What does a Southeast Asian spoken word community look like, as online platforms break down the physical distance and geographical borders? The pandemic has changed the way live poetry is produced and performed in Singapore and all around the world. In the rubble and confusion of all this, online streaming platforms have created opportunities for the regional community of writers and performers to forge deeper connections.
As part of Spoke and Bird, a monthly poetry night initiated by Stephanie Dogfoot, “To Malaysia With Linebreaks” is the first of a two-part online series that brings together 12 poets from Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines. These poets will come together to premiere newly-created works that are unique responses to one another’s shared histories, shared borders and shared seas. The session will be moderated by Stephanie Dogfoot.
This series is part of "we are not going back, we are coming around", The Substation's programme for Proposals for Novel Ways of Being.
VENUE: The Substation (Facebook Page, YouTube Channel)
LINK: https://www.facebook.com/thesubstation/
EVENT WEBSITE: Facebook
DATE AND TIME
28 Nov 2020, 8pm–9.30pm