Verbal Description: Renée Green's, Space Poem #7 (Color Without Objects: Intra-Active May-Words)

Narrator: Renée Green’s Space Poem #7 (Color Without Objects: Intra-Active May-Words) 2020, is composed of 28 double sided banners made out of polyester nylon and thread. Each banner measures 42 x 32 inches (106.7 x 81.3 04 cm). 

Green’s Space Poem #7 (Color Without Objects: Intra-Active May-Words) is a work of 28 colorful banners that hang from rods installed on the gallery’s ceiling. All banners are the same size. The banners are evenly spaced apart from each other and inhabit a large area of the gallery. Each banner is double sided with text on each side. The texts reference May Swenson’s 1965 poem “Color without Objects.” The banners’ colors are bright, glowing and playful. 

Let me offer you an example of one banner. I am only describing one side of the banner. Rectangular in shape with the long sides hanging vertically (all banners hang in this manner) the background is a rich, vibrating orange surrounded by a thin border that is a light orange color. Since the banner is made out of nylon, there is a slight puckering where the border is sewn to meet the larger area. Centered in the rich, orange background is text that uses lower case letters in a sans-serif font. All the letters are the same size and are a sour yellowish, green color. The phrase reads as follows: “incubated under the great flat lamp.” There is no punctuation and the words are stacked upon each other. The word “incubated” is at the top above the word “under” which is above the words “the great” that is above the words “flat lamp.” The text is large enough to read at a distance. Different phrases in different color combinations form the remaining twenty-seven banners. This is a poem that shifts in meaning as one’s body navigates the space allowing connections to emerge through movement.