The first event in the Text Festival is tomorrow. Apologies for late notification. There will be more on the Festival shortly. From the mailing:
The Language Moment is the opening event of the international Text Festival which will continue with a series of worldwide events during 2011-12.
Specifically it’s tomorrow, Friday 15 April at 8pm in the Green Room, Manchester. Tickets are £9.50 and can be booked on 0161 615 0500 or online here if you can’t be arsed talking to anyone.
The evening features ‘virtuoso vocal performance and groundbreaking sound art’ from Icelandic poet Eirikur Orn Nordahl, ‘baritone live art sensation’ Phil Minton, Maggie O’Sullivan and ‘a live collaboration between Ben Gwilliam and Philip Davenport, a sound distillation of Davenport’s spreadsheet poem appeal in air.’
There will also be specially commissioned ‘soundpoem interventions’ by Carol Watts, Simon Smith* and Sarah Boothroyd*.
*Can’t find links for either that can confidently be assumed are the same people.
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