bangkok poetry: 2015

Monday, October 12, 2015

Symbiosis @ Bangkok Poetry / 29 October

Please join us for a special Bangkok Poetry guest hosted by Iris and Kenneth!

The theme is "Symbiosis," and will feature pairings of musicians and writers.

Space is stil available if you'd like to perform! Contact: bangkokpoetry@gmail.com .

If you'd like to perform with a musician, the instruments available to you to choose from our drums, guitar, and saxophone. If you would like to perform (poem, song, story, or graphic novelette), but not in this uber-experimental way and would prefer to go solo (again, stick to the theme as much as possible please) then please get back to us too as we'd love to hear from you as well.

For performers working in the musico-poetic pairs, you will have more time on stage (15 mins) as a couple, while for people performing individually (in whatever medium), please note that you will have the usual 5-7 minutes.

Admission is free, but a donation will be taken at the door for ONE SKY FOUNDATION, a registered Thai Foundation working to meet the needs of vulnerable children in the Thai-Burma border district of Sangkhlaburi.

Arrive early, as inside seating is limited. Beer will be sold on the street where speakers will be set up as well so you can drink and smoke outside if you like.

Remember to RSVP at our FB Event page.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

"Broken, Broken, Broken Heart" with Jeffrey Lewis / Sept 2

Please join us for our next Bangkok Poetry event featuring visiting American musician & comic book writer/artist Jeffrey Lewis!

WHEN: Wednesday, September 2 @ 8:00PM (Note: this event is not on our normal Thursday night!) WHERE: WTF Bar and Gallery
THEME: "Broken, Broken, Broken Heart"

For this event, we've ripped off our theme -- "Broken, Broken, Broken Heart" -- from a song by our very special guest...Jeffrey Lewis!

Be sure to RSVP and check out more links to Jeffrey's work at our Facebook event page.

If you're interested in performing a poem/song/fiction/graphic-novelette on (or off!) the theme, send an email ASAP to bangkokpoetry@gmail.com. Seven (7) minutes per performer! There are only eight (8) spaces available--so contact us soon if you want to perform.

Jeffrey Lewis will be performing a solo set at the end of the evening. He will have artwork for sale as well! If you dig him, be sure to check out his full band performance at Play Yard by Studio Bar on Thursday.

We look forward to seeing you at WTF for this great event! And spread the word, if you would!

About Bangkok Poetry

Bangkok Poetry is a reading series devoted to the lyrical, the risky, the unexpected. Happenings are (roughly) every six weeks.

The next happening is scheduled for Wednesday, 2 September 2015.

Performers include poets, storytellers, fiction writers, filmmakers, & multimedia performance artists. If you're interested in performing (original work, under 7 minutes) please contact: bangkokpoetry [at] gmail [dot] com.

After a hiatus of a few years, Bangkok Poetry found a new home at WTF Cafe and Gallery. For 7 years the series was hosted by Wesley Hsu at the About Cafe and the Goethe Institute. Bangkok Poetry is hosted by Colin Cheney.

FAQs

I'm interested in performing, but I don't write poems--is there space for me at Bangkok Poetry?

Yes. Our favorite happenings are those where we have a true multimedia experience of performance and art. An ideal evening might feature a Thai graphic novelettist, an English rapper, an American novelist, a Burmese poet, a Thai DJ, and an Irish filmmaker. As long as you feel like your work "sings" in some compelling, exciting way, it has a place at Bangkok Poetry.

I'd like to perform, but I'm not sure I have something on the theme. Can I still perform?

Yes. The theme is there as an artistic challenge and an opportunity to create something new. Sometimes we reserve a few spaces for performers who will engage the theme, there are always a few spots available for performances that choose to, well, creatively ignore the theme.

But if you've been working on a short film for some time and want to share it with an audience, or you've been working on a short story or a poem or a rap or a new song, we would be thrilled to have you as part of our evening.

About WTF Cafe and Gallery

Opposite is an event space located in a renovated mid-20th century-style shophouse building, minutes from BTS Thong Lo. Created by 2 founders of WTF Cafe and Gallery, Somrak Sila & Christopher Wise.

WTF: a refuge of a bar with cool drinks, great tapas and interesting art. It aims to be a creative social club, with a multi-tasking concept; Food-Drink-Art-Friendship. We aim to host the most imaginative local and international art talent, while cultivating the good-times experience of bistro-bar culture in Bangkok. The most important virtue of dining/drinking is connection: friends, neighbors and lovers sharing time together. WTF will make connections between people, food, art, drinks and ideas. Tuesday-Sunday 6pm-midnight+.