At Maison Bergogne, an audio recording of Tilda Swinton reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s celebrated essay “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction,” anchors an installation by Elizabeth Lepro and PA-based artists, built around one of the most influential literary texts of the past half-century. In the essay, Le Guin challenges the dominance of heroic, linear narratives and proposes another origin story: before the weapon came the container—the basket, the vessel, the thing that gathers and holds. For a festival devoted to TIME SHIFT, it offers a powerful alternative to stories of progress and conquest, and a vision of time as cyclical, collective, and alive.
Date
Jun 19 to Jun 21
Opening Reception June 19, 6:30pm-7:15pm
Featuring
Tilda Swinton
Elizabeth Lepro
Elizabeth is a writer from northeast Pennsylvania, just across the river, and the Assistant Producer of Deep Water Literary Festival. Her reporting has been published in news outlets in the U.S. and Egypt. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Hunter College, and is working on a novel but don’t hold her to it. She writes about horror & humanity at foodfortheworm.substack.com. She has many bags.
Connor Simon
Connor Simon is a part-time artist, part-time activist, full-time community advocate living in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He has been an avid analogue photographer and filmmaker since 2008, dabbling in Absurdism, Dada, and Surrealism through the use of antique and alternative photo processes.
Connor’s body of work includes portraiture, street photography, color science experimentation, nonlinear filmmaking, poetry, and local plant foraging. Connor is a regular collaborator with the Wayne County Arts Alliance and Known Grove Bookstore. He holds his Master’s Degree in English with a focus in Film and Media Preservation.
Juliette Hermant
A painter, photographer, and interior designer, Juliette Hermant created Maison Bergogne, Narrowsburg, in 2012, envisioning it as a sustainable community hub supporting art and creatives at large. The art gallery layered with curated antiques and historical salvage offers an epic backdrop for her collaboration with Liz Lepro.
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