Special to be in this new anthology - "Atlantic Drift publishes twenty-four poets from the UK, Ireland, USA and Canada in an exciting partnership between Arc Publications and Edge Hill University Press. This anthology seeks to highlight new and existing writing and to define/redefine the discussions between poets from both sides of 'the pond'. By developing a dialogue between English-speaking traditions, Atlantic Drift will include some of the most exceptional poetry and poetics written in the twenty-first century" https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/university-press/poetsreveal/
Upcoming events / exhibitions / publications
Some upcoming events, publications, exhibitions, including the launch of my new poetry collection with Test Centre (June 3rd) and a performance at Tate Modern (July 18th), plus a few things that’ve happened in 2015.
May 2nd – Celebrating Jackson MacLow’s Light poems, reading at the Wellcome collection.
May 8th – Feinde: Austrian Enemies, collaborating with Jorg Piringer at the Rich Mix.
May 13th - reading at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, for an event discussing Henri Gaudier-Brzeska’s relief The Wrestlers, drawing on my work for the Tate.
May 14th - for UNESCO’s European Literature Night Edinburgh, I’ll be launching my collaborative poetry collection,Oberwildling: on the life of Oskar Kokoschka, with Colin Herd, at the Sutton Gallery.
May 15th –a reading at Little Sparta, the garden of Ian Hamilton Finlay.
May 17th – a reading at Five Years Gallery, for the ‘How to write’ project
May 18th – a reading at Cog Arts, Dalston
May 19th to 27th I’ll be reading in Newport, Cardiff, Swansea, Bangor & Aberystwyth in Wales, as part of the Enemies project: Gelynion, collaborating with Joe Dunthorne, Nia Davies, Zoe Skoulding & co
May 29th – Reading at the Hay-on-Wye festival to close Gelynion in Wales.
June 3rd - I’ll be launching my new poetry collection {Enthusiasm} published by Test centre on June 3rd in London.
June 5th – Gelynion in London, at the Rich Mix Arts Centre.
June 6th – Stoke Newington Literature Festival, reading with Iain Sinclair & Tom Chivers for Test Centre.
June 6th - My solo exhibition, Mahu, opens on June 6th at the Hardy Tree Gallery in Kings X. 10 events follow in the 3 week run.
June 11th - a reading at the Garden Museum, London, for my residency with J&L Gibbons Landscape Architects
June 21st – Reading at the Berlin Poesiefestival.
July 18th – a performance & discussion at the Tate Modern
A recent interview on Sabotage Reviews, by Will Barrett, a comprehensive discussion of the purpose behind my work. http://sabotagereviews.com/2015/03/10/its-all-one-enormous-blancmange-an-interview-with-s-j-fowler/
In February I attended the Salzburg Global Seminar for a program called the Neuroscience of Art: what are the sources of Creativity & Innovation? A report http://www.stevenjfowler.com/salzburgglobal
I attended the International Literature Showcase in Norwich, produced by the Writer’s Centre and the British Council, speaking on a panel about technology & literature. My writeup here.
Since January I’ve been in part-time residence at the Hubbub at the Wellcome Collection, which is exploring the nature of rest through neuroscience, social science & aesthetics.
I performed with Zuzana Husarova for the Parisian sound poetry festival Festina Lente in February.
I attended the Lettretage conference in Berlin, in January, giving a presentation which describes the history and purpose of the Enemies project.
I now have a page on the Poetry Archive
I launched my collaborative book 1000 proverbs with Tom Jenks, at a Liverpool Camarade event, published by Knives, forks & spoons press.
For Wrogowie: Polish Enemies, I performed with Milosz Biedrzycki, celebrating the work of Tomaz Salamun
For Enemigos: Mexican Enemies, I collaborated with Amanda de la Garza, via video.
I read at the Whitechapel Gallery with Chris McCabe, for Stateland, curated by Gareth Evans.
Fourfold, a press in Glasgow, published my collaboration with Ross Sutherland, nick-e Melville, Ryan Van Winkle & Colin Herd: the Auld Fold.
The new Penned in the Margins 2015 programme features details on my first play, a scratch of which is scheduled for October.