OMP 30.1: A Task For Poetry #1: Be My Guest. I Prefer To Keep The Door Closed.

A Task For Poetry aims to unveil the poetic domain in the presentation of visual art. In order to do so, three poets are invited to guest-curate three subsequent solo-exhibitions, answering the question, "How can we envision and experience the poetic domain in art?' To gain focus and to be specific on the art itself, the poets were asked to select an artist for a solo exhibition. Simultaneously, they could select a graphic designer to work with on their project, in order to visually communicate their stance.

This first edition, guest curated by poet Jannah Loontjens, brought out the role of the subject, as actor engaging within this sphere. The core group of the poet, artist and graphic designer brought out their authorship alongside one another, as a variety of layers to be read parallel and related to one another. During the process of their production, they very much responded to each other’s processes, influencing and inspiring one another. Eventually, during the opening, Jannah brought in actress Nataliya Golofsastova. Nataliya and Jannah performed the poems of Jannah, specially written for this project, in a mix of personal style: acted and poetically read. This illustrates the roles of each person involved, from author's to visitors, each person engaged does have his own stance, partly personal, partly taken along.