{"id":498,"date":"2013-03-10T23:40:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T23:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/?p=498"},"modified":"2021-01-14T21:12:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T21:12:14","slug":"their-colours-and-their-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/index.php\/2013\/03\/10\/their-colours-and-their-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Their Colours and Their Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Artists&#8217; Response To Wordsworth <br><em>2 February 2013&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;10 March 2013<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"293\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kingfisherweb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-499\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kingfisherweb.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kingfisherweb-300x88.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kingfisherweb-768x225.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kingfisherweb-600x176.jpg 600w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Kingfisherweb-508x149.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Their Colours and their Forms: Artists&#8217; Response to Wordsworth&nbsp;was an exhibition of new work by artists, composers and creative writers responding imaginatively to Wordsworth\u2019s life and poetry and the manuscripts of William and Dorothy Wordsworth displayed in the Museum.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"801\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BrotherhoodWeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BrotherhoodWeb.jpg 800w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BrotherhoodWeb-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BrotherhoodWeb-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BrotherhoodWeb-768x769.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BrotherhoodWeb-88x88.jpg 88w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BrotherhoodWeb-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BrotherhoodWeb-508x509.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 2012, I delivered a paper (with my colleague, Brian Thompson) at the international conference &#8216;Words on the Page&#8217; held at the Wordsworth Trust. This led to a discussion with the Curator of Dove Cottage, Jeff Cowton, who suggested an exhibition based around the ideas we had outlined in our paper. Further discussions with John Strachan resulted in the exhibition,<em>&nbsp;Their Colours and their Forms.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"523\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicmasonry-gallery rl-hover-icon-3\" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gutter-sizer\"><\/div><div class=\"rl-grid-sizer\"><\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item rl-gallery-item-width-4\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TheRingjpg.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/TheRingjpg-300x214.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Good_Friday.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Good_Friday-300x214.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Daffodilsx2.jpg\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Daffodilsx2-300x214.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Their Colours and their Forms&nbsp;<\/em>was curated by myself.&nbsp; It was an exhibition of new work by artists, composers and creative writers responding imaginatively to Wordsworth\u2019s life and poetry and the manuscripts of William and Dorothy Wordsworth displayed in the Museum. It featured fine art by Tim Brennan, Manny Ling, Brian Thompson and myself, poets&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/davidharsent.com\/\">David Harsent<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/applications.bathspa.ac.uk\/staff-profiles\/profile.asp?user=academic\\strj3\">John Strachan<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/aye-lass.blogspot.co.uk\/\">Tony Williams<\/a><\/strong>, and sound recordist and musicians Robert Strachan and Sam Wiehl .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"501\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/April15th.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-507\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/April15th.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/April15th-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/April15th-768x385.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/April15th-600x301.jpg 600w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/April15th-508x255.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition was brought together by the curators with the support and assistance of Jeff Cowton and his colleagues at the Wordsworth Trust and in collaboration with the School of Humanities and Creative Industries at Bath Spa University and W.A.L.K. (Walking, Art, Landskip and Knowledge) at the University of Sunderland. The curators are grateful also for the financial sponsorship of the universities of Bath Spa, Northumbria and Sunderland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"492\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Gowbarrow_Misty_MorningSURE-492x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"510\" data-link=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/index.php\/2013\/03\/10\/their-colours-and-their-forms\/dwyellowgood\/\" class=\"wp-image-510\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Gowbarrow_Misty_MorningSURE-492x1024.jpg 492w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Gowbarrow_Misty_MorningSURE-144x300.jpg 144w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Gowbarrow_Misty_MorningSURE-768x1599.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Gowbarrow_Misty_MorningSURE-738x1536.jpg 738w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Gowbarrow_Misty_MorningSURE-984x2048.jpg 984w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Gowbarrow_Misty_MorningSURE-192x400.jpg 192w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Gowbarrow_Misty_MorningSURE-508x1058.jpg 508w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Gowbarrow_Misty_MorningSURE.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 492px) 100vw, 492px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Skylarkweb-458x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"511\" data-link=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/index.php\/2013\/03\/10\/their-colours-and-their-forms\/finalscrollgridlines\/\" class=\"wp-image-511\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Skylarkweb-458x1024.jpg 458w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Skylarkweb-134x300.jpg 134w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Skylarkweb-768x1717.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Skylarkweb-687x1536.jpg 687w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Skylarkweb-179x400.jpg 179w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Skylarkweb-508x1136.jpg 508w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Skylarkweb.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ringgrey-1-668x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"514\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ringgrey-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/index.php\/2013\/03\/10\/their-colours-and-their-forms\/ringfinaltext4-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-514\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ringgrey-1-668x1024.jpg 668w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ringgrey-1-196x300.jpg 196w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ringgrey-1-768x1178.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ringgrey-1-261x400.jpg 261w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ringgrey-1-508x779.jpg 508w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Ringgrey-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wordsworth-1-775x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"515\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wordsworth-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.eu\/index.php\/2013\/03\/10\/their-colours-and-their-forms\/wordsworth-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-515\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wordsworth-1-775x1024.jpg 775w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wordsworth-1-227x300.jpg 227w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wordsworth-1-768x1015.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wordsworth-1-303x400.jpg 303w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wordsworth-1-508x671.jpg 508w, http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/wordsworth-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/aye-lass.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Williams&#8217; Poetry Blog<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/davidharsent.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Harsent&#8217;s Web Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Exhibition_invite.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exhibition Invitation<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Wordsworth_catalogue_low_res-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wordsworth Catalogue<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"http:\/\/mikecollier.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Their-Colours-and-Their-Forms.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exhibition Images<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artists&#8217; 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