SoundEye
12
a festival of the arts of the word
July 3 - 6, 2008
Ireland's
premier festival of poetry, the avant-garde, and text-based art and performance,
continues to grow in size and scope. This year, the international group
of more than thirty poets visiting Cork City include Kenneth Goldsmith,
founder of the cult website Ubuweb, who will also give a presentation
on electronic curation, as well as Tom Raworth, Tom Pickard, Alison Croggon
and Catherine Wagner.
The Alternative Cabaret will include a viola da gamba consort, performance
from the London-based Bonney – Kruk – Lindsay – Robinson
axis, art-noise band KFDS, a twenty-minute opera, the ever-popular Polskadots
and many more. New this year is an exhibition of text-based art, with
work from Nissan Prize Winner, Dan Shipsides, and from Maggie O'Sullivan
and Justin Katko. Add to this an Open Mike session, transferred from a
regular slot in Providence, Rhode Island, with MC Mairéad Byrne,
and Cork can look forward to an exciting four days of art, poetry and
exchange.
SoundEye happens between Thursday July 3rd (when the exhibition opens
in The Black Mariah gallery on Washington Street) and Sunday 6th. The
Firkin Crane will host most readings. The Alternative Cabaret will kick
off at 8.30 p.m. in The Other Place, Paradise Place (between Washington
Street and North Main Street) on the 4th of July.
Alison Croggon • Andrew Zawacki • Anamaria Crowe-Serrano • Catherine Wagner • Dan Shipsides • Daniel Ereditario • David Toms • Fanny Howe • Fergal Gaynor • Frances Kruk • Gabriel Ezutah • Jason Hirons • Jim Maughn • Jimmy Cummins • Jow Lindsay • Judy Kravis • Justin Katko • Kenneth Goldsmith • Keston Sutherland • KFDS • Maggie O'Sullivan • Mairéad Byrne • Mark Weiss • Matthew Geden • Maurice Scully • Micheal O Ruairc • Nour Mobarak • Peter Manson • The Polskadots • Randolph Healy • Sean Bonney • Sophie Robinson • Susana Gardner • Tom Pickard • Trevor Joyce • et al.
