Workshop: 28th August 2007
So begins a new chapter for the thisisnotashop writing workshops - after two sessions of sharing work and responding to this work it is time to begin new work. The ambition of the group is now to develop interdisciplinary projects, combining and overlapping interests: poetry with visual interpretation, short story into monologue, prose into theatre, textual and visual experimentation.
Loose groupings have been formed - Gerry and Lucy, along with Jessamyn will meet, share expertise, and discuss the possibilities of generating new work along the lines of performance, monologue, character development. Anne-Marie and Orla will correspond virtually, exchanging poetry and visuals respectively, reading each others work and allowing for unexpected outcomes to emerge. It is likely that Blaise and Jessamyn will also team up, sharing and switching roles, working on dialogical pieces perhaps. Jessica will most probably slot between several groups and find ways of drawing together several strands with the view to creating some kind of document or publication - in all cases the outcome is left untouched, at this point in time it is more important to leave everything open-ended and full of potential.
It is hoped that by the next session participants will have posted some of their own work on their individual profile pages, and will have had a meeting or correspondence with their groups. It is hoped that through the connections and the interactions, through the rhizome of the everyday influences and interests, conscious or otherwise, that distinctive yet undeniably associated works will be developed.
The next session, which will provisionally take place on the 11th September 2007, will be centered around the ideas generated by the individuals and groups - all participants are asked to come with a 'brainstorm' effort in hand and to be prepared for some serious project development. Hopefully within the next few sessions actors, directors, musicians, and others will come on board to help realise the writings and texts under development.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Next Meeting Tuesday August 28th
Next Workshop Meeting:
Tuesday August 28th
7pm
at thisisnotashop gallery
26 benburb street, dublin 7
please feel free to post your exercises from last week on the blog or email to us at thisisnotashopwriting@gmail.com and we will post them
Annmarie and Tim will read original work
see you there!
Tuesday August 28th
7pm
at thisisnotashop gallery
26 benburb street, dublin 7
please feel free to post your exercises from last week on the blog or email to us at thisisnotashopwriting@gmail.com and we will post them
Annmarie and Tim will read original work
see you there!
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
2nd Writing Workshop - Special Guest: Clay McLeod Chapman
The second session of the workshops got underway tonight at thisisnotashop, despite the miserable precipitation. Nothing can stop these pen-wielding, keyboard tapping enthusiasts! Following a brief introduction by the rest of the group to the two newest participants, Lucy and Orla, and vice-vearsa, a stimulating session unfolded.
There were readings by Blaise (an excerpt from a work-in-progress of literature) and by Gerry (a selection of poems, some published and some unpublished). Some themes which were struck upon; paranoia, nostalgia, friendship, memory, regret, diaspora, loneliness, isolation, love, death, otherness. (There were lighter moments!) Some forms which were struck upon; inner-monologue, narration, obituary.
Two exercises from the last session were read out by AnneMarie and Felicity - hopefully we will post the lot up here at some stage.
Clay then took the group through a terrific exercise - using the newspaper as the nemesis of any writers block (in the great tradition of Antony Schaffer)! Hopefully we will post these up here too. We would like to thank Clay for his excellent input into the session, his enthusiasm and approach to writing is inspiring.
Clay will be performing Selected Stories at thisisnotashop on Benburb street on Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week - check out www.thisisnotashop.com for more details.
For the attention of all the participants so far, the next session will be on Tuedsay the 28th of August, looking forward to it!
PS: AnneMarie and Tim will be contributing to the next session. Also if anyone has any ideas or suggestions for future sessions and exercises please to post them, or send them via email.
There were readings by Blaise (an excerpt from a work-in-progress of literature) and by Gerry (a selection of poems, some published and some unpublished). Some themes which were struck upon; paranoia, nostalgia, friendship, memory, regret, diaspora, loneliness, isolation, love, death, otherness. (There were lighter moments!) Some forms which were struck upon; inner-monologue, narration, obituary.
Two exercises from the last session were read out by AnneMarie and Felicity - hopefully we will post the lot up here at some stage.
