Writing in different modes and forms is a significant part of my practice. This extends through the making of texts intended for or arising as part of a performance. Some of my writing is a direct response to the work of other artists, and may be developed to accompany an exhibition or installation, or as part of a publication relating to their work. This includes reviews and catalogue essays. Essays on poetry, performance, and on the relations between poetry and visual art, make up another body of writing work.
This page links to selections from my writing. The giving of labels to kinds or types of writing is problematic, an attempt to sort or categorise genres of text. What is poetry? What is critical writing for, or what is it critical of? The terms offer a shorthand to differentiate writing modes, some of which sit across or between types, some of which are at home inside these fences.
Texts linked directly to performance works are quoted on the pages referring to those events .
A selection of work that fits under the heading of poetry is on this page.
Art writing relates to or directly addresses work of other artists.
Links to critical writing and essays are on this page: critical writing