What you will need:
20 -25 index cards, metal clips, pens or pencils.
Coogan's piece is action-packed, with figures busily engaged in playing a game. Use one of Coogan's game players as the basis for a flipbook. Pick your favorite figure and draw it on one index card. On the next index card, slightly adjust your figure's pose. Trace from the first card by placing the second card on top it and hold the pair up to a window. As you trace, move the figure's leg or arm just a tiny bit, no more than an eighth of an inch. Make 20 more sketches in the same way, changing your character's position bit by bit. Clip the stack of cards. Flip the cards from back to front. The figure will come to life! If the movement seems jerky, add drawings that make the changes more gradual.
Make other books, experimenting with different materials and shapes.
What you will need:
Energy and imagination.
Transform yourself into a work of art by playing "Stop-Action-Freize," a fun spin on charades. You'll need at least two more people to play. Decide who will go first. That person chooses a favorite activity or an activity from Coogan's piece. He or she then silently acts out their activity (like in charades).
When someone thinks they know the activity, they yell, "Freeze!" The performer must halt in mid-motion - becoming a living frieze figure! The "guesser" must say what he or she thinks the performer is doing. If the guesser is correct, then it is that person's turn. If not, the performer resumes the activity until someone gets it right. Play until everyone has a turn.
Keep the game going. Ask one of your friends to assume the "freeze" pose that you liked best. Now sketch your friend or model them in clay. Or make an abstract sculpture inspired by the pose out of found objects, cardboard, etc. Turn the game into a life-study art project! | 
