Thu, Jun 13
|Revealed Art Gallery
My Means of Protection Poetry Experience by Amy Clipp
An interactive Poetry Experience featuring the poems of Amy Clipp. Members of the audience come to the front to read Amy's poems—interpreting words they've never seen for people they've never met. When each reader is done, they hang their poem on the wall, marking their voice as part of the whole.
Time & Location
Jun 13, 2019, 6:00 PM
Revealed Art Gallery, 119-A Church St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
About The Event
With see-through pieces that can be stowed in a duffel bag, the Means of Protection wall is made to bend not block. It's light to carry but still able to hold 80 protectors (visible at close range) and 14 stories about safety.
Q: First of all, why build a wall?
A: The instinct to build walls is part of being human. The audience and I play with that instinct by using the wall as a home base for exploring what safety really means.
Q: How do you do that in less than an hour with a roomful of strangers?
A: The power of reading poetry out loud to each other! It's a power we know in our bones and can find again if conditions are right.
Q: So the audience gets involved?
A: If they choose to, members of the audience come to the front of the room to read my poems—interpreting words they've never seen for people they've never met. When each reader is done, they hang their poem on the wall, marking their voice as part of the whole.
Q: Sounds a little scary.
A: A little. But there's no way to reach safety without passing through risk. We know that in our bones too.
Q: Do people take the risk?
A: So far, so good. When people choose to share their voices, we create an unrepeatable experience—one that's absolutely solid and absolutely safe.
