Melissa Slattery from NCC Public Relations Office, is showing book art work and small mixed media sculptures inspired by James Joyce’s “Ulysses” from May 20 - July 10 at The Everett I.L. Baker Library on Norwalk Community College’s East Campus. Mixed Media drawings will be installed on June 1st, and an opening reception and artist’s talk will take place from 2:30- 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, in recognition of Bloom’s Day. Bloom’s Day is celebrated all around the world by Joyce fans, it is the day that the novel “Ulysses took place, June 16, 1904. This is the day that Joyce first went out with his future wife, Nora Barnacle, who he based the character Molly Bloom on.
Above photo titled “Big Number,” this is a book art pieces based on the character Leopold Bloom. The idea of rationality based on Bloom’s knowledge of a big number: “nine to the power of nine to the power of nine,” is the theme of this piece. Bloom’s ability to rationalize and thus manage his emotions is the basis of his heroism in the novel. Joyce templated Ulysses on Homer’s Odyssey.
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