Fragments and variants from the writings of Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Emily Dickinson, Clarice Lispector, Amy Lowell, Eileen Myles and Sappho are cast in the form of an Arrangement for a moss garden.
To find a way into the moss garden, although it is now covered with moss.
A recitation. A listening, Sound as shape in the soft margin between people and plants.
With translator’s notes.
![<p><em>Arrangement for a moss garden</em>, 2018. Sound, 5:34min. Voice and Japanese translation Christine Natsumi. Artist's image of a moss garden in Kyoto, 2015 and Alphonso’s Garden pictured in W.G. Sebald, <em>Rings of Saturn</em>. </p>](http://www.martinacopley.com/media/pages/work/arrangement-for-a-moss-garden/f754da279b-1698052522/martinacopley-alphonso-mossgarden-300x-q70.jpg 300w, http://www.martinacopley.com/media/pages/work/arrangement-for-a-moss-garden/f754da279b-1698052522/martinacopley-alphonso-mossgarden-800x-q90.jpg 800w, http://www.martinacopley.com/media/pages/work/arrangement-for-a-moss-garden/f754da279b-1698052522/martinacopley-alphonso-mossgarden-1024x-q90.jpg 1024w, http://www.martinacopley.com/media/pages/work/arrangement-for-a-moss-garden/f754da279b-1698052522/martinacopley-alphonso-mossgarden-1440x-q90.jpg 1440w, http://www.martinacopley.com/media/pages/work/arrangement-for-a-moss-garden/f754da279b-1698052522/martinacopley-alphonso-mossgarden-2048x-q90.jpg 2048w)
Arrangement for a moss garden, 2018. Sound, 5:34min. Voice and Japanese translation Christine Natsumi. Artist's image of a moss garden in Kyoto, 2015 and Alphonso’s Garden pictured in W.G. Sebald, Rings of Saturn.
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![<p><em>Arrangement for a moss garden</em>, 2018. Draft script. Japanese translation Christine Natsumi</p>](http://www.martinacopley.com/media/pages/work/arrangement-for-a-moss-garden/42f02958fd-1698052522/martinacopley-arrangement-for-a-moss-garden-draftscript-2018-2-300x-q70.jpg 300w, http://www.martinacopley.com/media/pages/work/arrangement-for-a-moss-garden/42f02958fd-1698052522/martinacopley-arrangement-for-a-moss-garden-draftscript-2018-2-800x-q90.jpg 800w, http://www.martinacopley.com/media/pages/work/arrangement-for-a-moss-garden/42f02958fd-1698052522/martinacopley-arrangement-for-a-moss-garden-draftscript-2018-2-1024x-q90.jpg 1024w, http://www.martinacopley.com/media/pages/work/arrangement-for-a-moss-garden/42f02958fd-1698052522/martinacopley-arrangement-for-a-moss-garden-draftscript-2018-2-1440x-q90.jpg 1440w, http://www.martinacopley.com/media/pages/work/arrangement-for-a-moss-garden/42f02958fd-1698052522/martinacopley-arrangement-for-a-moss-garden-draftscript-2018-2-2048x-q90.jpg 2048w)
Arrangement for a moss garden, 2018. Draft script. Japanese translation Christine Natsumi