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Blackout Poetry

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April 19 - May 16, 2021
3:15PM - 3:15PM
Virtual

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Add to Calendar 2021-04-19 15:15:00 2021-05-16 15:15:00 Blackout Poetry Time: All day Event Host: Urban Arts Space Short Description: “Blackout Poetry” is the process by which  one views an existing text, then blocks out parts of words, lines or paragraphs, selecting the phrases and words  they  want in a new construction of meaning. It is both a  cathartic experience  of creative making as well as an  exciting form of scavenging for possible meanings. “Blackout Poetry” is the process by which  one views an existing text, then blocks out parts of words, lines or paragraphs, selecting the phrases and words  they  want in a new construction of meaning. It is both a  cathartic experience  of creative making as well as an  exciting form of scavenging for possible meanings. After inviting the community to share new meanings of 5 texts through their own blackout poetry, a selection of poems will be on view at UAS Online. "Blackout Poetry " is led by  Noor Murteza,  arts administration, education and policy; Will Nickley , design; and  Madison Sabatelli , design, with support from Urban Arts Space’s  Hybrid Arts Lab,  a multi-venue learning lab that experiments with how art is imagined, made, viewed and understood. Virtual College of Arts and Sciences asccomm@osu.edu America/New_York public
Time: All day
Event Host: Urban Arts Space
Short Description: “Blackout Poetry” is the process by which  one views an existing text, then blocks out parts of words, lines or paragraphs, selecting the phrases and words  they  want in a new construction of meaning. It is both a  cathartic experience  of creative making as well as an  exciting form of scavenging for possible meanings.


“Blackout Poetry” is the process by which  one views an existing text, then blocks out parts of words, lines or paragraphs, selecting the phrases and words  they  want in a new construction of meaning. It is both a  cathartic experience  of creative making as well as an  exciting form of scavenging for possible meanings.

After inviting the community to share new meanings of 5 texts through their own blackout poetry, a selection of poems will be on view at UAS Online.

"Blackout Poetry " is led by  Noor Murteza,  arts administration, education and policy; Will Nickley , design; and  Madison Sabatelli , design, with support from Urban Arts Space’s  Hybrid Arts Lab,  a multi-venue learning lab that experiments with how art is imagined, made, viewed and understood.

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