The Shield of Achilles. Book 19 lines 478 - 608 Homers Iliad. 

Throughout the Summer term 2025 every week pupils from Faraday School will be working alongside a team of people from the creative industries  to prepare an installation in the cargo hold of SS Robin. 

This historic vessel is now moored at Trinity Buoy Wharf  almost exactly where she was built over 120 years ago. 

The installation  will be the first art ‘Cargo’ to be presented inside the hold of SS Robin :

’The Shield of Achilles' - a six metre diameter sculpture by French Artist Dominique Pinchi. 

The pupils work will create four animated films inspired by the ship, the site and Homers epic poem ’The Iliad'. 

STEAM subjects  ( Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and  Maths ) will be explored  in each weeks activity.

This is a prototype project helping us to explore future educational opportunities of SS Robin.

The pupils will  be supported by a core creative team with visiting specialists each week. Skills to be developed include, drawing,  sound design,  animation techniques, use of art as a tool in navigation, exhibition content & layout, and finally presentation skills. 

The aim is to  enable the pupils to ‘host' a celebratory inaugural visit to the ' Cargo ‘ at the end of term  and help develop ideas for a  ‘Guide sheet’ for younger visitors in future.

From July 2025 free escorted visits to SS Robin can be made by emailing info@ssrobin.com