Ezra Pound: 100 Years in London
Events to commemorate Pound's arrival in London in 1908

Events website: www.ucl.ac.uk/pound

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A call to poets and performers is included in the Tate Modern and Poetry
Library event information, below.


Event 1 in September:
Railway-Arch Vortex
An evening to commemorate Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and Contemporaries -- Jacob
Epstein, Eric Gill, and Ezra Pound
Sunday, 21 September 2008, 4.30 pm
Speakers:
Richard Cork -- Wild Thing: Jacob Epstein, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, and Eric
Gill
Rebecca Beasley -- Gaudier-Brzeska: A Memoir
Sebastiano Barassi -- One of the Moderns: The Art of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Chaired by Jonathan Black
Poetry reading by Robert Rehder
4.30 pm Talks at Putney School of Art & Design, Oxford Road, Putney, London
SW15 2LQ
6.30 pm Wine reception and poetry reading at former railway-arch studio of
Gaudier-Brzeska, 25 Winthorpe Road, Putney SW15 2LW
Admission £5/£3 payable at the door. To reserve a seat or for questions,
email [log in to unmask]
Sponsored by University of Sussex Centre for Modernist Studies, Arts about
Wandsworth, and University College London Centre for European Studies


Event 2 in October:
Ezra Pound Late Tate
Performances and poetry readings inspired by Ezra Pound and performed in
Tate Modern art galleries
Friday, 3 October 2008, 18.30-22.00
Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG
Admission free
Eight performers will be chosen to participate in this event. To be
considered, submit a brief bio or CV and a proposal of your reading,
performance, or creative project – related to or inspired by Pound – that
can be delivered in person in a Tate gallery the evening of the event. Email
proposal to [log in to unmask] by 5 September.


Event 3 in November:
Ezra Pound Evening at the Poetry Library
Readings by emerging poets
(optional dress code: 1910s Pound style)
Monday, 17 November 2008, 7.00-9.00 pm
Poetry Library, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London SE1 8XX
Commemorate Pound's work for emerging poets in London. Five poets without a
first collection will be selected to read their poetry, followed by
Pound-themed snacks and wine.
Admission £2
To be considered for reading, submit short bio or CV and a selection of at
least five poems to [log in to unmask]