“Let’s Talk about Vivienne”
A walk , by the Walking with the Waste Land group at the Turner Contemporary.
Saturday March 11th.
A Photo Diary, creating new encounters.
A performance by Jill Rock
at
Turner Contemporary
Invoking Vivienne,
through the Sybil
From the Epigraph
The Waste Land
Identifying Eliot’s Ghost women
Keith Grossmith
at
Harbour Wall
reads :Sophie (after JMWT)
written by Keith Grossmith
We include a Turner woman of her time in our walk, referencing the Gallery.
‘Elspeth Penfold
at
Margate
Information Centre
Sonia Overall’s
The Art of Walking
contained, linear
( Walking – Method )
Judy Dermott
at
View point
‘Lido’
‘Lido becomes
Burnt Norton’
Emily Hale, but now Let’s Talk about Vivienne.
‘Elspeth Penfold
at
Walpole Bay Shelter.
Reads:
T.S. Eliot , famous clairvoyant.
Tim Dean
Eliot’s demeaning portrayals of his ghost women.
Judy Dermott
at
Walpole Bay Hotel
(wonderful tea and scones).
Reads:
‘Tom and Vivienne’s
letters from Margate.’
Julia Riddiough
at
Walpole Bay Hotel.
Reads:
‘The Vivienne Haigh-Wood Headlines’
Judy Dermott
at
Tom Thumb
looking towards
the old site of the
Albermore Hotel
Reads: ‘Poor wretched clever child.’
Richard Turney
in the gardens
reads:
‘Death of a Duchess’
An image of Vivienne. She sits at her dressing table, hairbrush motionless in her hand, bare arms fixed, waiting for a question from Tom…
And if I said ‘I love you’ should we breathe?
Keith Grossmith
reads his poem:
Near, bright stars.
Richard Turney
A Game of Chess
lines added to
and edited from
the Waste Land
at Vivienne’s behest.
at
The Old Kent Market
reads: ‘The Eliot’s go to the Cinema’.
and
A screening
of
Sally Waterman’s
‘In the Cage”.
Wrapping up!
With many thanks to Jennifer Deakin for photography and to the members of the Walking with the Waste Land group for their hard work and support.
For details of readings and performances:http://www.elspeth-billie-penfold.com/let-s-talk-about-vivienne-readings-flyers-and-some-images
