👩‍🎨 [I Found An Art!] Found Words

​Welcome! This is an experimental, co-creative workshop over 3 sessions using found art modalities to explore and discover messages to ourselves.

​SESSION 1: FOUND WORDS

​The session with all of the words. We'll talk about and use some mix of:

• ​Facts - Harpers’ statistics pages, stories pages

• ​Exquisite corpses

• ​“Found poems” & styles of them

  • ​Blackout poetry

  • ​Build-up poetry / magnetic poetry

​Readings: None. I may pop some links in if you want to be extra. You can also Slack me if you think I should read/share something or just share IRL

​ABOUT ME:

​Hi, I'm Elise! I’m a poet, immersive artist, and technologist who lives in NoPa. I’ve been writing/publishing poetry and fiction seriously for 10+ years and making weird underground theater with friends since about 2018. My 2023 projects included Change Your Mind (which ran in Haight) and Your Startup is Going to Die (a one-evening event in the Lost Church).

​My art is never about me, but I’ve found that I am in everything I make in ways that I cannot necessarily explain at the time of making it. After that happened a few times I started to wonder if this is a technique we can all use to better understand and express ourselves – not the shallow ego that wants attention/recognition (I express! I am artist! Look at me!), but the deeper subconscious that is no less our own: Have you noticed what I notice? Do you see the world that I see?

​LOGISTICS:

​Schedule: This is a long workshop window that I'm expecting will be a mix of community / content and a lot of quiet crafting. Something like:

• ​[10m] Settle in, introductions

• ​[20m] Content - sharing on the form and examples

• ​[30m] Exercise 1

• ​[15m] Sharing some of our work

• ​[~45m] Exercise 2 and bonus time staying as you like

​Space: Astrology lounge!

​People: Space in Astrology lounge is extremely limited and some sessions require me to get materials, so I'm soft capping this at like 8 people. Please use RSVP button accurately if you can.