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Supreme Court Gardens single work   poetry   "The benches were empty today,"
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Supreme Court Gardens
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Poetry, Justice & the Court John Kinsella , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Activist Poetics : Anarchy in the Avon Valley 2010; (p. 163-175)
Poetry as Means of Dialogue in Court Spaces John Kinsella , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Cultural Studies Review , September vol. 13 no. 2 2007; (p. 98-114)
'I've always thought 'court talk' is poetic at its best, and that we should work collectively toward valuing it as poetry, as I will explain shortly. Poetry can be extremely inclusive, and a court house with poetry literally on the walls (and as part of the walls) or displayed in other ways (sound sculptures, free standing pieces), and certainly as a poetics of architecture (we might use Bachelard's 'poetics of space' as one of many points of departure here) is one that welcomes people to dialogue, and also reflect (and inflect) internally. To my mind, such a process helps make 'justice'. Lead by example rather than simply fix the problems: it's the recognition of the private within the public.' Source: John Kinsella
Poetry as Means of Dialogue in Court Spaces John Kinsella , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Cultural Studies Review , September vol. 13 no. 2 2007; (p. 98-114)
'I've always thought 'court talk' is poetic at its best, and that we should work collectively toward valuing it as poetry, as I will explain shortly. Poetry can be extremely inclusive, and a court house with poetry literally on the walls (and as part of the walls) or displayed in other ways (sound sculptures, free standing pieces), and certainly as a poetics of architecture (we might use Bachelard's 'poetics of space' as one of many points of departure here) is one that welcomes people to dialogue, and also reflect (and inflect) internally. To my mind, such a process helps make 'justice'. Lead by example rather than simply fix the problems: it's the recognition of the private within the public.' Source: John Kinsella
Poetry, Justice & the Court John Kinsella , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Activist Poetics : Anarchy in the Avon Valley 2010; (p. 163-175)
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