Our first efforts at #urbanrenga. August 26, 2015, Brooklyn NYC.
More to come……
About
Renga is a form of collaborative poem that originated in ancient Japan and was a frequent feature of drinking parties. Our take on the form is intended to surprise and engage people on the streets of New York City and online—urban and virtual pedestrians who wouldn’t often encounter poetry outside the pages of a book. These poems will be interventions in a visual and psychological landscape where what we look at each day is largely privatized and predictable.
To notice beauty—or anything—requires attention. Urban Renga will reward that attention with the startling and unexpected sight of poetic language emblazoned on the cityscape. To encounter it might be the urban equivalent of looking at the moon.