Digraph // Reservoir

Digraph // Reservoir is a dual-component exhibition exploring the relationship between work and rest. A digraph is a pair of letters used to create a distinctive sound that no single letter can produce, serving as a metaphor for how work and rest are inextricably linked, synergistic, and crucial to good health and creative practice.

Digraph will consist of text-based or written work responding to the theme of rest//work. Submit poems, quotes, journals, thoughts, manifestos, books, readings, or text-based wall work—original or existing text that is relevant and can be shared or performed. This will be a year-long text-based exploration with various programming, performances, and installations, with the first installment exploring work//rest. Please indicate how your text-based work should exist (printed in a program or book, performed, printed and hung on a wall or pedestal, on a digital display, etc.).

In tandem, Intersect Art Gallery will mount Reservoir, an exhibition of visual and performance-based artworks also responding to work//rest. The title draws from Bernard of Clairvaux: "The man who is wise, therefore, will see his life as more like a reservoir than a canal. The canal simultaneously pours out what it receives; the reservoir retains the water till it is filled, then discharges the overflow without loss to itself." Submit any 2-D or 3-D, choreographic, dramatic, or musical interpretations that resonate with this theme. Work can apply to either or both components. Entry fee: $15. Submit 1-10 images with 1-3 total samples. International eligibility. Notice of acceptance by early December. Artwork drop-off: January 17th 9am-6pm and January 18th 10am-2pm. Opening: January 25th 6-9pm. Exhibition closes April 3rd. Artwork pick-up: April 4th 10am-2pm and April 6th 9am-6pm. No wire hangers or saw-tooth hangers; french cleats only. Curated by Sarah Bernhardt, Artist and Curator, Executive Director Intersect Arts Center, MFA.