Name: Poetry Night: Reader Response
Start: 2021-04-22T18:00:00+12:00
Location: Gus Fisher Gallery

Poetry Night: Reader Response

Gus Fisher Gallery

Join for an evening of poetry with a line up of speakers curated by poet, author and playwright Dominic Hoey. Reader Response asks these speakers to respond to various themes and ideas present in Gus Fisher Gallery’s current exhibition <a href="https://gusfishergallery.auckland.ac.nz/happiness-is-only-real-when-shared/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">happiness is only real when shared</a>. Come along for fresh interpretations and insight through poetic response. Speakers include:

Dominic Hoey
Dominic Hoey is a poet, author, and playwright based in Tāmaki Makaurau. He’s released books, films, rap albums and talked shit on stages around the world. He’s currently hocking his brand new zine Bad Advice for Good People and trying to convince the publishing industry not to be scared of poor people and publish his new novel. 

Matilda Clack
Matilda Clack is a second year University student and a member of the 4PM Poetry Collective, who are WORD – The Front Line alumni and Trans Transman Poetry Slam Champions 2019. Her poetry typically centres around utilising personal experience to highlight wider societal issues and the human experience.

Ria Masae
Ria Masae is a writer, spoken word poet, and librarian of Samoan descent, born and raised in Tāmaki Makaurau. Her work has been published in literary outlets such as Landfall, takahā, Circulo de Poesia, and Best New Zealand Poems 2017. A collection of her poetry is published in AUP New Poets 7.

Liam Jacobson
Liam’s poems build and voyage dream homes glowing under the under for the ghosts of the grapevine to reomanticise humdrum &amp; reveal the theatrics of noise for peace &amp; growth of the edges &amp; moments of space through handfuls of weathered tongues.

Takunda Muzondiwa
Takunda Muzondiwa is a performance artist, speaker and poet from Zimbabwe. Winner of the 2019 Race and Unity Speech Awards, she has performed across Aotearoa and internationally.

This is event is free, with optional koha on the door.

Moth-making workshop

Artist talk with Lucy Meyle and Emily O'Hara

Publication launch: in the prow of myself

Cancelled Confessions: a writing workshop

A close reading of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

Our {communityGuidelinesLink} describe the sort of content we prohibit on Eventbrite. If you suspect an event may be in violation, you can report it to us so we can investigate.

To report other categories of prohibited or illegal content, submit {link}

Poetry Night: Reader Response

More events from Gus Fisher Gallery

Discover more events from Gus Fisher Gallery, from Arts to other experiences you might love.

Moth-making workshop

Artist talk with Lucy Meyle and Emily O'Hara

Publication launch: in the prow of myself

Cancelled Confessions: a writing workshop

A close reading of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

Poetry Night: Reader Response

More events from Gus Fisher Gallery

Discover more events from Gus Fisher Gallery, from Arts to other experiences you might love.

Moth-making workshop

Artist talk with Lucy Meyle and Emily O'Hara

Publication launch: in the prow of myself

Cancelled Confessions: a writing workshop

A close reading of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

You might also like...

Browse more events with different dates, prices, and formats to find your next great experience.