In this workshop we will consider the different ways that human relationships with geology have been expressed in writing. Using the method of ‘extractive’ poetry we will then create our own short poems, reflecting our lived relationship with familiar geologic bodies.
AJ Stockwell’s multi-modal practice crosses sculpture, audio, performance and installation. Often borrowing languages from other disciplines, their practice considers our bodily connection to place through an expanded tongue. Their current work re-imagines the relationship between human and geologic bodies through a queer, neurodiverse lens.
*title is quote from Dyke (geology) by Sabrina Imbler
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This event is part of the Poet in Every Port programme, hosted in partnership with the Southbank Centre and National Poetry Library. You can find the full programme of Uist Poet in Every Port events here, with details of the Mobile National Poetry Library which will be visiting on Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th June. More information about the Poet in Every Port project is available here.
