Title
Postcards made by Chalini at the 'Postcards to the Future' workshop
Description
Three postcards in the forms of collage, blackout poetry and cut-up poetry made by Chalini, a participant of the 'Postcards to the Future' workshop (held at the Museum of Oxford on 12th August 2023 as part of the Dive In! exhibition).
Date
12th August 2023
Alt text
Three collage and blackout poetry postcards.
1. Torn images of water, rocks, flowers and trees layered on top of one another form the background. Two paragraphs of black-out poetry are on top of the background. The balck-out text causes the poem to read: 'I could not swim confidence. Swimming to adopt quite naturally. As soon as accustomed to the feel of the water, stroke [break]. If you begin begin well. With a rush. Jump'.
2. Torn up photographs form a collage. In the centre is a large image of a pinkish leaf on top of a blue background (possibly water). Surrounding the leaf and forming a square are torn up images; from top left: an orange sunset over water; a birds-eye view of a person wild swimming; a person wild-swimming in choppy dark water; pebbles on a shore; a sunset/sunrise over water, with a seabird stood on some rocks silhouetted in the foreground; trees on the shore of some water; sand, seen from underwater; an orange sunset; a person in water, holding onto a floatie, smiling at the camera and wearing a bobble hat; a birds-eye view of a river between two banks; snow-covered trees on the bank of an icy river; icy water; an orange floatie in the middle of the water.
3. A headline poem, which reads: 'Nature or nurture? Open water swimming has both. Ducks and clear skies; silver waters and while streams. Safe and free outdoor swimming is the future in our dreams. The poem is followed by a cut-out photograph of a person wearing a swimming cap and goggles floating on their back in water.
1. Torn images of water, rocks, flowers and trees layered on top of one another form the background. Two paragraphs of black-out poetry are on top of the background. The balck-out text causes the poem to read: 'I could not swim confidence. Swimming to adopt quite naturally. As soon as accustomed to the feel of the water, stroke [break]. If you begin begin well. With a rush. Jump'.
2. Torn up photographs form a collage. In the centre is a large image of a pinkish leaf on top of a blue background (possibly water). Surrounding the leaf and forming a square are torn up images; from top left: an orange sunset over water; a birds-eye view of a person wild swimming; a person wild-swimming in choppy dark water; pebbles on a shore; a sunset/sunrise over water, with a seabird stood on some rocks silhouetted in the foreground; trees on the shore of some water; sand, seen from underwater; an orange sunset; a person in water, holding onto a floatie, smiling at the camera and wearing a bobble hat; a birds-eye view of a river between two banks; snow-covered trees on the bank of an icy river; icy water; an orange floatie in the middle of the water.
3. A headline poem, which reads: 'Nature or nurture? Open water swimming has both. Ducks and clear skies; silver waters and while streams. Safe and free outdoor swimming is the future in our dreams. The poem is followed by a cut-out photograph of a person wearing a swimming cap and goggles floating on their back in water.
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