Description
A New Multimedia project Sophie Seita centered around three experimental performance pieces.
MY LITTLE ENLIGHTENMENT PLAYS is a multimedia project by Sophie Seita centred around three experimental performance pieces: 1. Don Carlos, or, Royal Jelly; 2. Les Bijoux Indiscrets, or, Paper Tigers; 3. Emilia Galotti’s Colouring Book of Feelings — all of which present imaginary tête-a-têtes with Enlightenment thinkers, writers, and scientists.
Poetry. Drama.
Author Bio
Sophie Seita writes poetry, performance texts, short plays, and translates contemporary German poetry. She makes videos and performs in the UK, Germany, and New York. Her work has appeared in various magazines in the UK and US and her first chapbook, 12 Steps was published by Wide Range (Cambridge) in 2012. A collaborative artist book with Anna Moser is forthcoming. She co-organizes the unAmerican Activities Transatlantic Reading Series, a simultaneous live reading series between NYC and Cambridge/London. Her doctoral research focuses on experimental poetry and poetics, as well as the formation, dissolution and self-definition of literary communities in avant-garde periodicals, correspondence, and ephemera.
Author City: LONDON ENG