The Polar Muse

The Polar Muse' is a collaboration between The Polar Museum and eight Cambridge-based poets. Each poet has chosen an object from the Museum's permanent display that excites, inspires or unsettles them and has been invited to write a poem. The resulting poems will be presented on the glass of the Museum's display cases, in front of the objects which inspired them. 'The Polar Muse' seeks to explore and challenge how we engage with objects in museums. We want to offer new ideas about interpreting museum objects - not solely based on facts and not necessarily coerced or shaped by a simple relationship between an object and a caption. Each new poem may dwell on the unexpected, its appearance, its history or even much larger stories in which the object only plays a minor role. We hope that the presentation of the poems will disrupt visitors' expectations of a museum visit and encourage questions about the relationship between language, looking and understanding. The Polar Museum is delighted to be collaborating with Lucy Hamilton, Sarah Howe, Rod Mengham, Drew Milne, Redell Olsen, Andrea Porter, Lucy Sheerman, Rebecca Watts and PN Review which will publish the commissioned poems in a special supplement. The museum is open Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 4pm. This exhibition is part of Curating Cambridge: our city, our stories, our stuff.

Suitable for
Any age

Admission
Free admission

Website
http://www.curatingcambridge.org.uk/event/the-polar-muse/

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//am26474?id=EVENT502583