M. Carson Day / Work / shadow poems
shadow poem, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 10” x 13”
shadow of a shadow poem, 2024, graphite, india ink, and watercolor on paper
Olq6l Oł Onf Zollλ, 2023, linoleum block printed on canvas, 10” x 13”
concrete poem, 2024, acrylic and sand on panel, 11” x 14”
Plastic Poem (2023)
Inspired by surrealist and structuralist filmmakers, plastic poem (2023, digital video, runtime: 8 min 05 sec) is assembled like a wordless concrete poem incorporating sound collage and chiaroscuro images of plastic sprues, the manufacturing byproduct of tabletop gaming figurines. However, the film actively rejects narrative structure in favor of treating images as “found” objects themselves, arranged and repeated as a series of poetic devices in stanzas. This abstraction allows for aesthetic investigation and political critique to occupy the same arena, and the two confuse each other.
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