"Pixels and Poems" is an exhibition currently being held in the Edinburgh Gallery of the Bermuda Society of Arts. It showcases the work of Scott Hill and Lisa Howie and as the title suggests, it is a mix of visual and literary arts. This combination is unusual, but the innovation is refreshing. Basically, these works are a response to their recent trip to Chile, Argentina and Panama.

Although I like and respond to poetry, and even occasionally write poetry, I will not be reviewing the poetry in this show. I cannot justifiably review poetry, but having said that, I understand that a significant portion of their joint venture will be missing from my review. Thus, one may well ask, why even attempt to review this show?

The answer is that since the poetry is a literary expression of some of the very same things shown visually, I am at least highlighting their existence and in a sense, inviting the public to come and see for themselves.

The photographs are digitally produced and manipulated and finally printed on canvas. They are then stretched on heavy-duty paint stretchers. The thickness of the stretchers gives the work weight and presence. None of the works are framed. There are nineteen photographs in the exhibition.

Many of the photographs are "panoramas." This does not mean though, that the photographs are actual panoramas. Some have been manipulated to appear that way. For example, in "Andes Panorama," the mountain in the picture has been repeated as a mirror image. The same is true with the building in "Tres Puntas."

Among the panoramas, the manipulation and mirroring taking place in "Woman," is probably the most successful of any in the show. What would ordinarily be a horizontal picture of a snow scene, is now repeated as a vertical mirror image. Since the scenes are now completely out of context, the patterns in the snow appear more like lace and the picture, as a whole, more like a wedding dress. It is an elegant creation. "Old Man Mural" is also another very successful panorama, but with an entirely different mood.

My guess is that it is a depiction and mirror image of a mural from the art and bohemian section of Buenas Aires known as "La Boca." One of the area inhabitants, the old man with a beard, is also incorporated into the picture. The mood set in this work is one of raunchiness.

Not all the photographs are "panoramas," however. Others are more straight-forward depictions of differing views. Of this type I noted a series entitled, "Floral Generalis 1, 2, 3, or 4, Eduardo Constant."

This is a picture of a giant, twenty-plus, metres high, floral sculpture in stainless steel and aluminum, that is the centrepiece of the Plaza Naciones Unidas in Buenos Aires. The unique thing about this sculpture is, like real flowers; it closes up at night. It is also floodlit with coloured lights. In these photographs, the flower is shown at dusk, just when the lights are coming on. Also, the highly reflective metallic surface of the sculpture is evident.

The exhibition continues through January 17, 2007