TRANSLATED ACTS No. 2

The purpose of this cross-institutional series of roundtable discussions is to bring together invited writers, artists, critics and staff and students, to discuss some of the tools, methods and ideas about writing as they deal with operations of translation, transmission, exchange and collaboration. This second seminar will focus on discussing methods of writing and of manipulating language that enhance questions of textual transmission, writing for mixed-media environments, audio forms of writing. Invited speakers include: sound and video artist Imogen Stidworthy, writer Claire MacDonald, text-based artist Polly Gould, performance critic Bonnie Marranca, Shelley Cobb on filmatographic adaptation, Mandy Bloomfield on film and poetry, Will Montgomery on his own audioworks, Stephen Morton on new translation, Holly Pester on forms of archive, poet Sean Bonney, and other writers, artists, researchers.

The format includes an evening of public presentation and discussions, followed on the next day by a one-day seminar led by the conveners, including presentations by visiting writers and research students.

Friday 8th May, 5pm-7pm

Presentations open to all:

• Auditorium A – TEXTS AND SCREENS: Writers and artists present their work.
  

Saturday 9th May, 10am-5pm

Roundtable:

• Room 2115 – WRITING AND CONTEMPORARY MEDIA

University of Southampton, English, Avenue Campus 

30 participants max. – sign up necessary.

Contact: carolinebergvall[at]googlemail[dot]com (Caroline Bergvall)