Poetry Marathon
Saturday and Sunday
17–18 October
Tickets
£25/£20 (two day)
£15/£10 (one day)
Available from the Gallery Lobby Desk or
Ticketweb: 08444 77 1000
www.ticketweb.co.uk
The Serpentine Gallery Poetry Marathon is an ambitious two-day poetry event taking place in London during Frieze Art Fair week and featuring unique performances from leading poets, writers, artists, philosophers, scholars and musicians.
An international group of major figures will be brought together to perform in the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2009, designed by architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of the acclaimed Japanese practice SANAA. The event will include performances of new work, collaborations, discussions and experiments.
And no sooner is this wonderful poem decreed to be one of the finest things in London than it is painted over! Workmen are busy in the underpass right now, and have completely painted over the poem on one side of the tunnel. I assume – hope – that they will shortly repaint the words. Does anyone know if this will be the case?