Get down to London if you can with short notice would be well worth it…

Park Nights
Poetry Marathon
Saturday and Sunday
17–18 October

Poetry Marathon is a two-day poetry event featuring performances from leading poets, writers, artists, philosophers, scholars and musicians. It is the fourth in the innovative series of Marathons staged in the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion each year, conceived by Serpentine Gallery Co-director Hans Ulrich Obrist. The first Marathon, Interview Marathon, 2006, involved interviews with leading figures in contemporary culture over 24-hours, conducted by Obrist and architect Rem Koolhaas. This was followed by Experiment Marathon, 2007, which included 50 experiments by speakers across arts and science, and Manifesto Marathon, 2008.

Participants include Vito Acconci, Etel Adnan, Caroline Bergvall, Kenneth Bostock, Nathan Cash Davidson, Jimmie Durham, Dominic Eichler, Gilbert & George, Olivier Garbay, Kenneth Goldsmith, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Tim Griffin, Eugen Gomringer, Karl Holmqvist, Ranjit Hoskote, Nick Laird, Sean Landers, Maria Mirabal, Eileen Myles, Gerhard Rühm, Mladen Stilinovic, UbuWeb, Franz West and Cerith Wyn Evans

Tickets
£25/£20 (two day)
£15/£10 (one day)

Available from the Gallery Lobby Desk or
Ticketweb: 08444 77 1000
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk

http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2009/06/poetry_marathonsaturday_and_su.html

Via Caroline Bergvall