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TV Clouds 

A Poem Is Where The Heart Is...
April 7, 2018 - May 12, 2018
at Parse Seco
in Taos, NM

Description of the exhibition: April is Poetry Month and Parse Seco has quite the literary medley to keep your ears, eyes, and hearts entertained. On Saturday, April 7th the gallery opens its doors with an installation that’ll capture the diverse range of voices found in the Taos region. Through spoken word, music, movement, and film, audience members will find themselves connected to a community so elevated in its heart. Stop by for the opening night and add your voice to the exquisite corpse that’ll grow along the gallery walls throughout the month or make an appearance at one of the Thursday Word Exchanges to be inspired and recite your own work. Every Sunday, gallery hours will include a chance to type out a poem on the assorted typewriters and sit in the reading room surrounded by the work of Taoseños old and new. Throughout the month we’ll be celebrating our community and the environment that inspires it through the art of spoken word.

Description of installation: The Taos Hum is a phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people. Some speculate it originates from deep in the underbelly of Taos Mountain. Others believe it to come directly from the sky having something to do with the low-flying clouds that pocket throughout the high desert. TV Clouds accomplish this phenomena that everyone has been seeking. While audience members participate in typing on the dueling typewriters, adding their poetry into the heart of the mountain, a low hum permeates throughout the atmosphere above, filling the air with a questionable static.