A real honour to be part of Hannah Kemp-Welch’s Listening Glossary, published in October 2026 by Spiral / Silver Press. The list of contributors is vast and inspiring in and of itself and the contributions, which all conform to an ‘X listneing’ format, represent a great mix between more established definitions and contemporary innovations, the…… Continue reading Glossary of Listening
Category: Writing
They Live by Lamp Light
A short essay and drawings in “They Live by Lamplight: Psychogeography for New Energy Vampires,” a zine edited by Justin Hopper with contributions from Tom Bolton, Jamie Cross, Gair Dunlop, Jez riley French, Laura Grace Ford, Lucy Greeves, Justin Hopper, David Knight, Asher Levitas, Pheobe riley Law, Hana Loftus, Stefan Musgrove, Foster Neville, Sonia Overall,…… Continue reading They Live by Lamp Light
World Book Night 2026
A collage and a poem for University of the West of England’s “The Mountains are Calling,” Bower Ashton Library, 2nd April – Friday 31st July 2026. The book I chose for inspiration was Michelangelo’s Mountain by Eric Sciliagno, one of the books that formed part of my research for a project around the marble quarries…… Continue reading World Book Night 2026
Tout Kreyati Bèl
My essay “Tout Kreyati Bèl / All Beautiful Creatures” is published in I for Iridescence,” a sumptuous artist book created from dialogues between Jani Ruscica and some great artists and thinkers: Tomaso Binga, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Diana Campbell, Lex Morgan Lancaster & Taneli Viljanen. My text responds to six of Jani’s works that I especially…… Continue reading Tout Kreyati Bèl
Props for a Sky Mirror Bureau
Exhibiting the mixed media assemblage “Props for a Sky Mirror Bureau” as part of “dew- mist- cloud- fog-” at the Marine Workshops Newhaven. “Props for a Sky Mirror” features “a journal, embroidered patch, photographs, neon hoops, hand-drawn GPS routes, OS Map excerpt, video loop on iPad (4:44), field recordings on radios (6:17), calendar, chalk rocks…… Continue reading Props for a Sky Mirror Bureau
Zawawa: Listening to the Aftermaths of Conflicts in Okinawa
Delighted to report that Zawawa – a book by Kozo Hiramatsu, Rupert Cox and me – is published by Archive Books. The book is part of ongoing research. The book is a bilingual Eng/JP presentation with fantastic translations by Asako Murakami. Included are longer discussions with Katsu Kabira and Seijin Yogi – who both survived…… Continue reading Zawawa: Listening to the Aftermaths of Conflicts in Okinawa
Arctic Anti-Radio
The essay “Arctic Anti-Radio” was published in Urbanomic’s Sonic Faction: Audio Essay as Medium and Method, edited by Justin Barton, Steve Goodman and Maya B. Kronik. There are some fantastic contributors to this collection, people I’ve long-admired and who I’m excited to be published alongside. My own essay explores the processes and contexts involved in…… Continue reading Arctic Anti-Radio
A Cormorant
The Autumn issue of Robin Boothroyd’s Aswirl magazine published my “A Cormorant” poem. Aswirl is “a quarterly poetry zine celebrating brevity. It was founded in autumn 2022 as a home for short, minimal and concrete poetry. Small, humble and with a tactile nature, the publication emphasises the intimate and champions the miniature. Because small things…… Continue reading A Cormorant
“How To Put on Weight”
I was very pleased to have been commissioned by Galerie Silvestre in Madrid to write a essay for Rebecca Glover’s The Foley Studio. Glover’s show ran from February 2nd to March 27th, 2024 and, as its title suggests, the beautifully composed installation of objects, sounds and diagrams explores the practice of foley within wider contexts. My essay…… Continue reading “How To Put on Weight”
“Fire Spell Against Hate”
In 2024, “The Smell of Apples” was republished alongside “Fire Spell Against Hate” (another text sampled from many different English Ovid translations) in (C)ovid’s Metamorphoses, a project directed by Bernd Herzogenrath and Lasse-Marc Riek and released in a sumptuous edition with a quite extraordinary list of contributors. A small selection of the artists involved in the text and sound sections…… Continue reading “Fire Spell Against Hate”