Posted by on May 17, 2006 in Uncategorised | One Comment


Green Thought in an Urban Shade

Launched last night in London.

I wasn’t there, sadly. Well, I’m not sure if it was sadly or not – given that I have too full a plate of things to deal with right now – but I hope it went really well and that those who did attend had a wonderful time. I’m waiting to hear exactly how it all panned out. The Text-tiles shown here are three short stories, mounted on lecterns, for people to read as they browse through the show. The strand of hair is mine, by the way!

I wish I knew how people respond to the Text-tiles, but you can’t stand and watch somebody read a 5,000 word story because it makes them nervous, so I still don’t know if they are a valuable addition to the wall mounted texts and sculpture stories or not. I won’t say the worry keeps me awake at night, but I probably would get to sleep earlier if I knew the answer!

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  1. B.A. Goodjohn
    17th May 2006

    Raises an interesting thought. Could short stories or poetry, in this or another “hands-on” form, seduce people back to the written word? I’m thinking of the success of the poems on the tube.

    Poetry and flash under glass-topped café tables? Short stories fly-posted on derelict shopfronts?

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