Guardian Poem of the Week: Highland Daunder
Honoured to have ‘Highland Daunder’, from my debut poetry collection (Time Cleaves Itself) in the Guardian newspaper, selected by Carol Rumens, as poem on the week!!
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Inheritance Reverb
A captioned video of Jeda reading ‘Inheritance Reverb’ – a poem from her debut collection, Time Cleaves Itself.
Shoreline of Infinity Event Horizon at DataFest
1/Nov/2022 Poetry reading at sci-fi spoken word and music night in Edinburgh + livestreamed online.
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022
Notes on the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2022 plus links to captioned recordings available to watch.
Figures of Speech – Future
Caledonian Forest, 3033 – new work presented at Figures of Speech – Future, on 22nd July 2022 at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
Acts of Observation exhibition
A poetic audio installation, pamphlet and an online captioned film of a series of five linked poems that weave themes involving the disabled BPOC body with archeoastronomy and the sublime, commissioned by Collective gallery.
BBC Scotland Big Scottish Book Club
In October 2021, I had the honour of sharing a poem with Damian Barr’s Big Scottish Book Club. I read ‘inheritance reverb‘ which is one of three poems, written as a response to Maud Sulter‘s body of work, commissioned by Rhubaba, forthcoming 2022.
An Ocean of Patience
An Ocean of Patience is a film-poem and dance performance, and a creative response to the provocation “How can organisations and institutions integrate more inclusive practices to benefit communities through platforming disabled* artists?”
Beloved Black – Black Lives Matter Mural Trail Scotland
In 2020, I was invite to create work for the Black Lives Matter Mural Trail Scotland. The trail was developed by producer Wezi Mhura in response to the rise in awareness in Scotland (and across the world) of the Black Lives Matter movement.
‘A Wake: On mourning, marking, and moving forward together with joy’
In September 2020, I was invited read my work at a community mourning and healing event for Scottish disabled artists, curated by San Alland. I read 4 poems, ‘Void’, ‘Citadel of Truth’, ‘The Finished Den’ and ‘Beloved Black’. Video is captioned and BSL interpreted.