Afterimage: A Poetry Workshop in Ekphrasis

Join award-winning poet, Melody Paloma in this intriguing workshop as she guides you through a series of writing prompts and exercises in your response to the exhibitions by Seth Birchall (Unseen Cosmic Clock) and Dennis Golding (Power: The Future Is Here) at SECCA (South East Centre for Contemporary Art/Bega).

This poetry workshop will be held at SECCA in Bega, next to the Bega Library. 

Ekphrasis is a literary form, most often associated with poetry, that responds to a work of visual art. In this 2.5-hour workshop, participants will explore its history, from its emergence in Ancient Greece through to experimental interpretations in contemporary poetics.

While grounded in an understanding of ekphrasis as a literary tradition, the workshop invites participants to push beyond fixed definitions of the form, making space for experimentation.