as part of the gifting to those attending the symposium, this gift bag has been printed with a poem i wrote specifically for the occasion and the bag! i love this kind of stuff. a minimalist masterpiece on my part, if i may say soo
I’m so happy to be involved in this and have had such a pleasure working with Angie Butler and Sarah Bodman at UWE. Amazing artists and human beings. My event on October 14th can be booked here, please do so https://store.uwe.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/centre-for-fine-print-research/conferences/printed-poetry-symposium-dropin-round-table-event
THE PRINTED POETRY SYMPOSIUM (OCTOBER 2021)
The Printed Poetry symposium is a series of events that mark the culmination of a Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR), UWE letterpress research project in collaboration with poet, writer and artist, SJ Fowler and letterpress printer and publisher Pat Randle (Nomad Letterpress). Fowler will discuss the project and the resulting publication in a keynote online presentation.
In addition, nine poets, letterpress practitioners and publishers will present projects, publications and prints that evidence their relationship to the printed poem through their lived experience of creating words, images, performances etc. through this physical print process.
We will also hold a ‘live’ letterpress printing event at the Letterpress Collective, pop-up exhibitions at UWE library and an in-person meeting and pop-up exhibition at Arnolfini Bristol with some of the symposium presenters: to convene these communities and examine relationships between creative practitioners and the haptic production of the printed word within contemporary letterpress publishing activities.
https://cfpr.uwe.ac.uk/the-printed-poetry-symposium-october-2021/
THURSDAY 14 OCTOBER: ticketed events, booking via UWE Online Shop – Drop-In Event & Roundtable Discussion
10.00a.m.–12 noon: Drop-in at The Letterpress Collective, Bristol: ‘live’ printing of Printed Poetry symposium keepsake
2.00p.m.–4.30p.m. Arnolfini auditorium event: Roundtable discussion between symposium presenters and audience and pop-up exhibition of letterpress printed poetry works with Q&A, plus launch of publication by SJ Fowler from the Printed Poetry Project
SJ Fowler: Letterpress and Poetry – the Printed Poetry Project
A talk on the potential of typesetting and letterpress printing as an active collaborative process for poets. Using the recent CFPR supported ‘Printed Poetry Project’ (an exchange between Fowler, Angie Butler at UWE and Pat Randle at Nomad Letterpress) as a case study, this mini lecture will explore how poetry might respond to the auspices of print, through serendipity, vernacular and process, and how it might alter and change when actively engaged in what letterpress can achieve. When often the relationship between poets and printers is one of commission, or separation, how might be we more innovatively integrate these two artforms, in order to produce original and innovative results?