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From YouTube: Artist Interview: Emily Duffy
Description
Being unable to perform live Emily Duff, a poet, is bring poetry to her neighborhood in a safe and interactive way. Duff is placing poem stations around her neighborhood allowing people reflect on themselves and to make collaborative poems together, which can be viewed online. Creative Neighborhoods: COVID-19 Work Projects was launched by the Office of Arts + Culture and Create Boulder: https://boulderarts.org/public-art/creative-neighborhoods/covid-19-work-projects/
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I
was
fearful
about
making
rents
qualifying
for
unemployment
and,
just
generally,
what
was
to
become
of
me,
I
think
many
of
us
have
experienced
existential
dread
of
some
form
since
this
all
started,
so
that
that's
been
the
case
for
me.
I
also
had
two
residencies
that
I
was
set
to
participate
in
this
summer.
One
was
postponed
and,
and
one
was
cancelled,
but
this
has
also
been
an
opportunity
for
me
to
reevaluate
my
priorities
and
deepen
into
my
artistic
practices
and
that's
been
really
cool
to
lean
into
the
project.
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So
each
of
these
kind
of
home
stations
will
be
part,
confessional,
part
dispatch.
Part
writing
prompt
part
grounding
exercise,
I'm
very
interested
in
the
relationship
between
space
place
and
how
we
kind
of
see
ourselves
our
identity,
formation
and
part
of
this
project,
for
me,
is
an
inquiry
into
people's
connection
to
these
places
that
I
also
inhabit
and
pass
through
regularly,
and
my
hope
is
that
this
will
support
a
deeper
understanding
of
the
neighborhood
and
the
people
that
are
active
in
it.
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So
this
project
will
be
documented
and
you
know,
through
photos
and
and
writings,
along
with
the
final
collaborative
poems
that'll,
be
shared
on
a
website
and
will
be
accessible
for
people
to
read.
There
will
also
be
a
creative
map
that
will
show
the
locations
of
the
poem
stations
and,
since
I
live
around
the
east
end
of
pearl
street
kind
of
between
19th
and
22nd,
the
map,
the
one
mile
radius,
is
going
to
be
in
that
general
area
and.
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Again
on
that
feedback
and
engagement
piece,
you
can
follow
me
on
instagram
at
duffy
lala.
That's
where
I'll
be
sharing
updates
on
how
you
can
participate
in
the
neighborhood
of
poem.
You
can
also
follow
writer's
warehouse
and
that's
writers.warehouse
to
connect
with
the
work
ellie
and
I
are
doing
through
our
residency
at
the
boulder
creative,
collective
and
I'd
also
like
to
share
to
anyone
watching
stay
engaged
and
keep
paying
attention
to.
What's
going
on
bleed
with
your
heart
and
not
your
ego,
learn
the
difference
between
those
two
sensations.
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Whatever
you
can
offer,
that's
your
gift
to
the
moment
of
movement
that
we're
in
and
maybe
that's
child's
care
for
friends.
While
they
attend
a
protest,
calling
your
representatives
again
and
again,
making
art
donating,
fundraising,
hosting
reading
groups,
we
need
all
bodies
on
deck
to
dismantle
the
violence,
that's
built
into
our
structures
and
we
need
joyful
imaginations.