Lucy Harvest Clarke Reading At Openned, 25th March 2009

[wpvideo SxaWACH1] Lucy was the second poet to read at the night. We heard about her through the poet Scott Thurston, one of the organisers of the Other Room reading series in Manchester. The first poet that read at the night was Jim Goar (editor of Past Simple magazine) his reading was excellent but unfortunately I forgot to turn the camera on for his performance. Just one too many things to think about. The flyer for the night is displayed below:

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Luke Roberts Reading At Openned, 25th March 2009

[wpvideo RzyQdRht] Luke Roberts was the third poet to read at the Openned night. Luke's poem 'The Pretty Red Head' is published in Klatch magazine. Both Luke Roberts and Steve Willey read instead of an ill Keston Sutherland. Thanks Luke!

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Steve Willey Reading at Openned, 25th March 2009

[wpvideo WGJB5z4o] Steve Willey was the 4th poet to read at the Openned night and read from a work entitled 'Mercurial Jokes' a poem which was published in Klatch magazine under the name 'Mercurial Articulations' (10 of which were available for free on the back table). This work is part of a longer sequence which is as of yet untitled, this longer work includes the sequence Venus & Other Noises.

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Steve Willey/Luke Roberts Collaborative Reading at Openned, 25th March 2009

[wpvideo 1kAqYAZF] This collaborative reading by the poets Luke Roberts and Steve Willey was provisionally entitled: 'Mangle Something <" It's what flarf wishes it was">'   The collaborative element of this reading was completely improvised.

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Amy De'Ath Reading at Openned, 25th March 2009.

[wpvideo YaDgm9IT] The Poet Amy De'Ath was the 5th poet to read at the Openned night. She opened up the second part of the night. She read two poems 'Tara Sestina' (Klatch 2009) and 'This is my Quota' (Past Simple 2009).

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Sean Bonney Reading AT Openned, 25th March, 2009

[wpvideo 5QG9OwIj] Sean Bonney was the 6th poet to read at this night he read from his work 'The Commons'. Apologies to Sean for missing the beginning of his reading I had to change tapes.

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Alex Davies Reading at Openned, 25TH March 2009

[wpvideo vP8P96iT] Alex Davies was the 7th poet to read at the Openned night. He is also one of the organisers of the night. He read from a long work entitled 'London Stone' some of which can be found on this website and on Past Simple 6.

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John Sparrow Reading at Openned, 25th March 2009

[wpvideo qZIZhVty] John Sparrow was the 8th poet that read at the night. He read in dialogue with a computer program/poem and a digital projector which was projecting what was an integral part of his reading onto the Foundry wall. This projection is not captured in the shot of the camera. However, the work that was projected 'Ideas on Oedipal Bitstreams' is available for download on his website Itch Away.

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Redell Olsen Reading at Openned, 25th March 2009

[wpvideo 9hyA1FBj] Redell Olsen was the 9th and final poet to read at the Openned night. She also (like John) projected visuals onto the back wall. A stark and slightly abrasive movie (in a good way) which made use of repetitive sound: a woman dressed in black, scraping the 'Vane' of the feather from the 'Shaft' of the feather, placing it to her left and then repeating the process again. Apologies to Dell for missing the end of her reading, the tape ran out.

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Recording The Brighton Scene: Sean Bonney At Desperate For Love, 2009

[wpvideo ifE5vcNp] Desperate For... Love is a reading series run by the poets Wolfy Jones and Alan Hay. It is an excellent reading series and well worth the trip down to Brighton from London, nice people, excellent poets, good music, low lit venue... what more could you want. This recording was made on Sunday 1st March after I took a trip to the beach with Klatch. There were many other poets reading at the night. The readings are held at Komedia, 44-47 Gardner St, Brighton BN1 1UN and the next Desperate For... event will be on May 12th and will feature the poet Francesca Lisette.

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