National Poetry Day: 8 October 2015 – #Makelikeapoet
Famous voices Professor Stephen Hawking, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton and Juliet Stevenson call on the nation to ‘make like a poet’ to light Blackpool Illuminations with poetry.
So why not dream, speak, love, live, act and think “like a poet” as the day approaches? The most creative public responses, shared through #nationalpoetryday and #makelikeapoet will be selected by leading graphic artist Anthony Burrill to appear in the Blackpool Illuminations on National Poetry Day.
The nationwide celebration of poetry and all things poetical marks its 21st anniversary on Thursday 8 October 2015. The day is an opportunity to break with the tyranny of prose for 24 hours by sharing poetry through voices, films and pictures in imaginative ways.
Leading graphic and visual artists – Anthony Burrill, Laure Prouvost, Bridget Smith and Kathleen Herbert – have teamed up with renowned poets and famous voices to make new films and digital art works.
The voices of Professor Stephen Hawking, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Juliet Stevenson and Neil Nunes speaking the words of Hafez, Dylan Thomas, Sarah Howe, Michael Symmons Roberts and Edna St Vincent Millay with poetry written and read by Aoife Mannix will all be free to download and share (there are screen savers for mobiles, tablets and laptops) with beautiful artistic short films.
These works are co-commissioned by Thirteen Ways and The Space in partnership with National Poetry Day and the BBC. To coincide the BBC is presenting a major season ‘Contains Strong Language’ celebrating the power of poetry.
Blackpool Arts and Libraries are working with Blackpool Illuminations to bring this exciting commission to Blackpool’s World Famous Illuminations as part of Wordpool Presents.
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