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With Covid-19 ravaging populations and the World trying to come to terms with lockdown reality, it seems an appropriate moment to reactivate this Platform-7 project from 2013 exploring the trauma that follows on from a sudden shocking change in circumstance.
 Word Raid Behind The ScenesDavid Lee Morgan & Jonathan Lockwood ...David Lee Morgan is a poet of immense power and his use of words engross audiences wherever he performs. Jonathan Lockwood is an abstract artist who has created a number of deeply thought provoking artworks ... |  Word Raid Behind The ScenesDavid Lee Morgan & Jonathan Lockwood ...it was cool to be part of a performance across wide distances... like the Atlantic Ocean ... |  Word Raid Behind The ScenesTom Westbrook & Jonathan Lockwood ... There were a number of technical challenges but the piece did come together as planned... |
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 Word Raid Behind The ScenesAndy Rowe & Tom Westbrook ... the three way collaboration in the room worked well together to produce the final piece ... |  Word Raid Behind The ScenesTom Westbrook & Jonathan Lockwood ... the entire performance went a step further, with new collaborators, Andrew Rowe (Enlarged Jack Plug) and Tom Westbrook the interruptions create an unsettling experience... |  Word Raid Behind The ScenesDavid Lee Morgan ... I do not personally believe in the idea of Remembrance Day as it is generally celebrated... |
 Word Raid Behind The ScenesAndy Rowe ... it was humbling to be asked to collaborate in this event. a live improvisation using phone lines to span distances.... |  Word Raid PerformanceAndy Rowe ...the spoken word narrator relayed his prose then periodically fell silent as the phone lines interjected and i then had to work with whatever sounds tumbled down the receiver to the speakers in the room. i found it tense at first but then during the proceedings i felt that i grew into it... |  Word Raid PerformanceTom Westbrook ... barely controlled noise produced by manipulating the jack plug complemented the dialled in monologues increasingly well as the performance progressed... |
 Word Raid PerformanceDavid Lee Morgan ... It was wonderful to meet and work with David thanks so much for being open to concept of the callers interrupting you... |  Word Raid PerformanceAndy Rowe ... Dismembering the poem, disrupting the reverence that is often attested to this art form, often without merit, is something Platform-7 has encouraged numerous times over the years... |  Word Raid PerformanceDavid Lee Morgan ... The great thing about this event for me was the chance to collaborate with other talented artists across different art forms ... |
 Word Raid PerformanceTom Westbrook ... Tom did an amazing job with the available technology, calmly working through the problems we faced and supplying us with outstanding recordings... |  Word Raid LabAndy Rowe & Tom Westbrook ... many different technologies and human skills: words, voice, live performance, recorded performance, audience participation editing, talking, new instrument construction, video, telephone, internet, image projection and live audience... |  Word Raid LabAndy Rowe, Tom Westbrook & Jonathan Lockwood ... this event gave scope for a debate about this, without disrespecting those who made the sacrifices... |
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Images & Copyright: Jonathan Lockwood & Others
11th November 2013
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