Turner’s House Short Films
Poem:Film
With heart as calm as lake that sleeps – a collaboration with Caroline AreskogJones
Sandycombe Lodge in Twickenham, once the ‘country’ villa of the artist JMW Turner is being restored and will open again to the public later this year.
Caroline AreskogJones made two beautiful subtle silent films as portraits of Sandycombe Lodge prior to the refurbishment process.
The first, With heart as calm as lake that sleeps, includes a script written by me.
https://vimeo.com/199215020
The second film is ‘diagram of a geometrical perspective on memory: after Turner’
https://vimeo.com/220287866
More details about the progress at Sandycombe Lodge: http://www.turnerintwickenham.org.uk/
See more work by Caroline AreskogJones: https://www.carolineareskogjones.com/
The Whole Kahani at Library Club
LIBRARY club, Covent Garden, London
The Whole Kahani | Love Across a Broken Map
Tuesday 24 January 2017 | 7:00 pm
112 St. Martin’s Lane, London, WC2N 4BD
LSE Literary Festival 2017
LSE ‘Space for Thought’ Literary Festival 2017
Writing Short Stories and Poetry: From Laptop to Bookshop |
Are Two Heads Better Than One?
Saturday 25 February 2017 | 12 – 1.15 pm
Alumni Theatre | LSE | London
Speakers: Kavita A Jindal, Reshma Ruia, C.G. Menon
My talk centred on the myriad possibilities of poetry collaborations; the highs and joys of collaboration; and I gave tips on working on a joint project.
The session’s podcast includes Reshma Ruia talking about novels and C.G. Menon talking about short stories.
My Birth Telegram: New Poem for NPD 2016
For National Poetry Day 2016 on the theme of messages, here’s a new poem:
‘My Birth Telegram’.
New Poem: Beach Apparel
On the subject of the #BurkiniBan in France, here’s a new poem:
Beach Apparel
Nigella covers herself head to foot
to frolic on Bondi beach.
If Nazia does the same in France
a liberal lesson we should teach.
Not that we’re fundamentalist
or extreme; we don’t preach.
We just outlaw what we don’t like
spit at what doesn’t fit
we make women stay at home
unless they take off their kit.
We’re different from that other lot
who insist ladies cover up in what-not!
I’ll go to the beach dressed as a nun
I think I’ll be allowed to have some fun.
I’ll wear a sari to enjoy sun, sea, sand.
Show midriff only. Will a sari be banned?
The Streets of Barnes
An Exhibition of Paintings by Paul Wuensche and
Poems by Kavita A Jindal
at
The Old Sorting Office Arts Centre (OSO), 49 Station Road, Barnes, LONDON SW13 0SF
Exhibition runs 28th September – 26th October
Final Week | Private View, Reading & Closing Party
Wednesday 19 October 2016 | 6.30pm – 9:00pm
OSO Arts Centre, 49 Station Road, Barnes, London SW13 0SF
Poetry reading at 7:00pm.
Launch evening was on Wednesday 28th September 6.30 – 9:00pm with Poetry reading at 7:00pm
I am delighted that this collaboration with the artist Paul Wuensche has come to fruition. The exhibition features poems that were inspired by the sights and sounds in my garden and observations made on my walks along the Thames towpath.
At the launch evening I gave a short reading of some of my poems on this theme. The exhibition space allows for only a few poems to be displayed, to complement the paintings.
Since last year Paul has been observing and painting the ordinary streets of Barnes from his car (converted into a mobile art studio), resulting in a collection of bijoux paintings, that celebrate the trees, the houses, the cars, and even the phone boxes of Barnes throughout the seasons.
You can preview some of the work here: http://paulwuensche.com/the-streets-of-barnes/.
We’ve produced a little pamphlet as a memento of the project. It also served as the exhibition programme at events. It was so popular that copies of the booklet are stocked in the Barnes Bookshop.