Of Soil and Tongues
Hampshire College Art Gallery, June 1 - October 1, 2017
Co-curated with Jocelyn Edens
Of Soil and Tongues unfolded from an invitation to participants to install poetry in three-dimensional space, considering the transmission of their work as a heard, performed, read, graphic, and embodied medium. Three artist-poets/collaboratives—Miatta Kawinzi, lê thi diem thúy, and Sahar Muradi + Laimah Osman—chart paths through language and place in three new multimedia installations developed specially for the exhibition.
Presented through the summer, the exhibition culminated in a range of events, readings and workshops as part of the 5th annual Amherst Poetry Festival in September, in collaboration with the The Emily Dickinson Museum.
Publication: Print and digital brochure
Programs:
Opening reception with performance by lê thi diem thúy, June 1, 2017
Public curatorial tours as part of Amherst Arts Night, July 6, August 3, September 7, 2017
Artist-poets’ performance and panel discussion, September 15, 2017
Faculty poets’ reading, September 30, 2017
Press and Public Relations:
Alumni Artists to ‘Install Poetry in 3D Space’ in Hampshire College Art Gallery, Hampshire College press release, May 30, 2017
Hampshire College Art Gallery and Amherst Poetry Festival Partner, Hampshire College press release, September 1, 2017
Text & Context: Of Soil and Tongues, Non Satis Scire, Fall Issue, 2017.