Clay then took the group through a terrific exercise - using the newspaper as the nemesis of any writers block (in the great tradition of Antony Schaffer)! Hopefully we will post these up here too. We would like to thank Clay for his excellent input into the session, his enthusiasm and approach to writing is inspiring.
Clay will be performing Selected Stories at thisisnotashop on Benburb street on Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week - check out www.thisisnotashop.com for more details.
For the attention of all the participants so far, the next session will be on Tuedsay the 28th of August, looking forward to it!
PS: AnneMarie and Tim will be contributing to the next session. Also if anyone has any ideas or suggestions for future sessions and exercises please to post them, or send them via email.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Next Meeting Tuesday Aug 14th
Our next meeting is
Tuesday August 14th
at 7pm
we will have a special guest from New York City
theatre performer and author
Clay McLeod Chapman
to join us this evening please email
we meet at thisisnotashop gallery/project space
26 benburb street, dublin 7
directly on the red luas line between the museum and smithfield stops
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
First Official Writing Workshop
Today heralded the very first official writing workshop, hosted at thisisnotashop by Jessamyn Fiore and Jessica Foley.
The turn out couldn't have been better, many thanks to Gerry, Blaise, AnnMarie, Claire, Felicity and Tim for materialising on the day and contributing so wholeheartedly to the workshop.
The workshop began with a brief personal introduction by all of the participants; backgrounds in writing range from poetry and playwriting to journalism, short story writing, art writing and critical theory, to artists working with text. The diverse nature of these interests will no doubt lead to dynamic and challenging collaborations and productions as the weeks go on.
An exercise was began in class, after an interesting reading and discussion of a short play by Jessamyn Fiore. Each participant wrote a short introductory paragraph putting a couple of characters into context, and following with three lines of dialogue. These were then sealed in envelopes and each participant took home a different envelope in order to complete the dialogue. Looking forward to seeing what responses will come from the envelopes!
The next workshop is scheduled for Tuesday August 14th at thisisnotashop. Thanks to Gerry and Blaise who will contribute a selection of their work to the workshop to be opened up to reading and discussion. An email will be sent around to all participants in the meantime.
Thanks for such a successful first workshop - its great to get such a positive and energetic response to an independent venture such as this - roll on the 14th!
The turn out couldn't have been better, many thanks to Gerry, Blaise, AnnMarie, Claire, Felicity and Tim for materialising on the day and contributing so wholeheartedly to the workshop.
The workshop began with a brief personal introduction by all of the participants; backgrounds in writing range from poetry and playwriting to journalism, short story writing, art writing and critical theory, to artists working with text. The diverse nature of these interests will no doubt lead to dynamic and challenging collaborations and productions as the weeks go on.
An exercise was began in class, after an interesting reading and discussion of a short play by Jessamyn Fiore. Each participant wrote a short introductory paragraph putting a couple of characters into context, and following with three lines of dialogue. These were then sealed in envelopes and each participant took home a different envelope in order to complete the dialogue. Looking forward to seeing what responses will come from the envelopes!
The next workshop is scheduled for Tuesday August 14th at thisisnotashop. Thanks to Gerry and Blaise who will contribute a selection of their work to the workshop to be opened up to reading and discussion. An email will be sent around to all participants in the meantime.
Thanks for such a successful first workshop - its great to get such a positive and energetic response to an independent venture such as this - roll on the 14th!
Monday, July 23, 2007
Next Meeting 31/07/07
Next Meeting
Tuesday July 31st
7:00pm
if you want to come email us at
bring a notebook and a snack
hope to see you there!
jessamyn
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Next Meeting 20/07/07
Our Next Meeting is:
July 20th at 7:30 pm
If you wish to join us please RSVP to
thisisnotashopwriting@gmail.com
please come and tell others- the more the merrier!
see you then
-jessamyn-
July 20th at 7:30 pm
If you wish to join us please RSVP to
thisisnotashopwriting@gmail.com
please come and tell others- the more the merrier!
see you then
-jessamyn-
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