Ekphrasis: a poetry and photography exhibition @ Enfield Town Library, December 2021
Ekphrasis: A Poetry and Photography Exhibition
brought to you by Enfield Poets and Edmonton Camera Club
ekphrasis
/ˈɛkfrəsɪs/
noun
the use of detailed description of a work of visual art as a literary device.
Enfield Poets have teamed up with Edmonton Camera Club to put together this community-based exhibition. Local photographers have some of their best work on display. The Enfield Poets have responded to these photographs in the way they know best: through words.
Ekphrasis, as a word, comes from the Greek ἐκ ek and φράσις phrásis, 'out' and 'speak' respectively, and the verb ἐκφράζειν ekphrázein, 'to proclaim or call an inanimate object by name'. The practice finds its route in the classical era, in Plato and Aristotle’s ideas on ideal forms and the mimetic stages at which an object may be viewed. Today, it is a common artistic practice that creates community, artistic collaboration and a therapeutic refuge through detailed observation and interpretation.
