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the space between^words
curating the encounter between writing and performance
Beginning in 2006^ with an Arts Council-funded research project which culminated in the symposium, Writing Encounters, the space between^words is an international collaborative network engaging with writing across the expanded field of literature, art and performance – including artists working with text, visual and language poetry, digital writing, performance, theatre, film, music and dance. Rooted in a strongly feminist ethos, its aim is to connect writing artists and to host new collaborative projects and events.
In September 2008, the space between^words partnered with York St. John University to curate and produce Writing Encounters. Information about Writing Encounters can be found here^. You can find the programme and profiles of contributing artists here^.
the space between^words is now developing as a fluid network of associates. In 2008/2009 we will be hosting two projects to foster writing and generate artist-to-artist dialogue and support: a web-forum: The Travelling Conversation and Four Bare Walls: an artist-to-artist space-exchange.
the space between^words situates itself within a context of other artist-led curatorial projects. Links to some of these can be found on our associates^ page. If you are interested in part of the network, just want to know more, get on the growing email list or propose a project, please register with the site here^ or email us via the contact page here^.
Claire MacDonald profile^
Claire MacDonald initiated the space between^words in 2006 in order to research the encounter between art, writing and performance. She is Director of the International Centre for Fine Art Research, University of the Arts London, writes about visual art and performance and holds a PhD in Critical and Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. She has just completed her first novel, ‘All that Remains’ and her current work for performance includes the new play ‘Correspondence,’ directed by Patrick Morris for Menagerie, and a new collaborative performance work with Charlotte Vincent of Vincent Dance.
She is a co-founding editor of the journal Performance Research, and a Contributing Editor of Performing Arts Journal.
and Rebecca Riley profile^
Rebecca Riley is a writer currently working on her second novel, ‘Pullen’; a revenger’s tragedy set in the 18th century. In it, she explores ideas of trompe l’oeil, disguise, deception, fraud and perspective on the stage and in wider society.
Her first novel, ‘Dick’, was a fictionalised biography of the highwayman Dick Turpin. Formerly a contributor to the Fortean Times and the Erotic Review, she collaborated in a piratical homage to Kathy Acker (‘Spread Wide’, with Paul Buck and John Cussans) published by Dis Voir in 2004.
She retains an academic interest in medieval philosophy and religious writing, in which she holds a PhD; particularly continental mysticism and erotic theology. She is Vice-Chairman of the Eckhart Society.