Saturday, February 5, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
When Art Met Poetry - NYT Article
Check out this great article about a collaboration of our sorts that gave birth to a great event like our forthcoming event not so long ago in New York City.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Stitch- An Animation
Hey everyone, I'll start!
http://vimeo.com/17853884
(Watch with headphones!)
Not sure how much I should say about this... I'm going to go with letting it do the talking.
http://vimeo.com/17853884
(Watch with headphones!)
Not sure how much I should say about this... I'm going to go with letting it do the talking.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Telephone?
Hey, Pollinators!
So, nobody's posted their "mission statement" yet--I'm as guilty as the rest of you--but even without a stated missions...does anyone want to play telephone?
Here's the cool example I mentioned during our last meeting.
I know people are worried about time commitments, deadlines, and other logistical issues, so here are two thoughts on how the nuts n' bolts of this game could literally work:
1. 24 hour turnaround. We commit to a week--maybe, like, a soon-week, because maybe things are slightly less crazy at the beginning of the semester. We come up with an order in advance, so that you know in advance what 24 hour period you'll be working in. Whoever goes first posts their "Day 1" submission on this blog. The second person then has 24 hours to post their response on this blog. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
2. Same system, but with 3-day (or longer) turnaround. Well, maybe not much longer, but perhaps it would be less scary, time-management-wise, to work in a looser time frame?
Other ideas are welcome! And of course, if no one's interested, we don't have to do this at all, and we can still state our missions and have fun parties where we scribble our signs and symbols on the walls with ecstatic abandon. My feeling, though, is that the best (if not only) way to get really excited about this whole cross-pollination project is to dive in and actually do something--and that from that doing-something shall spring the Centaur-like creations that will make for a fucking awesome show.
Comment on this post if you're in, and please feel free to share other ideas!
So, nobody's posted their "mission statement" yet--I'm as guilty as the rest of you--but even without a stated missions...does anyone want to play telephone?
Here's the cool example I mentioned during our last meeting.
I know people are worried about time commitments, deadlines, and other logistical issues, so here are two thoughts on how the nuts n' bolts of this game could literally work:
1. 24 hour turnaround. We commit to a week--maybe, like, a soon-week, because maybe things are slightly less crazy at the beginning of the semester. We come up with an order in advance, so that you know in advance what 24 hour period you'll be working in. Whoever goes first posts their "Day 1" submission on this blog. The second person then has 24 hours to post their response on this blog. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
2. Same system, but with 3-day (or longer) turnaround. Well, maybe not much longer, but perhaps it would be less scary, time-management-wise, to work in a looser time frame?
Other ideas are welcome! And of course, if no one's interested, we don't have to do this at all, and we can still state our missions and have fun parties where we scribble our signs and symbols on the walls with ecstatic abandon. My feeling, though, is that the best (if not only) way to get really excited about this whole cross-pollination project is to dive in and actually do something--and that from that doing-something shall spring the Centaur-like creations that will make for a fucking awesome show.
Comment on this post if you're in, and please feel free to share other ideas!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Welcome to the MFA Cross Pollination!
Hello, friends! Welcome to the brand new blog of the MFA Cross Pollination at U of M, an group aimed to encourage collaboration between masters students in Michigan's programs in Creative Writing and Art & Design.
The group was founded 2 years ago by Poetry professor Khaled Mattawa, reportedly after hearing two creative writing students complaining about teaching responsibilities instead of sharing inspired conversation about Art. The program was founded with the hope of encouraging collaboration and even the simpler sharing of ideas and thoughts between artistic communities at the University.
This fall, Zell Fellow Darrell Holnes has upped the ante by encouraging the group to organize a collaborative exhibit of our work that would take place on campus in Winter/Spring 2011, ideally in a multimedia space with television monitors, projectors, wall hanging space and sound capabilities. We're hoping to present a collection of collaborative work that speaks to investigating space, place and home. The topic is broad and we're hoping to present (and encourage you to present) prompts for collaboration.
Participation in this group and blog is open, for now, to all students in these two programs. Hopefully this blog can serve as a forum and also function as a listserv as people share thoughts and ideas. Comment to this post if you'd like me to add you as an author.
At this exciting venture, I'd like to invite artists and writers to post short personal statements about topics or projects people are interested in pursuing. At the meeting today we were thinking this could be a nice way for potential collaborators to find one an other, and for us all to get a sense of the kind of work we're producing and places it might intersect. (This process also might speak to the notion that our very conversations, in that they produce and transverse spaces and boundaries, are also kinds of investigations into place and space.)
This blog is open to the public but only authors can comment. Comment or e-mail me @ browtr@umich.edu and I'll add you as an author/administrator.
Let's share ideas, people! And hopefully in January we can do some sort of project-based event in real space-time. Like, in a room.
Collab commence!
Tessa
The group was founded 2 years ago by Poetry professor Khaled Mattawa, reportedly after hearing two creative writing students complaining about teaching responsibilities instead of sharing inspired conversation about Art. The program was founded with the hope of encouraging collaboration and even the simpler sharing of ideas and thoughts between artistic communities at the University.
This fall, Zell Fellow Darrell Holnes has upped the ante by encouraging the group to organize a collaborative exhibit of our work that would take place on campus in Winter/Spring 2011, ideally in a multimedia space with television monitors, projectors, wall hanging space and sound capabilities. We're hoping to present a collection of collaborative work that speaks to investigating space, place and home. The topic is broad and we're hoping to present (and encourage you to present) prompts for collaboration.
Participation in this group and blog is open, for now, to all students in these two programs. Hopefully this blog can serve as a forum and also function as a listserv as people share thoughts and ideas. Comment to this post if you'd like me to add you as an author.
At this exciting venture, I'd like to invite artists and writers to post short personal statements about topics or projects people are interested in pursuing. At the meeting today we were thinking this could be a nice way for potential collaborators to find one an other, and for us all to get a sense of the kind of work we're producing and places it might intersect. (This process also might speak to the notion that our very conversations, in that they produce and transverse spaces and boundaries, are also kinds of investigations into place and space.)
This blog is open to the public but only authors can comment. Comment or e-mail me @ browtr@umich.edu and I'll add you as an author/administrator.
Let's share ideas, people! And hopefully in January we can do some sort of project-based event in real space-time. Like, in a room.
Collab commence!
Tessa
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