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Red Room Poetry presents EXPERIMENTAL POETS OF PERTH
August 31, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Red Room Poetry presents EXPERIMENTAL POETS OF PERTH: an evening with cutting-edge artists from across Boorloo, scrutinising the fringes of poetic expression.
Join us on Thursday 31st August at the Fremantle Navy Club as the poets delve into their practice, integrating spoken word, song, instrumentalism, & improvisation. Sonic worlds collide over culminating poetic histories.
Tickets $10/$15/$20 via https://events.humanitix.com/experimental-poets-of-perth
JENNY HICKINBOTHAM
DR CLAIRE FURCHICK PANNELL
JOHN PANNELL
BEC BOWMAN
ZOE BARRON
FIONA HOOK
LUKA BUCHANAN
BEN BUCHANAN
DR CLAIRE FURCHICK PANNELL
JOHN PANNELL
BEC BOWMAN
ZOE BARRON
FIONA HOOK
LUKA BUCHANAN
BEN BUCHANAN
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JENNY HICKINBOTHAM
As writing, performing and making arts are much more fun than listening to annoying voices, Jenny spends her time creating. Jenny was awarded the RMIT Liquid Architecture Graduate Prize for Sound Art in 2020 and was supported by curator Joel Stern to put on an exhibition of her songs at Blindside Gallery as her prize.
As writing, performing and making arts are much more fun than listening to annoying voices, Jenny spends her time creating. Jenny was awarded the RMIT Liquid Architecture Graduate Prize for Sound Art in 2020 and was supported by curator Joel Stern to put on an exhibition of her songs at Blindside Gallery as her prize.
This year Jenny returned to Emerging Writers Festival to perform with Miriam Webster in Distraction & its (dis)contents, and with Arts Access’ CEO Caroline Bowditch in Into the Hybrid: a Dialogue of New Works.
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DR CLAIRE PANNELL & JOHN PANNELL
Dr Claire Pannell, aka Furchick, is best known as an experimental musician, but she has a long history of poetry and lyric writing going back to the 80s.
Dr Claire Pannell, aka Furchick, is best known as an experimental musician, but she has a long history of poetry and lyric writing going back to the 80s.
Claire has released several poems with musical accompaniment on Dog Park Records. She writes about her personal life experiences and doesn’t hold back speaking her mind. She takes you on a personal journey through words.
She will be joined by her 92 year old father, John Pannell. John became a self published writer at the age of 87 with a book of verse called The Whimsical Menagerie. At the Red Room, he will be sharing his more adult work reflecting on his challenging life.
Claire incorporates a DIY and punk attitude into her creations which fuse arts, technology and science with Dog Park aiming to challenge the frontiers of sound and how music is made; from using household items and home made automata as musical instruments to recording live at home with musical collaborators.
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BEC BOWMAN
I spent my adolescence in the wilds of suburban Perth as a grunge. I brought myself up reading the adventures of people in other places, and as soon as I could I was on a plane overseas. Since then I’ve been reading and travelling my way through my own adventures.
I spent my adolescence in the wilds of suburban Perth as a grunge. I brought myself up reading the adventures of people in other places, and as soon as I could I was on a plane overseas. Since then I’ve been reading and travelling my way through my own adventures.
I decided in 2015, quite randomly, that I wanted to be on radio. It took me another 18 months before I was in Perth at the same time the course was on. I loved every minute.
When asked by Station interviewer what was the best thing about hosting Artbeat every Friday 9am -12 noon, Bec said, Feeling like part of something bigger than myself. Getting to discover new music through other presenters. Trawling through music in the middle of the night and excitedly sharing my finds.
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ZOE BARRON & FIONA HOOK
Teacup Weather combines spoken word and strings to create an experience that is as unique as it is deeply moving. A cello resonates at roughly the same frequency as the spoken voice – that’s why it gets you in the guts. Zoe speaks in the key of G. Her stories tease out nuance from the mundane: sometimes playful, sometimes dark, they pick apart relatable experiences of suburbia, love and domesticity, and poke at social conventions we’ve learned to take for granted.
Fiona’s cello turns the whole thing visceral. She makes sounds you haven’t heard a cello make before – weird ones, ugly ones, some so beautiful they go right through you. Teacup Weather is funny and strange, beautiful and reflective. You will hear yourself among the notes.
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LUKA BUCHANAN & BEN BUCHANAN
Luka Buchanan (they/them) is a visual artist, poet, & musician from Boorloo. Always informed by a passion for improvisation and DIY methods, Luka’s artistic practice involves painting, drawing, collage, performance, and spoken word. Their work is speculative, often emotional, and investigates love, trauma, & gendered body-hood.
Luka Buchanan (they/them) is a visual artist, poet, & musician from Boorloo. Always informed by a passion for improvisation and DIY methods, Luka’s artistic practice involves painting, drawing, collage, performance, and spoken word. Their work is speculative, often emotional, and investigates love, trauma, & gendered body-hood.
Luka will be joined by their brother, Ben Buchanan (he/him), who is a cellist and musician currently studying composition at WAAPA.
Together their performance explores poetic relationships in sound, using cello & spoken word to convey complex emotional landscapes.
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Fremantle Navy Club is located at 64 High St, Fremantle (Corner Packenham St).
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Experimental Poets of Perth is hosted at Walyalup, on Whadjuk Noongar boojar. Sovereignty was never ceded.