Poem Brut : Phase 1 (2017 to 2018) and Phase 2 (2019 to 2020)
An extraordinary third phase of happenings for Poem Brut. Seven events across the UK - London, Kingston, Bristol, Bath et al - with over 70 new performances. Add into this two group exhibitions, a set of new commissions online, new publications including the remarkable Seen as Read anthology from Kingston University press, a series of sharing days, an online forum and workshops, including an especially resonant series with the charity Second Step in Bristol. And our 3am magazine series passing 100 publications too! Please see below for comprehensive documentation of our events across 2021.
a myriad of online happenings during the 2020 lockdown
Three live streaming events with poet artists from across the UK exploring the principles of Poem Brut, including a discussion on performance and on neurobiology and poetry. In addition, new video poems shared on youtube, ie Patrick Cosgrove & Alex Hegazy and followed by online seminars, ie SJ Fowler on Asemic Writing for UWE Bristol and Arnolfini
#14 / Museum of Futures : February 18th 2020, Surbiton
New live poems and performances from Martin Wakefield, Ryan Ormonde, Simon Tyrrell, Kate Scott, Marcia Knight Latter, Laurensia Puia, Gabriella Buckner, Cleary Mallard and George Prior, Milly Webster, Danielle Moles, Joe Turrent, Maria Omena, Djahane Zaïr.
November 9th 2019 : Poem Brut at Rich Mix #6, London
New performances and commissions by Kathy Pendrill, Richard Marshall, Jacqueline Ennis Cole, Khaled Hakim, Lizzy Turner, Paul Hawkins, Martin Wakefield, Mischa Foster Poole, SJ Fowler, Michael Sutton, Lisa Alexander. A packed house watched another extraordinary and weird Poem Brut event exploring the fundamental and innovative potential of what a live poem might be.
July Saturday 13th 2019 - Poem Brut at Rich Mix #5, London
Featuring new work from Lisa Kiew, Patrick Cosgrove & Alex Hegazy, Mischa Foster Poole, Harry Man & SJ Fowler, Paul Hawkins, Simon Tyrrell, Michael O'Mahony, Rushika Wick, Jacqueline Ennis Cole, Maria Sledmere. A high energy night of performances in London, poet-artists from across the UK and Europe descended on Rich Mix for a unique literary event that celebrated the visual, visceral, messy, handwritten and colourful in poetic liveness.
Poem Brut #11 / Poetry Society Cafe : July 8th 2019 with Karen Sandhu, Simon Tyrrell, Patrick Cosgrove and more.
Poem Brut X / at Writers' Centre Kingston : March Tuesday 5th 2019 with Patrick Cosgrove, Lisa Kiew, Bob Tsukada Bright, Matt Martin, mjb, Martin Wakefield, SJ Fowler, Simon Tyrrell plus collaborations from Mandy Ure and John Hughes, Sara Upstone & Jo Addison.
November 10th 2018 : Poem Brut at Rich Mix #4, London
Featuring new work from Susanna Crossman, Nathan Walker, Sarah Dawson, Karen Sandhu, Martin Wakefield, Arturo Desimone, Alban Low & Kevin Acott, Dovydas Laurinaitis. James Caley and Abi Palmer. An unforgettable night with extraordinary performances from a dozen poet artists from across the UK and Europe, from wine baths to paper birds, sound poetry to typewriters.
Poem Brut at National Poetry Library - June Wed 6th 2018
Southbank Centre www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/128811-poem-brut-2018 Featuring new work from Maja Jantar, Saradha Soobrayen, Chrissy Williams, Paul Hawkins, Patrick Cosgrove, Harry Man, SJ Fowler and more. Readings and performances alongside pop up exhibits, interactions, video poems and interactions.
Poem Brut VII / at Spike Island - Bristol : May Saturday 5th 2018
Poem Brut VI / at Writers' Centre Kingston : March Thursday 22nd 2018
March 17th 2018 - Poem Brut at Rich Mix #3, London
With Lavinia Singer, Julia Rose Lewis, Julia Schuster, Christian Patracchini, Mischa Foster Poole, Ruhi Parmar Amin, Andre Bagoo, Saradha Soobrayen. A remarkable evening celebrating the visual, visceral, messy, handwritten and colourful in poetry with new unique commissions from writers exploring alternate ways of making literature.
Poem Brut at Rich Mix #1 : November 25th 2017
An extraordinary beginning to the live happening of Poem Brut - a literary event celebrating of the visual, visceral, messy, handwritten and colourful in poetry with new unique commissions from writers exploring alternate ways of making literature. Each presentation was different from the last, cohesive, heartening, exciting, challenging, and funny, with readings, performances and talks alongside pop up exhibits, interactions and video poems from some of the UK's most interesting writers. With Harry Man / on dyslexia & the brain, Imogen Reid / works in progress, visual feedback forms, Stephen Emmerson / dirt boot poetry & paper hale, Hiromi Suzuki / new gif poems, Paul Hawkins / a pop up exhibition on belonging, Kate Wakeling / Nak Deddo, a collaboration with child, Christian Patracchini / tactility tongue touching wall, Patrick Cosgrove / Clementine munch poem & ghetto blaster and Christopher Stephenson / Noise box passaround poem
