Stephen Emmerson
Albion – 9th & 10th August @ Inland Studios, Camberwell
6pm – 9pm
A poem-installation
William Blake was a visionary English poet and artist who wrote, etched, and printed illuminated books. He despised organised religion, but claimed to see visions of angels and devils, and regularly spoke to the spirit of his dead brother.
Whilst living on Hercules Road in Lambeth he composed many of his prophetic works including ‘The Book of Urizen’,’The Four Zoas’, and ‘Europe: A Prophecy’.
He also set his poems to music, though there are no surviving notations.
Albion is a poem-installation based on psychogeographical information and psychic and paranormal investigations that explore Blake’s complex methods of composition and mythopoetics. It is also an attempt to reconnect with the political aspects of Blake’s work.
Albion is an invitation to help Blake complete a new poetic work. Participants can channel Blake using a pentagram and a series of typewriters, and by translating the audiovisual landscape into text.
Inland Studios
25a Camberwell Church Street
London
SE5 8TR
otherroom.org 