Some Little Words
a collaboration by
Robert Gibbons – poet
Amy Williams – visual artist

Some little words, look, or gesture can move them either to love or stick a knife between your ribs. - Zora Neale Hurston

Poet Robert Gibbons and visual artist Amy Williams team up to collaborate on a new series of erasure poems and artworks inspired by the words of Zora Neale Hurston's writings from the Federal Writers' Project. There is an almost mythical quality to the level of collaboration both Gibbons and Williams seek in this project. Hurston is the anchor, the muse, but the work will be tailored for a modern audience.

Gibbons hand writes each poem on a 12 x 9” page. In the style of erasure poetry the words are taken directly from Go Gator and Muddy the Water. New poems are created from the 21st century voice of an African-American male exploring the folklore of his home state, and dealings with race relations in a modern world. Williams takes Gibbons' poems and embellishes them with gouache, ink, pencil, and collage to support the visual metaphor of the poem. Some Little Words tends to broaden our understanding of word-smithing, visual conception, and performance art.

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