York / NEW YORK began in September 2008 at the International Conference Writing Encounters at York St John University. Claire Hind curated a series of commissions in partnership with Claire MacDonald and Lenora Champagne. The 10 commissions of brand new pieces of writing were curated within an installation of open booths which housed the work by writing artists from the UK and the USA. Each performance text was written specifically to suit a technology which included a dictaphone, telephone, computer, tape recorder and microphone so it could be read/performed/recorded by participants within five minutes. The installation was open to the public, as well as delegates and artists of the Writing Encounters symposium at York St John University over the course of 2 days. This new blog archives these recordings.Making short work of it...
