[title not known] 1981

Editor: Here we have a spread featuring an abstract work in ink by William Johnstone. The facing page features a poem titled "The Interrogation." The ink blot itself feels weighty, dense. What do you see in the relationship between the poem and the print? Curator: I see a deliberate engagement with materiality. The stark contrast of the ink, likely applied rapidly, mirrors the poem's themes of uncertainty and interrogation. Consider how the process of printmaking, often involving repetitive actions, contrasts with the spontaneity suggested by the ink blot. How does this contrast inform the work's meaning? Editor: It makes me think about control versus chaos, maybe? The poem is structured, but the image is free-flowing. Curator: Exactly! And what are the socio-political implications? Perhaps the interrogation itself is a process meant to impose order, while the individual resists through fluid, uncontainable thought, represented by the ink. Editor: That's a really interesting way to look at it. Thanks! Curator: My pleasure, it gives us much to consider about process and control.