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From this month and through the coming academic year I will be working at Plymouth College of Art. I am one of a number of artists chosen for this year’s AA2A (Artists Access to Art Colleges) scheme for PCA. The working title for my residency project is ‘toward an emblem book’.

I am compiling a Tumblr as an accompaniment to the project at http://towardanemblem.tumblr.com/

The other artists on the AA2A scheme at PCA are Library of Independent Exchange, Nick Davies, and Tessa Jane.

 

On Friday October 26th (6-8pm), I will be at the Penlee Bowling Club on the Penzance Promenade for an informal presentation of my publication, ‘lengths and ends: six poems for Penzance’. The booklet was developed in response to spending time in the Jubilee Pool and at the Penlee Bowling Club during my CAZ Weekender residency in July.
Copies of the limited edition publication will be available on the day. There will also be refreshments.
The bowling club is situated in Penzance, just off of the promenade, in
the Bolitho Gardens, which are half way between Wherry Town, at the
western end of Penzance Promenade, and Newlyn. There is a pay and
display car park at Wherry Town and limited parking for the disabled at
the entrance to Bolitho Gardens.

WEEKENDER is a residency with an emphasis on non art contexts and is
curated by Rebecca Weeks of CAZ.  www.cazart.org.uk

I will be in Penzance for the weekend of July 13th to 15th to participate in one of the CAZ (Cornwall Autonomous Zone) Weekender residencies.

I will use the weekend to write, note, sketch and gather material towards a publication later in the year. The focus of my writing and noting will be the Jubilee Pool and the Bowling Club, picking up on questions of signalling, signs, codes, and systems.

http://cazart.drupalgardens.com/weekender

http://www.jubileepool.co.uk/index.php

 

Below is a link to a recording of the Wordquest FM show hosted by Richard Povall of Aunehead Arts which discussed my writing and on which I performed. It is an hour in total, with an introductory section where Richard sets the programme in context, a selection of pieces which I read / perform, discussion of writing practice, a couple of my songs, and some music selections.

Wordquest FM podcast 33: Mark Leahy