The advert below, from the Arts Jobs list, might be of interest:


 Opportunities for artists who work with text, Jaybird Live Literature

*London* Closes Monday 18 February 2013 Paid (£25k-30k pro rata) Part time *Artform:* crafts <http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id=146>, combined arts <http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id=127>, dance <http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id=126>, film <http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id=148>, interdisciplinary arts <http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id=125>, literature <http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id=124>, photography <http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id=147>, music <http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id=123>, theatre <http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id=122>, visual arts <http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/index.php?id=121> *Contact:* Julia Bird [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re%20Opportunities%20for%20artists%20who%20work%20with%20text>


   Description

Jaybird Live Literature (www'jaybird.org.uk) and Southbank Centre (www.southbankcentre.co.uk) are planning a large scale poetry commissioning project for Summer and Autumn 2013.

We are going to find one poet connected to each of London's 33 boroughs* and ask them to create a new poem inspired or provoked by that borough.

We will then introduce each poet to an artist who will interpret the new poem and send it out into the world: launching it from a relevant borough location, from a space in Southbank Centre as part of the 2013 Neighbourhood Festival, and from the web.

*We need artists *who can work imaginatively with text, whether visually, theatrically or digitally. They must be UK based, but they do not need to be London based. Artists can be individuals, partners or collectives, they can be well established or just starting out - but they must be able respond to a specific commission creatively and professionally and create an interpretation of an existing poem which is sympathetic to the qualities of that poem, and which is conceptually and / or physically robust. We are unlikely to select artists with no track record of delivering similar work.

We are looking for performances, happenings, large and small-scale installations, takeaways ... whatever delights us. Please bear in mind that while some interpretations will have a budget of £1000s, most will have budget of £100s. We need your ideas and skills to carry our newly commissioned poems into the hearts of Londoners throughout 2013.

Please send us your recommendations -- you can recommend yourselves or your favourite individual artists or collectives.

This new project will be managed by Julia Bird of Jaybird Live Literature; and Bea Colley, Participation Producer at Southbank Centre and one of the organisers of Poetry Parnassus in 2012.

*The deadline for recommendations is 18th February. For details of how to recommend, visit www.jaybird.org.uk <http://www.jaybird.org.uk/>*

Please note that this is a funding dependent project, and no commissions will be made until funding is confirmed.

* 32 boroughs, plus the City of London


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