Moon Signs is a collaborative project by Bodle + Borsuk based on their sound installation Wave Signs. In two participatory sound poetry events, the artists invite you to use a lunar calendar as a poetic compass to navigate the night sky and build a word ladder to the orb that exerts such force over our lives and our language.
Join in on one of the participatory poetry events on 8/18 at the Henry Art Gallery and 8/26 at SAM Remix!
Moon Signs is created for the Henry Art Gallery’s series The Untuning of the Sky which is a series of outdoor events throughout the summer that brings together music, poetry, and film inspired by the mystery and wonder of the sky at night. Held at venues across Seattle, the series links such divergent cultural traditions as the Music of the Spheres and afrofuturism with contemporary astronomical theory. The series takes its name from John Hollander’s 1961 book by the same name that examines the influence of music on poetry. Moon Signs is made with support from the Henry Art Gallery and the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington.
Performances:
The Untuning of the Sky: Moon Gazing in the Skyspace
Henry Art Gallery
Seattle, WA
Thursday August 18
8pm-midnight
Bodle + Borsuk’s participatory poetry event in the Skyspace at 10:00pm
Facebook event page
The Untuning of the Sky: SAM Remix
Seattle Art Museum Remix at the Olympic Sculpture Park
Friday August 26
8pm-midnight
Bodle + Borsuk’s participatory poetry event begins at 10:30 at Remix
Facebook event page