Word Powered Art

WordFest is seeking to engage more Calgarians in the literary arts by leaving the stage and moving to the giant screen through the project, Word Powered Art.

For the 2011 Festival, WordFest engaged internationally showcased artist Angela Silver and Pattison Outdoor Advertising to partner with the Festival to bring new forms of poetry into the everyday. Word Powered Art ran for two weeks on several large digital billboards around Calgary. These text-based art installations were a massive 10 feet by 20 feet and exposed thousands of cars to spontaneous “breaths” of poetry.