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The Weight of Words free guided tours

15:00–15:30

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

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Join us for a 30 minute introduction to the exhibition from one of our friendly Information Assistants.

Tours run every Sunday at 15:00, from 1 October until 26 November 2023.

Weight of Words features an international and intergenerational selection of contemporary artists and writers who explore the overlap between sculpture and poetry.

The works on display range in tone from the humorous to the haunting, expressing everything from direct quotations to the unsayable.

They reveal what can happen to languages, and our experiences of them, when sculptural interests in weight, materiality, form and arrangement are charged by a poetic impulse: both art forms take on new dimensions and meanings.

Photograph of a motion flap-board (a type public sign system once commonly found in stations or ports before digital signs became widely used). The sign hangs from the ceiling on two slender chains. It has two lines of text; the top one is currently in motion, while the bottom one reads 'THE SOUND OF WRODS' (deliberately misspelled).
Photograph of several small handmade boats. Each has been fashioned from the steel mudguard of a bicycle, cut and bent into the shape of a small rowing boat. They are many different colours, with many showing signs of rust. A book of matches, their heads burned, has been affixed to each boat, making them look overcrowded with passengers.
Close up photograph of several colourful t-shirts that make up Shanzhai Lyric's sculpture 'Incomplete Poem (hedge)'. The garments are part of a larger collection of bootleg slogan shirts, often featuring mistranslations. Some of the slogans on these t-shirts read: 'I AM NOT SORRY I AM NOT FOR SALE I AM FOR I AM NOT FOR SALE', 'BEWARE OF PEOPLE LIKE ME', 'Don't Muscle, As Long As The Demeanor', 'Be So Rooted In Yourself That Naomhetu Absence Or Presence Can Disturb Your Inner Peace' and 'MISSONE fashion'.
Photo of Emma Hart's 'Good Vibrations': 13 handmade ceramic circles, each painted in a bullseye pattern in different colours: bands of yellow, orange, red, or white alternating with black.
Installation view of 'The Weight of Words' exhibition, showing works in Gallery 2 by Doris Salcedo, Shilpa Gupta, Issam Kourbaj, Tim Etchells and Emma Hart.
Installation view of 'The Weight of Words' exhibition, showing works in Gallery 1 by Leslie Hewitt, Mark Manders, Parviz Tanavoli and Joo Yeon Park.
Installation view of 'The Weight of Words' exhibition, showing works in Gallery 1 by Leslie Hewitt, Mark Manders, Parviz Tanavoli, Bhanu Kapil, and Shanzhai Lyric.
Installation view of 'The Weight of Words' exhibition, showing works in Gallery 3 by Caroline Bergvall with Ciarán Ó Meachair, Slavs and Tatars, and Issam Kourbaj. Work by Emma Hart is also visible through the doorway leading to Gallery 2.

Booking

This event is free and there is no need to book, just join at our welcome desk at 15:00 on Sunday.

The Henry Moore Institute is a charity that is committed to creating high quality art experiences for people of all ages.

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Getting here

Find us in the centre of Leeds, next door to Leeds Art Gallery on The Headrow. We’re only a few minutes’ walk from Millennium Square, Leeds City Museum and the shopping areas of Briggate, Leeds Trinity and the Victoria Quarter.

Henry Moore Institute

74 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom

T:  01132 467 467
E:  reception@henry-moore.org

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