Cell
Healthy, Warm
Reeling, Holding, Shocking
Rectangle, Triangle, Diamond, Square
Burning, Peeling, Healing
Green, Calm
Wealth
Erika Knerr, Diamonte* Cell, 2013. An installation through the diamond
shaped window of a holding cell in Holyoke City Hall Annex and homage
to Marcel Duchamp. The text installation is viewed through the holding
cell door window of a diamond shaped diamonte poem painted/stenciled
directly on the wall inside.
*A diamante is a seven line poem,
shaped like a diamond.
Diamonte Cell, by Erika Knerr I plan to work with the diamonte poem in the wooden door of the lefthand holding cell with the diamond hole window. The viewer will look into the room through a diamond shaped opening to view the diamonte stenciled or painted direcly onto the wall. A diamante is a seven line poem, shaped like a diamond.
A diamond poem, or diamante is a style of poetry that is made up of
seven lines. The words form the shape of a diamond. The form was
developed by Iris Tiedt in A New Poetry Form: The Diamante (1969).[1][2]
Here is the order:
Noun
Adjective-Adjective
Verb-Verb-Verb
Noun-Noun-Noun-Noun
Verb-Verb-Verb
Adjective-Adjective
Noun
Cell
Healthy, Warm
Reeling, Burning, Shocking
Rectangle, Triangle, Diamond, Square
Peeling, Holding, Healing
Green, Calm
Wealth
Cell
Healthy, Warm
Reeling, Burning, Shocking
Rectangle, Triangle, Diamond, Square
Peeling, Holding, Healing
Green, Calm
Wealth
holding cell - a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be
confined during a trial
gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer, clink - a correctional institution
used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government
(either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a
sentence) A holding cell is a place in-­‐between, a transition room, a very present moment. These holding cells are from the late 60’s and 70s and have been abandoned since that time. These walls hold the memory of those that have passed through and these words address their history. What if the holding cell for inmates before incarcertion were places of healing and rehabilitation? Wound Release Cellular Regeneration. cell ¦sel¦
noun
1 a small room in which a prisoner is locked up or in which a monk or nun
sleeps.
• a small compartment in a larger structure such as a honeycomb.
• historical a small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger one.
2 Biology the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically
microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a
membrane. Microscopic organisms typically consist of a single cell, which is
either eukaryotic or prokaryotic.
• an enclosed cavity in an organism.
• figurative a small group forming a nucleus of political activity, typically a
secret, subversive one : the weapons may be used to arm terrorist cells.
• the local area covered by one of the short-range transmitters in a cellular
telephone system.
3 a device containing electrodes immersed in an electrolyte, used for currentgeneration or electrolysis.
• a unit in a device for converting chemical or solar energy into electricity.