Two Readings and a New Publication with MoLI Editions
In the first half of September 2024 I will give two public readings: this week at Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) in Dublin along with Bebe Ashley; and next week at the Embassy of Ireland in Riga, Latvia, with Madara Gruntmane. Details on both events below.
And continue reading for details of a new, limited edition publication of mine coming this month with MoLI Editions, containing my short curator's essay on Is this a poem? and some beautiful images from the exhibition.
A reminder that Is this a poem? closes on 22 September, so there's still a little time left to visit.
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MoLI First Fridays: September 2024
Friday 6 September
Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI)
86 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
6.30pm | Reading
Christodoulos Makris
Hear from the curator of Is this a poem?, whose live-generated mass collaboration poem ‘Chances Are’ is projected in the exhibition.
8pm | Reading
Bebe Ashley
A reading by Belfast-based poet, whose ‘Confetti’ - 3D-printed poetry in Braille - can be found across the museum.
Presented with the support of the Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, and Dublin UNESCO City of Literature.
Free Admission. Booking is recommended.
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He She It: Poetry with Christodoulos Makris & Madara Gruntmane-Dujana
Thursday 12 September
Embassy of Ireland, Latvia
13 Alberta iela 1010 Rīga, Latvia
Join the Embassy of Ireland for a poetry reading with one of Ireland's leading experimental poets Christodoulos Makris and renowned Latvian poet Madara Gruntmane-Dujana.
With thanks to the support of Latvian Literature.
Both poets' work is widely and internationally recognised through commissions, residencies and awards. Their poetry is connected by the use of direct, contemporary language, whether rooted in personal experience or appropriated from public documentary sources or a combination of both, in a way that may pose questions and/or illuminate diverse aspects of the contemporary self.
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Is this a poem?: Adventures on the edge of an artform (Dublin: MoLI Editions, 2024) is published in September 2024 in a limited numbered edition of 150 copies.
This is a small, beautifully-designed, collectible artefact serving as a memento of the exhibition.
Commissioned by the Museum of Literature Ireland with the support of The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
Photography by Benedict Schlepper-Connolly.
Design and layout: Museum of Literature Ireland.
Exclusively available from the MoLI shop
Full information on Is this a poem?, including a list of participating poets/writers/artists and their contributions, as well as press and media on the exhibition, is available here.
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