LIGHTWAVE - new performance in Lithuanian Literature

Free Word Centre : March Wednesday 15th 2017 - 6.30pm doors for 7pm performances : Free Entrance
https://www.freewordcentre.com/whats-on/lightwave-new-lithuanian-lit
Free Entry but online booking requested here - 60 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3GA

Gabrielė Labanauskaitė-Diena - Zygimantas Kudirka - SJ Fowler

A unique event celebrating Lithuanian's new generation of literary artists, featuring brand new readings and performances by Gabriele Labanauskaite, Zygimantas Kudirka and SJ Fowler, a British poet connected to their innovative, collaborative practise. Both Labanauskaite and Kurdirka have carved out reputations across Europe for remarkable writing and live performances to match. This is a rare chance in London to witness poets who are breaking ground in the new European scene. 

From Lithuania's powerful lyrical and formal tradition has grown a culture of experimentation and in this event curated for the London Book Fair, the Lithuanian Culture Institute brings to light the best of Lithuania's new generation of poets and performers.

A Lithuanian Culture Institute event. lithuanianculture.lt

BIOS: Gabrielė Labanauskaitė-Diena is a text producer. She combines poetry, drama, essay and other texts with interdisciplinary arts, enjoying her roles as writer, performer and organizer. Also Gabrielė appears in classical forms - as a playwright in theatre, lecturer at Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy, human being in everyday life. More: www.avaspo.lt www.galdrama.lt www.tarpfest.lt

SJ Fowler is a poet and artist. He works in the modernist and avant-garde traditions, across poetry, fiction, theatre, sonic art, visual art, installation and performance. He has published various collections of poetry and text, and been commissioned by Tate Modern, BBC Radio 3, The British Council, Tate Britain, Liverpool Biennial and Wellcome Collection. He has been translated into 21 languages and performed at venues across the world, from Mexico City to Erbil, Beijing to Tbilisi. He is the poetry editor of 3am magazine, Lecturer at Kingston University, teaches at Tate Modern and is the curator of the Enemies project. Find out more here.

Žygimantas Kudirka is a writer, artist and performer of interactive poetry, artificial languages and electronic music. Kudirka’s first poetry collection, XXI a. Kudirka (The Twenty-first Century Kudirka), is made up of interactive verses, literary remixes, internet poetry, and texts of unusual graphic forms and content. He is also a performer of avant-garde rap and one of the pioneers of poetry slam in Lithuania, representing the country in European slam poetry championships. His works have been translated in different languages and part of them can be found online here, here or here.