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Is this a poem? Curator Tour + Poetry in the Contemporary World online course

I'm very pleased to be partnering with Poetry Ireland on two connected initiatives taking place this summer and autumn: I will be offering a guided tour (in person) of the exhibition Is this a poem? which I devised and curated and which runs at Museum of Literature Ireland until 21 July 22 September 2024; and I will be leading a 6-week (online) course with title 'Poetry in the Contemporary World'.

Full details below. You can book a place on the tour and/or the course through the relevant links.

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Christodoulos Makris - Is this a poem? Curator Tour
Saturday, July 13, 10:30am - 12:30pm
In Person: Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), 86 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2


Join Christodoulos at MoLI for a special guided tour in which he will introduce and discuss the individual items comprising Is this a poem? He will explore and speak about the concepts underpinning the exhibition and how we experience and view poetry.

Devised and curated by Christodoulos Makris, Is this a poem? is a mixed-media exhibition currently on display across the entire building and grounds at Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI). The exhibition collects works of poetry specifically conceived to operate beyond the page, sometimes in non-verbal modes, and features poems that are sound, sculpture, image, film, performances, software, and objects you can touch, mostly made in Ireland over the last decade.

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Online Course: Poetry in the Contemporary World with Christodoulos Makris
September 19th, 26th; October 3rd,10th,17th and 24th
6.30pm - 8.30pm (Dublin time)
online: worldwide


A 6-week online course with Christodoulos Makris exploring a range of approaches to and forms of poetry-making and publishing, expanding on ideas presented in the exhibition Is this a poem? at Museum of Literature Ireland, which he devised and curated. Highly practical, and operating cumulatively through continuous example, exercise and conversation, this course is designed to encourage and stimulate participants’ engagement with the expanded possibilities of contemporary poetic practice.

Elements covered in the course will include: documentary and conceptual poetics, forms of translation, digital poetics, sound and visual poetry, making and publishing beyond the page, collaboration, and more.


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