Found Narratives

Poetry from Art Pairings

Meg Winikates, Massachusetts Poetry Festival 2015

CuratorCaretaker

Editor

Interpreter

heritage

emotion

perspective

context

voice

presentationplacement

tradition/

‘canon’

questions

PoetCaretaker

Editor

Interpreter

heritage

emotion

perspective

context

voice

presentationplacement

tradition/

‘canon’

questions

The power of both these roles is in

the choices we make.

Image Source: Know Your Own Bone, http://colleendilen.com

Choices = Connections

• Color and tone

• Proximity and juxtaposition

• Size and weight

“Juxtaposition” by Richard Croft, creative commons license

From Palettes of Light, by Meg Winikates, poet & Michele Morris, photographer

http://palettesoflight.com

Your Task: Find a Narrative

• Find 1-2 works in each of 2 exhibits that draw you in.

• Brainstorm a list of words and phrases provoked by each work.

• Take photos for future reference if you need/want.

• Find a connecting thread between your two works.

• Write the bridge.

• “What if I hate everything in X exhibit?”

• Pick 2 unrelated works from the other one.

How do we get there?

• Visual Thinking Strategies

• What do you see?

• What makes you say that?

• What else?

• Be aware of your reactions, curators’ choices

• Duane Michals, Storyteller (upstairs via elevator)

• Branching Out, Trees as Art (just outside the door)

• Rest of the museum (on your own time)Duane Michals, The Bewitched Bee (detail)

Sachiko Akiyama, On Finding Home (detail)

Possible connections

• Theme

• Visual similarities

• Tone

• Texture

• Composition

• Color

• Movement

• Emotional reaction

• Resonances (or dissonances!)

• Personal memories

• References to artistic/literary tradition

• Using one as metaphor/frame for the other

• Timelines (cause & effect, before & after)

Joseph Wheelwright, Waltzers (detail)

Duane Michals, This Photograph Is My Proof (detail)

Find us online!

@mwinikates @MicheleMphotos

http://mwinikates.com http://michelemorris.zenfolio.com/

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linkedin.com/in/mwinikates linkedin.com/pub/michele-morris/8/a8a/1b0

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