HOLD MY TONGUE - poeart events
Words and poetry form an important dialogue in the work I create and facilitate.
I will often run poetry workshops and events sited amongst artwork so that multiple voices are shared and heard in the space (especially if we can flip the perceived narrative.)
You can see more about the poetry from the exhibition - 'On the Wings of a Wire Bird' here.
I will often run poetry workshops and events sited amongst artwork so that multiple voices are shared and heard in the space (especially if we can flip the perceived narrative.)
You can see more about the poetry from the exhibition - 'On the Wings of a Wire Bird' here.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM? |
RECOVERY'RECOVERY'
“A BEAUTIFULLY NARRATED PIECE, I LOVED HEARING ABOUT THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PAIN AND THE CHARACTERS ON THE WARD.” HUW STEPHENS A collaboration with musician Christian Doyle @LikeTheRain - Listen on Soundcloud |
Saint Lucia never heard of no Saint Helena wirebird
(4300 miles apart) - extract
...Where people arrived, drunk on salt and bound to empire, one way or another.
No-one discernible by colour and caste.
Every DNA strand I own is our fingers interlocking, our hands so many versions of the past,
And my grandfather has absolutely massive hands.
24% southern India, 15% England & north-western Europe, 11% East Asia, 10% Southern Bantu Peoples, 10% Southern Philippines, 8% Bengal, 6% Northern India, 5% Northern Philippines, 4% Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu peoples, 2% Germanic Europe, 2% eastern Bantu Peoples, 1% Ireland, 1% Scotland, 1% Sweden & Denmark.
20% Those who stole, and 80% what was taken.
The collision of so much time and space and culture and distance.
The bones, the spice, the fish, the rice....
No-one discernible by colour and caste.
Every DNA strand I own is our fingers interlocking, our hands so many versions of the past,
And my grandfather has absolutely massive hands.
24% southern India, 15% England & north-western Europe, 11% East Asia, 10% Southern Bantu Peoples, 10% Southern Philippines, 8% Bengal, 6% Northern India, 5% Northern Philippines, 4% Cameroon, Congo & Western Bantu peoples, 2% Germanic Europe, 2% eastern Bantu Peoples, 1% Ireland, 1% Scotland, 1% Sweden & Denmark.
20% Those who stole, and 80% what was taken.
The collision of so much time and space and culture and distance.
The bones, the spice, the fish, the rice....