Saved: Objects of the Dead A Reading, Conversation, and Book Signing

Saved: Objects of the Dead is a photographic and poetic exploration of the human experience of life, death, and memory by NC-based artist Jody Servon and CA-based poet Lorene Delany-Ullman. In this monograph featuring over forty photographs and prose poems, Servon and Delany-Ullman chronicle the lives, deaths, and relationships of individuals whose objects are imbued with their emotional and physical senses, then saved by loved ones and friends as an affirmation of their lives. Published by Artsuite (Wilson, NC), the book also includes Mattering, an essay by Cora Fisher, Curator of Visual Arts Programming at the Brooklyn Public Library, and micro-essays with photographs by five artists/authors: Sonya Clark, UCI M.F.A. alumnus Alex Espinoza, Associate Professor Erika Hayasaki (UCI Literary Journalism), Swati Khurana, and Leslie Gray Streeter.

Please join Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman for a reading and conversation moderated by Alberto Gullaba, Jr. , UCI English Lecturer and MFA Alumnus, and a book signing. During this conversation, Servon and Delany-Ullman discuss how grief became the spark for the project, their collaboration and process, and the impact of their work on their own experiences of grief and mourning.


Hosted by Illuminations: The Chancellor's Arts & Culture Initiative
Organizer: Michelle Latiolais, Lorene Delany-Ullman

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