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Platform-7

Jan 6, 20143 min read

A Silent Cacophony in Lewisham Market

Silent Cacophony –Platform -7 event 11.11.13 Fae Harmer reflects on Silent Cacophony. There’s a special thing that happens during a...

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Dec 6, 20132 min read

A War of Words on Shepherds Bush Green

Poet, Dzifa Benson When I read the brief for this year’s Silent Cacophony activities, I immediately thought of a story I’d heard about...

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Dec 1, 20132 min read

A Transatlantic Miracle: Liam Donovan's 1930s Typewriter

Liam Donovan is a PhD Candidate at Queen Mary, University of London and developed a method for a 1930s German typewriter to type directly...

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Nov 27, 20132 min read

Word Raid - Answer the Call! Daniel Gabriel 6 of 6

The level of collaboration was new to me working with a poet, sound artist and sound producer as well as 9 live telephone callers. The...

Platform-7

Nov 25, 20133 min read

Isabel White's Poem for 68 Farringdon Road

Poet Isabel White reflects on her intervention at 68 Farringdon Road, the scene of a devastating Zeppelin attack, and curating the poetry...

Platform-7

Nov 24, 20131 min read

David Lee Morgan: Reflects on Remembrance and Silent Cacophony Intervention

Poet David Lee Morgan reflects from Boston, USA on the idea of Remembrance and his intervention for Silent Cacophony involving all manner...

Platform-7

Nov 23, 20133 min read

Poet Alain English Discusses His Silent Cacophony Experience

I first heard of this project back in August 2013 at a poetry event in Crystal Palace. The organiser, John McKiernan, had met me before...

Platform-7

Nov 23, 20132 min read

Word Raid - Answer the Call! David/Helen/John/Sarah 5 of 6

Word Raid - Answer the Call! David/Helen/John/Sarah 5 of 6 Resulting video from a performance at St Brides part of Silent Cacophony event...

Platform-7

Nov 22, 20133 min read

Silent Cacophony in The Hague, The Netherlands

The home of International Criminal Court is in Den Haag (The Hague) and a city the RAF bombed trying to stop V-rockets being fired at...

Platform-7

Nov 22, 20132 min read

Word Raid - Answer the Call! Alex 4 of 6

Resulting video from a performance at St Brides part of Silent Cacophony event - 11th Nov 2013 David Lee Morgan performing is...

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Nov 19, 20132 min read

Bethnal Green Tube Disaster in Music and Poetry

Poet, Jude Cowan Montague discusses her intervention at Bethnal Green Tube Station, based on the oral history of Alf Morris. ...

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Nov 16, 20131 min read

Word Raid - Answer the Call! Gary 3 of 6

Word Raid - Answer the Call! Gary 3 of 6 Resulting video from a performance at St Brides part of Silent Cacophony event - 11th Nov 2013...

Platform-7

Nov 15, 20132 min read

No Cursor on a Manual Typewriter

Multi-award winning American poet, Nancy Esposito discusses the lead up to her collaborations with Liam Donovan, a PhD Candidate, Queen...

Platform-7

Nov 14, 20131 min read

Word Raid - Answer the Call! Neil 2 of 6

Word Raid - Answer the Call! Neil 2 of 6 Resulting video from a performance at St Brides part of Silent Cacophony event - 11th Nov 2013...

Platform-7

Nov 12, 20132 min read

Word Raid - Answer the Call! Rudy 1 of 6

First of six videos, Platform-7’s John McKiernan gives a short introduction of his personal views of this intervention David Lee Morgan...

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Nov 10, 20131 min read

An Evocation of One Man's Experience of The Bethnal Green Tube Disaster in Music and Poetry

Bethnal Green: Jude Cowan Montague Outside Bethnal Green Tube Station and St John's church, E2 9PA Time: 9.30am, 10.30am & 11.30am The...

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Nov 9, 20133 min read

Palmer Place Bombing: A poem dedicated the 2-year old survivor, Anita Welsh

SURVIVOR Dedicated to Anita Welsh, one of the survivors of a V2 bombing raid on Palmer Place, Islington, on New Year’s Eve, 1944. Her...

Platform-7

Nov 9, 20131 min read

Word Raid - Answer the Call!

Subject: Word Raid - Answer the Call! Caller Thank you for agreeing to take part in the evening’s performance on the 11th November 2013....

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Nov 7, 20131 min read

A Mother's Silence

Poet, Dr Rachel Lehrman discusses 'Mother's in Remembrance" It is with the empathy and heart of a mother that I approach this coming...