'Fragments of Us': DAC Member Rachel Carney Poetry-Film Launch at g39

DAC Member Rachel Carney was commissioned by SHAPE Arts to create a poetry-film last year. Rachel is now hosting a launch event for the film, an in-person event in Cardiff at g39.

The launch is taking place on Thursday 30 October from 7-9pm. Get your tickets here.

More information about 'Fragments of Us':

‘Fragments of Us’ combines poetry with a focus on the process of making, reflecting on the creativity of museum visitors who responded to an interactive poetry display that took place at National Museum Cardiff in 2022. This poetry-film incorporates some of the original words taken from museum visitors’ texts, linking them together in a way that explores the collaborative nature of this ongoing ekphrastic conversation. It was commissioned by SHAPE Arts.

This celebration event will include a ‘private view’ film screening, with options to contribute your own creative response (if you wish), some ekphrastic and meta-ekphrastic poetry readings, and a short Q&A.

Doors open from 6.30pm. There will be a bar and snacks.

The event is free, but space is limited, so please sign up.

Featuring guest poets: Sarah Mayo, Alix Edwards, Francesca Murphy, Kathryn Jones...

For background information about this project, visit https://createdtoread.com/

Access: The venue has step-free access. Venue details can be found here: https://g39.org/cgi-bin/website.cgi?place=infomation. Parking spaces at g39 are very limited, and can be booked if needed for access by emailing post@g39.org.

Artist Bio:

Dr Rachel Carney is a poet, creative writing tutor and visual artist, based in Cardiff. Her poetry collection Octopus Mind (Seren Books) explores themes of perception, creativity, and neurodiversity, and was selected as one of The Guardian’s Best Poetry Books of 2023.

Rachel recently completed a PhD funded by the SWWDTP. Her thesis examines how ekphrastic poetry (poetry written in response to art) can help visitors to engage with art in museums. It involved creating an interactive display that took place at National Museum Cardiff, inviting visitors to respond to the paintings in the gallery, and to each other’s words, through poetry.

Her creative-critical practice extends and builds upon this interaction between poetry and visual art through meta-ekphrasis and interactive ekphrasis, in the form of page-poetry, collage poetry, poetry-objects and performance poetry.

Event funded by Image Works.