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This page collects together some other lines of work. Click to skip to: Handmade Poems and Objects Collaborations in Sculpture and Music Radio Essays, criticism & reviews |
| Handmade Poems and Poem-Objects |
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| One of my interests is the overlap between poetry and visual art. I have made and exhibited a few poem-objects in the form of papier-maché bowls and painted eggboxes. |
| I collaborated with the artist Sally Davies on "Clear Sky" Anticyclone: Winter published in Leisure Centre Issue 8 and moves outwards, an artist's book project for the Study Gallery. |
| I made an illuminated poem in celebration of William Blake's 250th. You can find out about the anthology in which it's printed here. |
| London Word Festival commissioned a series of postcard poems from 4 poets living in 4 European cities. The resulting collaboration is partially documented at the Permanent Tourist blog and hopefully scans of all the postcards will be online soon. |
| Collaborations in Sculpture and Music |
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Composer Ian Wilson used one of my poems in a 9-movement choral and orchestral work called Harbouring. Performed in Wexford, Ireland, 5th and 6th June 08. |
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I was commissioned by sculptor David Annand to write a poem for a new work entitled 'Ribs'. Unveiled in Poole, 14th August 08. It's 2 minutes' walk from the train station. |
| Radio |
| My major radio project of the last 6 months has been Interior Traces. Please visit the website to find out more about this series of dramas about brain imaging and its effects on society. |
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I was an occasional presenter of Penned in the Margins, a weekly radio show on London's Resonance 104.4fm (Show currently off air) Past guests and topics included: 10 Dec 06 - Anthony Joseph 12 Nov 06 - Poetry and conflict; Andrea Brady and Chris McCabe 1 Oct 06 - Edmund Hardy and John Muckle 3 Sep 06 - Ethnopoetics; Michael Mellor |
| I co-wrote The Great Caravaggio's Travelling Circus, broadcast on BBC 7 as part of the Witty and Twisted season. |
| Essays, Criticism & Reviews |
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I have written reviews on: Contemporary art for Studio International Poetry for Intercapillary Space and Terrible Work |
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Plus: A note on some lines by Rachel Blau Duplessis for London Poetry Systems (Apr 08) A short argument, 'What poetry is and can be', for Culture Wars (Nov 07) A response to Peter Riley's Alstonefield for Intercapillary, again. (Oct 07) An essay round and about A DeTour for Issue 8 of Poetics.ca A micro-essay, 'Poems on walls and poems in water', for Issue 4 of Creature Mag |