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Toronto poet Ken Babstock won the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize for his book Methodist Hatchetlast week. It’s an amazing achievement and, inspired by his win, we want to share a piece of Babstock’s poetry that’s near and dear to our hearts.
For the Gallery’s reopening after Transformation AGO in 2008, we invited Babstock to create a piece based on Betty Goodwin’s Tarpaulin #8. The recording was installed in a room dedicated to Goodwin on level 5 as part of “Multiple Perspectives,” which captured and shared views on artworks from artists, collectors, curators, conservators, teens and kids. Visitors accessed these recordings through audio stations next to the work or by calling a number and listening on their cellphones.
And now you can listen to Babstock’s poem right here or download it and take it with you. Enjoy!
Curious about this artwork? Listen to AGO conservator Sherry Phillips talk about it and how it was stored and installed here.
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Giuseppe Penone. Cedro di Versailles, 2002-2003. Cedar wood, 600 x 170 x 170 cm. On Loan from Private Collection
Recorded: September 29, 2009 @ Walker Court, Art Gallery of Ontario
Duration: 15:24
Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Alayna Munce created and presents a new poem in response to a sculpture by Giuseppe Penone.
Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Kelley Aitken created and presents a new poem in response to a sculpture by Käthe Kollwitz from the AGO’s collection.
Recorded: September 29, 2009 @ Walker Court, Art Gallery of Ontario
Duration: 4:27
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Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Sheila Stewart created and presents a new poem in response to an ivory carving of a female figure from the AGO’s collection.
Recorded: September 29, 2009 @ Walker Court, Art Gallery of Ontario
Duration: 5:54
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Please join us at the AGO tonight, Wednesday April 21, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm in celebration of International Poetry Month. Toronto poet laureate Dionne Brand invites authors George Eliot Clarke, Lynne Crosbie, Daniel David Moses and Souvankham Thamavongsa, to join her in reading poems inspired by pieces from the AGO’s collection.
Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Maureen Hynes created and presents a new poem in response to an artwork by Rebecca Belmore from the AGO’s collection.
Recorded: September 29, 2009 @ Walker Court, Art Gallery of Ontario
Duration: 6:00
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Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Maureen Scott Harris created and presents a new poem in response to an 19th century ship model from the AGO’s collection.
Recorded: September 29, 2009 @ Walker Court, Art Gallery of Ontario
Duration: 7:36
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Please join us at the AGO on Wednesday April 21, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm in celebration of International Poetry Month. Toronto poet laureate Dionne Brand invites authors George Eliot Clarke, Lynne Crosbie, Daniel David Moses and Souvankham Thamavongsa, to join her in reading poems inspired by pieces from the AGO’s collection.
Recorded: September 29, 2009 @ Walker Court, Art Gallery of Ontario
Duration: 7:24
Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Patria Rivera created and presents a new poem in response a painting by Camille Pissarro from the AGO’s collection.
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Please join us at the AGO on Wednesday April 21, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm in celebration of International Poetry Month. Toronto poet laureate Dionne Brand invites authors George Eliot Clarke, Lynne Crosbie, Daniel David Moses and Souvankham Thamavongsa, to join her in reading poems inspired by pieces from the AGO’s collection.
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Recorded: September 29, 2009 @ Walker Court, Art Gallery of Ontario
Duration: 6:22
Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, poet Ruth Pierson created and presents a new poem in response to a sculpture by Louise Nevelson from the AGO’s collection.
Please join us at the AGO on Wednesday April 21, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm in celebration of International Poetry Month.
Toronto poet laureate Dionne Brand invites authors George Eliot Clarke, Lynne Crosbie, Daniel David Moses and Souvankham Thamavongsa, to join her in reading poems inspired by pieces from the AGO’s collection.
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Recorded: September 29, 2009 @ Walker Court, Art Gallery of Ontario
Duration: 7:17
Working from the concept of ekphrasis, one art form paying homage to another, Ontario poet Barry Dempster created and presents a new poem in response to a painting by Paterson Ewen from the AGO’s collection.
Please join us on Wednesday April 21, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, at the AGO in celebration of International Poetry Month.
Toronto poet laureate Dionne Brand invites authors George Eliot Clarke, Lynne Crosbie, Daniel David Moses and Souvankham Thamavongsa, to join her in reading poems inspired by pieces from the AGO’s collection.
