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| Astra Papachristodoulou - Walthamstow |
Does love endure forever? Does a bad
penny always turn up? During this Valentine month the artists and
writers from CollectConnect explore this flip-sided theme with an
exhibition of 32 miniature sculptures. These objects are placed in
public places (#unsettledgallery), helping us to remember those who
we hold dear - or cast off those who we would rather forget. Every
day throughout February we will be featuring one of these
tokens/pennies on this website. A writer will also use the art as
inspiration to create something new and fresh.
Art - Astra Papachristodoulou / Words - Ed Arantus
Where will I find you. I can’t pierce
that weak spot in my heart. Full of hope and sweet nothings, tugging
you close when the darkness keeps us apart.
I am in orbit. Still don't understand
you at all. Eyes drifting skies for your star bright. Double
black, deepen impact, hit the crash site, a fall. Gravity’s hand
that is not mine in the nighttime. Catching braves that still don't
know how to reach you, not at all.
So I will take it. A small step. One
leap to go where I know that you could be. Hurtling out, into love.
Hear my call.
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| Astra Papachristodoulou |
Astra's wire and paper sculpture sits atop a bollard in Wood Street, Walthamstow. Waltham Forest is currently the London
Borough of Culture and many parts of the Borough are undergoing
extensive change with rapid housing development and large scale
gentrification.
Astra Papachristodoulou is
a recent graduate from the MA Creative Writing (Poetic
Practice) at Royal Holloway with focus in experimental writing
and the neo-futurist tradition across poetry, visual art and
performance. She has read at poetry events including
the European Poetry Festival and The Enemies
Project. Her poetry has appeared in small magazines and
anthologies including The Tangerine, Eborakon Journal and 3:am
Magazine.
Ed Arantus is no stranger to art and
writing, he first published his work in the Censored Zine (July 2010)
and has exhibited his work ever since at venues like the Contemporary
Arts Research Unit in Oxford (2014). Last year he exhibited his poem
'Google If' at the Museum of Futures as part of the Enemies Project.
Don't forget to submit to our next
exhibition. The Art of Caring is accepting submission until the 7th
April 2019. More at http://collectconnect.blogspot.com/p/submit.html
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