Find a “source text” you’re interested in erasing / writing over / writing through. Be thoughtful in your choice. This can be online or in (physical) print.
Create a new, “original” language-based artwork by manipulating one page of this source text in any way you see fit. Pay attention not only to language but also to the visual qualities of your source text and your manipulation of it.
I encourage you to use a variety of tools (analog and/or digital) in order to complete this assignment. Pen and paper, scanner and printer, photoshop and InDesign – use tools you already know or are interested in playing with.
Do note that the final product –whatever it’s form—will need to be uploaded to Canvas.
Under the Harvest Moon
by Carl Sandburg
Under the harvest moon,
When the soft silver
Drips shimmering
Over the garden nights,
Death, the gray mocker,
Comes and whispers to you
As a beautiful friend
Who remembers.
Under the summer roses
When the flagrant crimson
Lurks in the dusk
Of the wild red leaves,
Love, with little hands,
Comes and touches you
With a thousand memories,
And asks you
Beautiful, unanswerable questions
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