From Carolyn Yates
The author Vivien Jones has her work
included in an unusual exhibition
and book called 26 Words: exploring the DNA of language.
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| Vivien Jones lives in Powfoot |
26 Words started in April when writers were paired with
visual artists to form 26 collaborative partnerships to create limited edition
artworks. Each pair randomly chose a word to represent each letter of the
alphabet, by inserting a knife in a dictionary. The result was an extraordinary
collection of words from acidulate to zaffre, taking in dig and undulate and
connected along the way, the familiar and the unfamiliar, the everyday and the
exotic but every word evocative. Along the journey many serendipitous
discoveries have been made, leading to intriguing and surprising
collaborations, beautiful words and exciting visual interpretations in two and
three dimensions. Everything will be unveiled at an exhibition in London’s Free Word
Centre, opening on 26 th November and running through to the end of January
2014. The exhibition is already booked to go on tour to venues in Reading,
Sunderland, Bruges, Snape and Hereford through 2014. Other venues will be added. Those taking part
have also been writing about their collaborations. These ‘creation stories’ are
running every weekday up until Friday 22 nd November at www.26words.org - follow
on twitter feed @26wordsandart.
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