It hovered out there above the Pennines, just for a second
Just part of the set, they said.
Photographer for both works: Jason Lam
Artist's statement: my concrete poetry focuses on the defamiliarisation of letters - reminding the viewer that letters are just shapes we have come to associate with particular meanings and sounds. Letters in my work take on abstract monolithic proportions, adrift and upended in the landscapes of my childhood. My letters have become lodged in my father's negatives, stitched together and backlit by fire.
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Dr Gareth Jenkins is a poet, artist and independent researcher. He is a creative producer for the 9 inner city Sydney libraries. He runs poetry writing workshops in NSW prisons with the Red Room Poetry Company. Gareth has lectured widely in Australia universities on the history and practice of poetic writing.
His theoretical work focuses on avant-garde writers and artists that have experienced schizophrenia – he has published and presented his research in Australia, Europe and the U.S.A.
Gareth's creative work includes poetry, concrete poetry and digital media. His work has been shortlisted for the Newcastle Poetry Prize and the Zebra Poetry Film Awards in Berlin. His work has appeared in numerous publications including Cordite Poetry Review, Rattapallax, Red Room Poetry Company, The Drunken Boat, Rabbit Poetry Journal, Mascara Literary Review and VLAK: Contemporary Poetics and the Arts.
