The Body Electric; Episode 1

<p>In this episode, Emer McGarry and Tara Bergin begin a conversation about the practice of ekphrasis - a rhetorical device and form of writing originating from the Greek word for ‘description.’ Bergin and McGarry discuss the ancient and modern usages of this technique and its generative power to transform existing visual artworks into a striking new literary works. Tara reads her ekphrastic poem <em>Object Theory</em> - a literary deconstruction of Marie Foley’s sculpture, <em>Portrait - </em>itself, an assemblage of found objects: metal, porcelain and wood.</p>