The Outlandish Watch Poetry Project by Pascalle Burton, featuring Nathan Shepherdson, David Stavanger and music by The Stress of Leisure. Available on 7″ vinyl from The Stress of Leisure store and The Outpost Store.… Continue reading
Schmuck Jewellery for TWENTY FIVE SEVENTY FIVE Laser cut wood and mixed materials Inspired by the pieces exhibited in the Scmuckmuseum in Pforzheim, Germany. Pictured: Firma Wehrle & Co Pforzheim circa 1884 Earrings… Continue reading
The video clip for Sex Time – available on 7″ vinyl and on the The Stress of Leisure’s upcoming album. Directed by Sean Young and starring Conor Dowling and Olivia Porter, with expertise from… Continue reading
Nathan Shepherdson and I will be performing a cinematic response to Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon called UN/SPOOL at Queensland Poetry Festival on Sunday 31st August, 3pm at the Judith Wright Centre.… Continue reading
The Stress of Leisure will celebrate The Lady at the launch party for Ladyfest on Friday 18th July at The Underdog. Also featuring are The Bell Divers, McKisko and Gunk. Tikets are $10… Continue reading
Originally posted on Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own:
Poet Nathan Shepherdson has written a response to The Film Issue of Today, the voice you speak with may…
Originally posted on Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own:
Poet Andrew Galan has written a response to The Architecture Issue of Today, the voice you speak with may…
The third issue of the zine Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own is available and this issue we celebrate celluloid with The Film Issue. The zine consists of… Continue reading
The Stress of Leisure will be among a ton of bands playing Brisbane DIY label Sonic Masala’s first festival, Sonic Masala Fest, at Greenslopes RSL on Saturday 21st June. This is what the… Continue reading
I will be presenting a paper called Borne through the body: the Internet as lived experience and the Desiring-machine for the Fifth Biennial International Conference of the Contemporary Women’s Writing Association at the… Continue reading
On Saturday 31st May, beloved Brisbane venue The Hideaway will close its doors. The Stress of Leisure will play as part of Goodbye Jimmy – The Last Hideaway alongside other Hideaway regulars, Jiveswallow… Continue reading
The online journal Seizure has been running an old-fashioned poetry parlour game called ‘Bouts Rimes’ – where players are given the end rhymes to a sonnet and must ‘fill in the rest’ – and my… Continue reading
The Stress of Leisure will be supporting Infinity Broke (the new project featuring Jamie Hutchings and Jared Harrison of Bluebottle Kiss, teamed with Jamie’s brother Scott and bassist Reuben Wills) for the launch… Continue reading
The second issue of the zine Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own is available and this issue is The Architecture Issue. The zine consists of the words, images… Continue reading
Sawako Nakayasu performed her wonderful poem ‘Desert Ants’ at the 2011 Queensland Poetry Festival. Years later, I added some circuit bent casio accompaniment. Sawako’s book ‘The Ants’, which includes this poem, is available… Continue reading
I have a couple of pieces of visual poetry from a series called Every afternoon at precisely the same time (after H. G. Wells’ ‘The First Men in the Moon’) included in Australian Poetry… Continue reading
Image credit: Sarah Kaur and Pascalle Burton The excellent You Are Here Festival in Canberra is on until 23rd March, showcasing independent and experimental arts and culture from the inner workings of Canberra and… Continue reading
I will be running a poetry masterclass as part of the Poetry Gallery at Bleach* Festival on Sunday 23rd March. The masterclass will also feature a panel with songwriter/musician Nicky Bomba of the… Continue reading
I am excited to be playing synths in a handful of shows with Clare Moore and Kaye Louise Patterson’s ‘west coast sci-fi pop’ band The Dames over the weekend of 21-23 February: Friday 21st (from 5pm): Queen… Continue reading
The Stress of Leisure will be playing support for Dave Graney and the mistLY at The New Globe Theatre on Saturday 22nd February. Tylea will also be playing, which is always a special… Continue reading
It was time for a new zine. It is called Today, the voice you speak with may not be your own and now the first issue is here. The zine consists of the… Continue reading
I will be doing a poetry performance as part of Couplet at Brisbane Square Library on Friday 7th February from 5:30pm. It is presented by David Stavanger, who is currently Reader-in-Residence at the… Continue reading
MY MOUTH (IS NOT A MOUTH) is an evening of absurdist and fringe music, theatre, spoken word, comedy and cabaret hosted by Ghostboy at The Hideaway on Saturday January 4. I will… Continue reading
This year I curated an installation for the Queensland Poetry Festival called Letter.Box.Stamp.Collect. This project incorporated the 19th century orienteering hobby of Letterboxing, and circular poetry. Five former QPF poets- in-residence were invited… Continue reading
if:book Australia has published a series of remixes from its 24-Hour Book, Willow Patterns, and I have a piece included called I will say this only once. During the initial project, a team of nine writers… Continue reading
I shot the breeze with Andrew McLellan* for 4ZZZ’s No Brow Art Show for the episode on Poetry, off the page and out of the book. The episode features the Pure Poetry Project and Bruce Mclean’s… Continue reading
On Wednesday 20th November, Ian and I will be making a beloved return to Canberra into the arms of BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! at The Phoenix. I am looking forward to getting my hands on Andrew… Continue reading
