We are thrilled to launch two monthly exhibition programs and you are invited: 5-6pm Saturday 31 August
Poetry Gallery [PG]
Poem Phone [PP]
The Knox Street Bar extends their committed support to poets and poetry in providing a platform for media poetry: video poetry, sound poetry, aural recordings of poetry and audio-visual experimentations.
The program will be launched to coincide with the Red Room National Poetry Month event at Knox.live
The Salons with their curation of this year’s Vessels of Love project: Love in transmission, will present seven poets in both the Poetry Gallery and the Poem Phone, in which they are founders in establishing this intimate method of sharing poetry.
The Salons is an independent curatorial micro organisation creating unusual arts experiences through sustainable practice. Founded by co-curators Angie Contini, Joan Gillison and Penny Daw.
Poetry Gallery: September
Poem Phone: September
EXTERIOR: PG is a small window space accesible 24 hours on Knox Sreet outside of the Knox Street Bar. Audio can be listened to via QR-code and phone access. A bench seat is positioned along the pathway for you to get a seated screen experience. Drinks purchased from the Bar are not permitted outside.
INTERIOR: PP is a dial-a-phone custom designed to feature audio through the selection of tracks via the number selected. Instruction on use is avaiable. Installed inside the Bar and fitted into a foam compartment for an optimum listening experience. You are permitted to drink and dial.
Love in transmission ~
Love in transmission ~
VOL 2024: love in transmission leans into the longing to harness the poetics of love through ready-at-hand modes of transmission. Curated by The Salons, and presented by Poetry Sydney, Vessels of Love 2024: love in transmission originally unfolded over the week around Valentine’s Day, in celebration of poetry’s enduring role to overcome love’s distance and disconnection. The project features the voices and visions of seven poets from Sydney and regional NSW, writing on love in all its forms.
Albert Lin is a spoken-word poet, musician, general jack-of-all-trades, and person with a day job. He doesn’t take himself very seriously, and thinks the same of his work. His work focuses on love and wonder and joy, while exploring his life and emotions.
Ali Whitelock is a Scottish poet living on the south coast of NSW with her French chain-smoking husband. a brief letter to the sea about a couple of things is her fourth book.
Gillian Swain is a poet based in the Hunter region on Wonnarua land and grew up on Awabakal land. Gillian’s poetry appears in various journals and anthologies. She is involved in running various poetry events including Poetry at the Pub (Newcastle) and was the Co-Director and Poetry Curator of the IF Maitland writers festival in 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Luke Patterson is a Gamilaroi poet, educator and musician living on Gadigal lands. His poetry has appeared in several journals and anthologies including Nangamay, Mana, Durali: First Nations Australia LGBTQIA+ Poetry. Luke’s research and creative pursuits are grounded in extensive work with First Nations and other community-based organisations across Australia.
Magdalena Ball is a novelist, poet, reviewer, interviewer, vice president of Flying Island Books, and managing editor of Compulsive Reader. Her stories, editorials, poetry, reviews and interviews have appeared in a wide number of journals and anthologies, and have won local and international awards. She is the author of several novels and poetry books, most recently, the critically acclaimed verse-memoir Bobish, published by Puncher & Wattmann in 2023.
Paris Rosemont, author of Banana Girl (WestWords, 2023), is an Asian-Australian poet. Publications: Verge Literary Journal, FemAsia Magazine, Sky Island Journal (USA). Winner: Hammond House Origins Poetry Prize (UK), New England Thunderbolt Poetry Prize. Shortlisted: Proverse International Poetry Prize (Hong Kong), New Writers Poetry Competition (UK). Awarded: Atelier Artist-in-Residence (Ireland); WestWords/Copyright Agency Fellowship. She is currently working on her second poetry collection with the working title Chaos rode into my life on a shiny black Kawasaki.
Richard James Allen is a multi-award-winning poet, filmmaker and choreographer, and a performer in a range of media. Artistic Director of The Physical TV Company, his work has been screened, broadcast, published and performed widely across six continents. His thirteenth book, Text Messages from the Universe (Flying Island Books, 2023), reflects a lifelong engagement with Buddhist and Yogic philosophies.
Thank you to Bjorn Godwin, and the team at the Knox Street Bar for supporting poets and poetry.
