Shown above are some of the poem slip installations Galaudet Gallery has done
From left to right: Outdoor Installation at The Farm on Anson Place Chicago,
Indoor Installation One Sacred Moment as part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial
and another Outdoor Installation for All My Relations Sundance
Galaudet Gallery and our not for profit partner the Milewski Nature Fund have led several poem slip installations:
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Installations for workshops or Professional Development activities create an interactive moment and space as the participants assist in displaying the poem slips
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Installations as part of art exhibits with stand alone sculptural structures or more traditional outdoor hanging environments
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Installations as part of an event, lecture or other experience that are installed before or during the event with specific placements, poems or other wordings that can be a part of the installation.
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Galaudet Gallery has found the most effective Installations use poems created for Poem Slip Installations like Vicki Milewski's award-winning, 24 part One Sacred Moment...with You or shorter poems like Catch It Going where the poem is self contained on one poem slip. Sometimes the poem slips are tied to tree branches, fences or buildings other times they are constructed into sculptural forms. Each installation is different and works with the poem, the place and the people who assist in with the installation. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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Galaudet Gallery is also experimenting with online Poem Slip Installations
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Shown is an installation created from short poems workshop participants wrote during a 3-day event with the culmination of the installation being the last day with everyone's thoughts displayed.
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Under poem slips ringing their words
like bells,
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Under choices I plan to make better
with age
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Under this waving and dancing and waiting
for love
within one sacred moment shared…
with you.
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From One Sacred Moment...
with you
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Under skies without clouds
to rain understanding
down.
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​Under skies without stars
to wish longing
upon,
Under skies without wings
to carry me
from the ground,
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Under skies that drip blue
beautifully down
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From One Sacred Moment...
with you
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These Poem Slip Installations can create selfie backdrops, immersive environments or a way to show how individual ideas can be represented in a group
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“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”
― Tennessee Williams.
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The trees sigh in relief
that the winter is over;
the grass moves in its growing
toward being cut;
the water sparkles as it rushes
toward another, drier spot;
while I catch it while it’s going
watching, hoping for
a moment beyond now From Catch It Going​
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Please contact us for more information.
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