Walking with The Waste Land and more

“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’

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

This walk includes a performance by Jill Rock, inspired by the Epigraph to the Wasteland, ‘Sybil”

A small intervention by Elspeth Penfold at the Nayland Rock Shelter.’Menstrual Discord’.

Referencing Cecilia Vicuña’s ‘Quipu Menstrual’

With words by Judy Dermott accompanied by music from Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.

Poetry written and performed by Keith Grossmith

The Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot Headlines Read by Artist Julia Riddiough and Reported from The Walpole Bay Hotel Margate
http://peeperspuntersandpedants.tumblr.com/…/lets-talk-abou…

Following his successful walk for the Folkestone book Festival with ‘Margate is weird. We do not dislike it’ – T. S. Eliot in Margate, Richard Turney is walking in Vivienne’s footsteps from the Tom Thumb Theatre.

and we have a screening of Sally Waterman’s ‘In the Cage’, at The Old Kent Market,

and there is much more!

We are all looking forward to it and to celebrating the life of Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot with those who have tickets for the walk, now sold out.