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Babel/Babble Intro Mixed Media

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Write a virtual poem, check out online poetry slams, meet Distrakt, and more on the Mixed Media page.

Babel/Babble Intro Blog Trifecta

  • Word as Art: A Modern Idea? (Read and comment » )

    Is text as art really a twentieth-century concept? Sure, Braque and Picasso turned heads by using news clippings in collages in the early 1900s. And contemporary artists like Ed Rausch, Jennie Holzer, Lawrence Weiner, and Lorna Simpson use words to express themselves visually.

    But letters, numbers, and words have been featured in Japanese scrolls, European illuminated […]

Babel/Babble Intro

Friday, April 27, 6–10 pm

Speak your mind and explore the power of words in art at our third Untitled event.

  • Try People Poetry⎯line up with your friends to create a verse, which will be projected on the museum’s walls.
  • Got something to say? Step up and speak up at our open mic.
  • Witness a high-energy poetry competition with celebrated spoken-word artists from the Café Nuba Slam Team.
  • Groove to music by Distrakt and Ancient Mith.

Plus, see great art, take an unusual tour of our collections, and more. Cash bar. Untitled events are free with regular museum admission.

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Events

Untitled (Hibernation)
October 31, 2008

Untitled #19 (Pyro)
September 26, 2008

Untitled #18 (.gov)
August 29, 2008

Untitled #17 (Dig)
July 25, 2008

Untitled #16 (Thread)
June 27, 2008