This is a long-term ongoing collaboration producing music/sound and text works for record, broadcast and performance.
NEWS:
June 2019
Martin and Helen have been awarded a prestigious two-week residency at Elizabeth Bishop’s childhood home in Great Village, Nova Scotia, Canada during September 2019. They will be developing a new music and text work using field recordings made during their stay. More to follow.
May 2019
New text and sound work, Squall by Martin Heslop and Helen Tookey. Listen here:
April 2019
Martin and Helen’s new work Squall will be premiered on Radiophrenia 2019 during May. Find out more information here: https://radiophrenia.scot/
December 2018
New sound and text work in development – working title Squall – uses text from Helen’s upcoming collection City of Departures forthcoming with Carcanet in July 2019.
*UPDATE* – City of Departures has been nominated for the prestigious Forward Prize for Best Collection. Well done Helen! More information and see the other shortlisted collections here: http://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/2019-forward-prizes/
February 2018
Three poems by Helen Tookey from her collection In the Glasshouse, re-worked as part of an ongoing collaboration.
JITTIES:
GLASSHOUSE:
BEAUTIFUL ERROR:
These pieces were first presented as part of this project in Newcastle, July ’17:
https://poettrioexperiment.com/tag/composition/
Buy Helen’s book here: https://www.happenstancepress.com/index.php/shop/product/47753-in-the-glasshouse-helen-tookey
Martin Heslop 