Split screen
On the telephone
by the house of o’dwyer
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Conversations with another. By houseofodwyer.com #curatorial #leggydisplay #art #forsale
December 12, 2018
2005 – ongoing
Conversations with another
by house of o;dwyer
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Prize winning books for sale + Serious face + Missy the dancing dog!
December 7, 2018
Canal – A novella in verse – by Gar O’Dwyer – Part 1
November 9, 2018C a n a l
A novella in verse
by Gar O’Dwyer
Part 1
Chapter 1
In the toilet the struggle with
the limescale build-up
had taken on geological proportions
driving me right round, right round
right round the fucking u-bend.
Calcification creeping excrescence
voices from the radio pervade the kitchen.
News. The neverendum borders, Brexit, Trump
and other disasters.
The Professor, Professor Sniffy Booboo too you,
a pedigree Welshie, a terrier of distinction,
in between monitoring my food handling activities
would repeatedly drop, then retrieves in her teeth
a tennis ball, at the feet of her adopted homo-sapien
Me. Hi. I’m Tom by the way.
No Don’t.
The ominous sound of the ball’s percussive bounce,
demanding and threatening all at once.
Not now Sniffy – I tell her, as I make my coffee.
The Professor continues to stare at the dirty grey ball,
with an alarming focus.
I change radio stations, from news and reviews, re-tuning
to one playing music. You can choose.
The professor continues to stare at the dull grey sphere.
I seek out my phone, the dog lead…
and with play a no go, Prof. Sniffy Booboo, slopes off with a mild whimper,
as I collect pooh bags, coffee cup and …
Sniffy pitter-patters back with a soft toy, a plush little penguin.
‘That’s not yours Professor Sniffy Boo-boo.
I wrestle the toy pouch away from her beardy snout;
distract her with a crumb of bread,
and place snooty safely on top of the cupboard,
I like to call it an Armoire.
Sniffy gives a low level bark between a fleet of whimpers.
My phone rings.
It’s mum, I tell Sniffy.
I continue a search for shoes.
Hi… Yes…Ok mum… come by tomorrow.
I pick up my baseball cap,
Tomorrow night.
Professor Sniffy Booboo follows me…
to be continued…
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For the reader? Spoken word? Performance art? Can a poem be all three? #DalsonBallet
August 11, 2018
house of o’dwyer for Dalston Ballet
Crouch down
bent double
over the counter
blunt force trauma
fill the empty interior
shut me up
shut me down
manage the beast
stop the hysteria
work for the tongue
roughly speaking
worship and adore
under the weather
come in my eye
post traumatic stress disorder
let me go
out patient
I can suck at it myself
taste the meat
feel the heat
down I come
enjoy the ache
Medicate me
choke on me
prevarication
i don’t need anyone
the taste of it
shit
he’s back, for more
I can’t take all of it
split in two
brain on the floor
rub my face in it
fight me for it
ride me home
teach me what
my mouth is for
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live performance / spoken word / live art with Dalston Ballet & Gar de Da
August 10, 2018
What ever happened to baby Gar?
Queen Adelaide Tarot by Dalston Ballet
at Transhuman express
performing with dalston ballet:
LR, Gar de Da, Daria and Vit
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Working on #spokenword #poetry #libretto for #DalstonBallet #Silence
July 29, 2018
Silence
In refusing to lie
Refusing to lie about it
To lie about it all
About what I know
All what I know
I know I will
I will I know
In refusing
Refusing to lie
Lie about it
What I know
I wlil I know
I will be
Reduced
Reduced to silence
To silence
Silence
[Silence]
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Working with Mika Hockman on performance Doll/Rita
July 22, 2018
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July 15, 2018Join us for a garden party in Hackney Wick.
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Garden Party 4pm ’til Casualty
if i don’t see or hear from
you have a great year.
xxx
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The last, or the first, of my A-Z of writers writing about writing. A. #WritingQuotes #A2Z #naomiAlderman ‘Expect to be disgusted by your own early work. If writing is…’ See u all tonight.
July 5, 2018
‘… your vocation, if you hope that it might be your salvation, push on
through the disgust until you find one true sentence, a few words that
say more than you expected, something you didn’t know until you
set it down.’ – Naomi Alderman
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