ACTIVE POETRY, 2006 (1-13/13)

On 9 October 2006 at 05:00 p.m. at the passage to the Centrum metro station in Warsaw Ewa Partum repeated her Warsaw action „Active Poetry” from the year 1971. In the first edition, one of underground passages was the scenery; this time the artist has chosen a crowded passage between the Central Railway Station, Railway Station Warszawa Śródmieście and metro station. During the one-hour action, in presence of the audience, Partum has emptied the bag from a large amount of white alphabet letters, which were gradually taken away by the passersby over the pavement.

Partum put together an inscription, which is a quote from "Pan Tadeusz" by Adam Mickiewicz:

O THAT I WIN TO THIS PLEASURE SOME DAY

THAT THESE BOOKS UNDER THATCHED ROOFS FIND THEIR WAY

Courtesy of Artum Fundacja Ewa Partum Museum.