Photoworks X Words by the Water are commissioning 5 UK-based poets to respond to artworks within the forthcoming Photoworks annual titled Multi Multi.
The selected poets will be given a copy of the publication, to choose an artwork or image to respond to, and will have three weeks to write a poem between 20-60 lines. The poets will also be invited to perform their poems at an event as part of the Photoworks Weekender in collaboration with Words By The Water on Sunday 27 October, in Brighton, UK. We ask that all applicants are available on this date and comfortable with performing their work to a live audience.
The commissioned poems will also be published in an upcoming edition of our online magazine Photography+ which will explore the diverse relationship between poetry and photography.
Fee per artist: £380
Read more about Multi Multi here.
How to apply
Please follow the button below and submit 3 pieces of work, one of which has to be a videoed performance and a 100-word bio.
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Ella Sadie Guthrie – Poet, Words By The Water Co-Founder
David Solo – Collector, Independent Writer and Researcher
Salma Begum – Agent, Greyhound Literary
Danit Ariel – Photoworks Curator
Jonathan May – Photoworks Deputy Director
Timeline
- The deadline to apply is 9am, 17 September
- All applicants will hear about the outcome of their application by 20 September
- Deadline for work 14 October
Terms & Conditions
The fee covers 1 poem, performance of that poem at the launch event during the Weekender and the inclusion of it in one edition of P+. If the poem is reprinted or if we wish to use it for any other purposes a new fee will be negotiated. Poem remains poet’s intellectual property.
