• ARTICLES, Special Section, The Joint Construction of Personal Meanings in the Arts

Collage and cut-ups – the art of re-arrangement.

Frances, M.

Keywords:
collage, poetry, construction

Abstract:
This paper explores some of the history and potential of collaged art and cut-up texts as constructivist art forms. I propose that poetry in particular, by drawing our attention to the poet’s placing of words, foregrounds both its own construction and the possibilities for alternative word arrangements and altered meanings. The paper offers some personal examples of cutting and re-arranging familiar texts to create new and playful meanings and possibilities.