The Other Room: the Dark Would

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A special edition of the Other Room, guest curated by Philip Davenport, to celebrate the groundbreaking international anthology The Dark Would, where world-leading text artists and poets are brought together for the first time.

Mike Chavez-Dawson is an artist-curator based at Rogue Artists' Studios, Manchester, UK. He instigated and curated the critically acclaimed shows 'Unrealised Potential' and David Shrigley's solo show entitled 'HOW ARE YOU FEELING?' for the Cornerhouse (2012-13). More recently his extraordinary proposal 'Beyond the Medium, A Rake's Dream...' made the 100 favorite proposals for Artangel 'OPEN' 2013. He also judged (alongside Laurie Peake, Paul Stolper and Iain Andrews) and curated the neo:art prize 2013.

Laurence Lane is an artist and curator. In June 2000 he co-founded The International 3, a gallery space in city centre Manchester that developed out of the city's artist-led activity. He has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally, and as a curator he has commissioned, produced and presented work by many artists involved in a broad range of contemporary art practice.

Jo Langton is the author of ZimZalla object #015, PoeTea, consisting of handmade bags with text instead of tea. Her work has appeared in Department, 3.A.M, Otoliths, and Catechism: Poems For Pussy Riot. She also sub-edited and appeared in The Dark Would language art anthology, and has a MA in Experimental Writing from the University of Salford. She might have a cheeky chapbook before autumn, providing koi carp and terror cats don't steal her soul along the way.

Carolyn Thompson is an artist whose interests lie in developing pre-existing narratives into new adaptations that reference the original in either content or form. She uses found objects, images and printed matter (text, books, maps and diagrams) as source material, in order to evoke a sense of memory, history, nostalgia and humour. The resulting adaptations are new visual versions in the form of artist's books, collages, drawings and installations that reflect, or work in contrast to, the stories, histories or language of the original ephemera, whilst responding to sculpture, drawing and architecture: www.carolynthompson.co.uk

Nigel Wood is a poet and musician based in Manchester, where he edits and publishes Sunfish, a magazine of exploratory poetics. His chapbook, N.Y.C. Poems, was published by Knives, Forks & Spoons Press in 2011. More recent poetry has been published in Department,Gammag, blankpages and The Red Ceilings.

Entry: Free

Time: 7:00pm