David Rothenberg will drop a hydrophone in the Institute pond, which will then be transmitted to speakers above ground. He will then improvise with the sounds of plants and insects in the pond. A concert by the Animal Song Collective, a Humanities Council Magic Project
Students delved into Char’s papers that are housed at Princeton University Library, translated his WWII poetry, and traced his wartime steps on the ground in France.
Author Edwidge Danticat gave the keynote address. Among the scholars in attendance were two visiting Spelman professors who are collaborating with Princeton scholars in a two-year project as part of a new research initiative between the University and HBCU partners.
Please join artist Alison Saar and poet Evie Shockley for a conversation about their creative practice, inspirations, and current and future endeavors. This is a free but ticketed event. Please see the symposium website for registration details. This exchange concludes Sites of Memory: A Symposium on Toni Morrison and the Archive, a series of conversations convened to explore the creative legacy of Toni Morrison and to think through the generative potential of her archive. Morrison’s vast trove of papers from her career as a novelist, essayist, playwright, professor, and editor are held in the Princeton University Library. Sites of Memory is part of a year of programming about Morrison’s work and archive, including the exhibition Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory (February 22–June 4), at the Princeton University Library. Read more here. As part of this programming, at Art@Bainbridge, the exhibition Cycle of Creativity: Alison Saar and the Toni Morrison Papers (February 2