THE OTHER ROOM
Experimental poetry in ManchesterArchive for April, 2010
Zoe Skoulding
Zoe Skoulding reads at The Other Room’s second birthday, April 2010.
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Ian Davidson
Ian Davidson reads at The Other Room’s second birthday, April 2010.
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Matt Dalby reviews the Other Room 15
The second birthday of The Other Room reading series was marked by a packed venue, with more than forty people present to see performances from Ian Davidson, Zoe Skoulding and Matt Welton. Unusually in Matt and to a lesser extent in Zoe there were two poets performing that a reader who relies on the mainstream media for information about poetry might have heard of. This is not to the detriment of either reader, more to the detriment of mainstream media understanding of poetry.
The Other Room 15 in photos
Photos of Ian Davidson, Zoe Skoulding, Matthew Welton and poetry chocolate Easter eggs. These eggs were devoted to one of each of last year’s readers and had a line attached from one of their poems in The Other Room Anthology. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge.
Ian Davidson
Ian Davidson in mirror
Zoe Skoulding
Zoe Skoulding
audience
Matthew Welton
eggs
Frances Kruk’s egg
Tim Atkins’ egg
The Other Room Anthology II
Available to order now, featuring work from Tim Atkins, Sean Bonney, Matt Dalby, Tina Darragh, Philip Davenport, Alex Davies, James Davies, Craig Dworkin, Allen Fisher, Michael Haslam, Rob Holloway, P.Inman, Frances Kruk, Holly Pester, Sophie Robinson, Nick Thurston, Tony Trehy and Steven Waling. Click HERE to buy a copy for £5 + £0.75 postage via PayPal. Click HERE to try before you buy and read a sample.
The stamp of approval
Tom Jenks and Phil Davenport caught stamping the Chinese ideogram, which reads SUSPICION, into Phil’s poem MY PAINTINGS ARE INVISIBLE which is part of The Other Room anthology 2009-10. The anthology also contains a CD insert of sound poetry by Matt Dalby and poems by the wonderful poets we’ve been lucky enough to put on this year. Purchase details will be up on the website in the next few days.
David Osbaldeston: Out of Time – preview and exhibition
Castlefield Gallery is pleased to present a solo show of new work by David Osbaldeston, Out of Time (The Light of Day / The Action of the Play). Through manipulated images of news photography and a print series of interpretive book cover designs from Luigi Pirandello’s[1] celebrated play Six Characters in Search of an Author[2], the exhibition will explore relationships between the gallery and theatre staging, displacement, reality, illusion and social discord.
David Osbaldeston: Out of Time (The Light of Day / The Action of the Play) Preview: Thursday 15 April, 2010. 6-9pm – Everyone Welcome. Exhibition Continues: Friday 16 April – Sunday 6 June 2010
At Castlefield Gallery
