Exhibition

The works in this exhibition were created between March 2021 and July 2022. They are the result of the collaboration between the artists, writers, translators and academics who form part of the experiential translation network. And more often than not, they also draw on the vibrant inspiring atmosphere of public workshops which were conducted online and in person in the many different places we live in.

For Venice, the exhibition was expanded to include artworks which feature in our two edited volumes The Experience of Translation (2024) and The Translation of Experience (2025).

Venice

28th March to 7th April 2025, 11am-6pm
CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo
211 Giudecca Redentore
30133 Venice

27th March
6:30pm: Opening with Wine Reception

28th March
3:00-4:30pm: Workshop: An Anna Blume
led by Madeleine Campbell and Ricarda Vidal
Ca’Bernardo, Calle San Bernardo, 3199, 30123 Venice

Funded by: DSLCC dell’Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo, UK Arts and Humanities Research Council and King’s College London.

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Łódź

18th-23rd April 2023, 10am-6pm
Dom Literatury w Łodzi
Franklina Delano Roosevelta 17
90-056 Łódź

18 April
6pm: Opening with Wine Reception and Roundtable Discussion

Workshops: “Knowing Anna Blume”
led by Ricarda and Madeleine
for public participation:
4:00 – 6:00pm, Dom Literatury
for students of University of Łódź:
1:30 – 3pm, University of Łódź

Funded by: UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, King’s College London, Edinburgh University, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Dom Literatury w Łodzi

London

13th-15th July 2022, 9:30am – 6pm,
Inigo Rooms
Somerset House East Wing
Strand
WC2R 2LS

14th July
5:00 – 5:30 pm: Performance:
Another Time This Time
dir. by John London and Karen Morash
Auditorium, Bush House, The Strand,
King’s College London
NOTE: This is free to attend, but please register below – bookings for the opening night in Somerset House include entry to the 5pm performance in Bush House.

14th July
6:00 – 8:00pm
Opening: Wine reception with performances
6:30pm poetry performance:
Noèlia Díaz-Vicedo & Hari Marini
7:15pm musical performance:
Danica Maier

The opening night is free to attend.

The exhibition runs in parallel to a free conference of talks, performances and workshops.

Ledbury

7th – 10th July 2022, 11am – 6pm,
The Heritage Centre
Church Lane
Ledbury HR8 1DW
Part of Ledbury Poetry Festival

7th July, 2-4pm Workshop:
Multimodal Poetry Translation
led by Madeleine Campbell & Ricarda Vidal

10th July, 12-1pm Workshop:
Finding Words for the Pandemic
led by John London and Karen Morash

10th July, 5-6pm Performance:
Another Time This Time
dir. by John London and Karen Morash
Market Theatre, Market Street, Ledbury HR8 2AQ

Together we trained our eyes to hear and our ears to see in order to translate from languages we do(n’t) speak, to give voice to drawing and shape to sound.  

The Experiential Translation exhibition includes video art, performance, installation, print-making, painting and photography.
Conceived as a travelling exhibition, it was shown in Ledbury and London, UK in 2022, in Łódź, Poland in 2023 and in Venice, Italy in March 2025.

Artists:
Madeleine Campbell, Harriet Carter, Filippo M. Ceredi, Sophie Clausen, Heather Connelly (London only), Cinzia Delorenzi, Zeina Dghaim, Noèlia Díaz-Vicedo, Anna Dot Verdaguer, Birthe Jorgensen, Karl Katschthaler, Emil Lillo, John London, Hari Marini, Danica Meier (London and online only), Karen Morash, Outranspo, Manuela Perteghella, Ricarda Vidal, Tomasz Wochna

Additional artists for Venice:
Ludivine Bouton-Kelly, Muskan Dhandi & Suman Sigroha, Kate McMillan, Francesca Mirabile, Poesiekollektiv Landschaft, Giuseppe Sofo, Mary Wardle

Images from Venice

Images from Łódź

Images from London

Images from Ledbury