Collective reflexions (fr, en, de, lu)

Exploring an exhibition through haiku poetry and printmaking. Workshop with Alexander Harry Morrison.

Cutting a fine line.
Mirrored type in black ink.
Paper pressed.
Haiku.

Haiku is a traditional Japanese form of poetry that is widely spread and used all around the world today. It is considered to be the shortest form of poetry and traditionally adheres to the following rules: - maximum of 17 syllables over 3 lines, usually but not always forming a 5,7,5 rhythm - physicality and reference to the present - open ended sentences rhyming is not important, the subject is often an observation using all senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste, or a description of something currently happening. We’ll begin the workshop by taking a short walk through the gallery and finding an inspiring artwork- then describing the artwork, or whatever you see or hear in the surrounding, in the form of a haiku poem. This will be the basis of your printmaking work. Using the linocut technique, we will learn how to carve printable type, and visually illustrate a text/word/idea in a single color. Finally, we will mount a 16-page block together and hand-print our finished collection of Haiku Poems as a small magazine/softcover book, printed in a small edition for all participants entitled: „Collective reflections“.

Duration: 7h / 24€ per person / Registrations via https://ypl.me/ogy.