prisong

All of the images included in the prisong exhibition can be viewed here.

Join us on Friday 17 November from 6-8pm for the opening of prisong, a new visual poetry exhibition by obscure at East Ham Library

Friday 17 November 6-8pm. FESTIVAL OPENING EVENT. Click here to see the film of the launch of prisong, a visual poetry exhibition by Newcastle-based artist gobscure that explores words, the labels we use and the power they have. The launch includes a spoken word performance by gobscure followed by a question and answer session. Or click here to view a shorter version. Captioned versions will be available asap. Please email us if you would like to be notified of their release. The exhibition continues at East Ham Library until 15 December 2017.

prisong is a visual poetry collective of 45 separate small squares, written on over & over again in grey so they can be ‘seen’ but not ‘read’. A new word has then been written in colour over the top, colliding two existing words to challenge or reclaim – prison & song becoming prisong.

gobscure at the installation of their exhibition prisong at East Ham Library on 16 November 2017.

The artist says: “This collective wall of words creatively critiques aspects of the current war against us all – including mental distresses, disabilities, media, sexualities, nationalities, markets, genders, more. We’re all pretty much boxed in these days, mostly miscategorised – lets rewrite.”

Also part of Newham Word Festival.

At East Ham Library, 328 Barking Rd, London E6 2RT. 020 3373 0827. Free parking for Blue Badge users. Open 9am-8pm Monday to Saturday; closed Sundays. 

Captioned versions will be available asap. Please email us if you would like to be notified of their release.