catching up on November 2017: Cardiff Poetry Experiment

I was invited to read at Cardiff Poetry Experiment November 28th 2017 with John hall and Lisa Samuels. 

This is what I read:

I created Is the page like skin? ... but this is a screen of light in a new form for this event. 

In 2010 I wrote an essay on my MA Performance Writing “Folding into the Haptic”, I folded this essay up and transcribed it – this is taken from that version, using deletion, leaving whole phrases. The first paragraph is from the original.

It is somehow an introduction to me.

I sip from the Lily, written in 2017 but linking back to work on my fine art degree in 1998/99. Some themes just keep threading through.

Ysgwydd uses the text created for a surround sound piece of the same name during my MA Performance Writing.

Then I read from what was a current commission for Arcade Cardiff’s

Nid/Not writer (not) in residence: Caerdydd: Past and Presence

Spring dreams, huffing 1 & 3 [soundcloud track is slightly  longer piece and includes the listy version I read 1 and the more "expressive" alphabetical version 3 ]

Light full 1 & 3

Many thanks to Rosie for helping me finalise the order of work and to Josh for inviting me. And the terrifying panel afterwards…with Wanda - Lisa & John
And I decided to be both Flo & Maura

Salon de Textes Edition 2

Pride & Prejudice Movement & Letters by Way of Verbs - a reading
Delpha Hudson - curator/organiser - sits with bell in hand to stop me after 10 minutes, I was getting close to the end....

LISTEN HERE

Also showing were Working with Jane Austen Movement: Past, Possible, Present and Mention of Letters [Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion] and the short version of Pride & Prejudice.
Plus Judith Whitehouse's response to my reading Pride & Prejudice Movement & Letters by Way of Verbs [heard via a recording] and my response to Mark Leahy's "hello" This is a test", more on that HERE




Link to Salon de Textes Edition 2 April 11th 2014
 a wide range of works - live or in response to spoken word pieces.

coming up in Spring 2014: two listy things

Salon de Textes, Penzance April 11th
Pride & Prejudice Movement & Letters by Way of Verbs - a reading - see THIS POST


The Language of Lists, Text Festival,  Bury May 2nd - July 9th
Flighty Whispers, a video


“At a recent work shop on sound symbolism in Atlanta, Georgia, he reported that "wh" words associated with words that describe the production of noises such as "whisper", "whine" or "whirr", and those beginning with "fl" that tend to signal movement in the air, such as "fly" or "flail", also enjoyed this fast track in the brain's processing. Bergen concludes that these may all be forms of sound symbolism.”

Robson, D. (2011, July 16). Kiki or bouba? In search of language's missing link . New Scientist , 30-33



Flighty Whispers to Feathers from Flo Fflach on Vimeo.




A link to some images from the exhibition - a report from the exhibition - including spoken word

PW12 at the Arnolfini

"Dw i'n Crwydro byd...." has had a new outing. A text created as a response to its showing in Falmouth has been added.

It was shown in the Lightroom at the Arnolfini for the Performance Writing weekend. The placing next to  Emilie O'Brian's "I'm doing this now" was thoughtful, connections of textile, body, making.

Follow this link for more information on "Dw i'n crwydro..."
A link to its showing at Contexture in Falmouth

a duel, duet, dual performance.
A reading and echoing of an erasure version of Pride & Prejudice [a link to a link for more information on the text] based on movement and space. One reads the other repeats until they can't continue, roles are swapped. Sometimes you hear the cry of mercy - that means stop and swap. A lot of laughter.
Performed with sonic artist Lou Laurens

There are photographs but due to reactions to my actions and words the copyright to show them publically has been withdrawn. 

the full unedited half hour recoding - note it was performed at the bottom of basically a very metallic stairwell!