Last Saturday morning, 30th May, after
Patricia's Storm and Golden Sky reading on Friday (where she read more of her 'Logic for Little Girls' text, and collaborated once more with Joanne Ashcroft) we were off to Bank Street Arts, in Sheffield, so the artists could speak about their work in the current exhibition, we could look at it, and they could dismantle it! It was good to talk to
Helen Tookey (Patricia's collaborator in '25 Views of Japan') , Harriet Tarlo and to
Angelina Ayres, poet in residence. It was good to get to Bank Street too, since I have been involved with a couple of low-key explorations of poetry and image, which I'll deal with soon in my next post,
here.
Bank Street Arts. The work included the pairings
- Brian Lewis and Andrew Hirst
- Harriet Tarlo and Judith Tucker
- Helen Tookey and Patricia Farrell
- Angelina Ayres and Beverly (lost the surname)
as well as this year's instalment of the
Postcard Poems project.
Here are images of the collaboration and the talk and reading Patricia and Helen conducted.
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| Patricia before the work |
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| Patricia before the work |
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| A page of the work |
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| Patricia and Helen talking about the collaboration |
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| Helen reading the text from the limited edition book |
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| Pages |
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| Patricia the Artist |
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| Harriet Tarlo and Judith Tucker talking about their collaboration (behind them) |
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| A slice of Harriet's text |
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| Patricia dismantling the show |
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| Helen dismantling the show |
Helen Tookey lives in Liverpool, teaches at JMU, collaborates with
Patricia, publishes with Carcanet, and is one of those dreadful Firminists (the Malcolm Lowry lot) from Liverpool!
