Open Dialogues are currently preparing to contribute
to the Performance Writing Weekender at the Arnolfini, Bristol 3-5 May.
The Performance Writing Weekender involves live
performances, a temporary library, and an exhibition of Performance Writing. The
weekend also comprises chaired panel discussions on cross disciplinary writing, looking at how
to support it and its artists nationally, both in and out of academic
institutions. Articles, excerpts of discussions and examples of participants
work will also feature a special edition of Journal of Writing in Creative
Practice. Details of the line up can be found here.
Rachel
Lois will contribute to the temporary library, giving participants a chance to
(w)read a special boxed edition of (W)reading Performance Writing : A Guide.
Available as a freely downloadable PDF commissioned by the Live Art Development Agency, the guide is used on
the Arnolfini’s MA Performance Writing and features practitioners from diverse fields of poetry,
theatre, visual art and performance on the topic of Performance Writing. See it in Bristol, or download it here.
Mary
will be participating in the panel and audience discussion ‘Future of
multi-media writing’, which looks at the
opportunities posed to inter-media or cross-disciplinary writing by the digital.
Participants are John Hall (UCF), Lucy English (Bath Spa), Christine Atha
(Arnolfini), Mary Paterson (Open Dialogues) and Nathan Jones (Mercy Online).
