{"id":17004,"date":"2020-07-24T14:58:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T19:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/?p=17004"},"modified":"2020-07-24T14:58:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T19:58:24","slug":"give-us-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/24\/give-us-a-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"give us a poem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"457\" src=\"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/me-we-blinking-neon-animated.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17005\"\/><figcaption>Glenn Ligon, <em>Give Us a Poem,<\/em> 2007. The Studio Museum in Harlem.  Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/dakrolak.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/28\/artwelike-give-us-a-poem-me-we-ali-glenn-ligon-palindrome-2\/\">D.A. Kr\u00f3lak<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i posted this piece in the marfa public library newsletter, and i keep thinking about it. first read about it in kimberly drew&#8217;s new book, <em>this is what i know about art. <\/em>from the <a href=\"https:\/\/studiomuseum.org\/collection-item\/give-us-poem\">studio museum<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Initially created as a site-specific installation for The Studio Museum in Harlem\u2019s lobby,\u00a0<em>Give Us a Poem\u00a0<\/em>demonstrates Glenn Ligon\u2019s ability to infuse language with alternate meaning by translating it in bright neon. Ligon sourced the text from a speech Muhammad Ali made at Harvard University in 1975. When asked by a student to give the audience a poem, Ali replied \u201cme, we,\u201d in a simple but profound pairing that connects individual and collective experience.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i posted this piece in the marfa public library newsletter, and i keep thinking about it. first read about it in kimberly drew&#8217;s new book, this is what i know about art. from the studio museum: Initially created as a site-specific installation for The Studio Museum in Harlem\u2019s lobby,\u00a0Give Us a Poem\u00a0demonstrates Glenn Ligon\u2019s ability [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17006,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17004\/revisions\/17006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookbinderlocal455.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}