chickens-gem-mountains-and-2500-moons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.modernartoxford.org.uk\/cms\/chickens-gem-mountains-and-2500-moons\/","title":{"rendered":"Chickens, Gem Mountains and 2,500 Moons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Architecture of Planetary Systems by Lilli Tranborg and Arbie Edward.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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In October 2025, we spent a session with Children Heard and Seen imagining entirely new planetary systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started by talking about our own solar system before inviting everyone to invent a planet of their own. Together, we named planets, imagined inhabitants, designed landscapes and considered how these worlds might move through space. We talked about moons, climates, day lengths and origin stories, exploring what each planet might look and feel like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The responses were wonderfully varied.<\/p>\n\n\n

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There was Planet Treasure, a cube-shaped world with a mountain of gems and emerald-coloured landscapes. Planet EMC was a tropical holiday destination filled with palm trees, pools and lush vegetation. Planet RM was inhabited by aliens and covered in rainforests, mountains, lakes and rivers, with a diamond core and three moons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of our favourites was Planet Octavius, a large square planet inhabited by chickens and zebras. It had 2,500 moons of different sizes, fish-ducks living beneath the water and every colour imaginable across its surface. Another planet was entirely purple, with a core made of plants and days that lasted a month. Others were quieter places, inhabited only by plants and water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hear what the children said: <\/p>\n\n\n\n