Friday 7 April 2006, 18.00–22.00

Tate Britain celebrates the living word with radical acts of reading around the gallery. Lose yourself in altered states of consciousness with live performances by poets, poetry on film and historic recordings from the likes of Allen Ginsberg and Edith Sitwell scattered throughout the galleries.

19.00–19.30
Room 8
The Stand-up Shaman, John Turner, conjures different realities by way of the works of William Blake.
Warning: This performance contains flashing lights and The Transcendental Object at the End of History.
Free, no bookings taken. Numbers maybe limited if overcrowding occurs.

19.00–20.00
Manton Studio
Poets Tom Raworth and Alec Finlay read together under the title This Poem Has Been Removed from Circulation.
Tom Raworth was born in London and during the 1970s travelled and worked in the United States and Mexico. He returned to England in 1977 to become resident poet at King's College, Cambridge, and still lives in the city. Since 1966 he has published more than 40 books and pamphlets of poetry, prose and translations.
Alec Finlay is an artist, poet and publisher. He recently was artist in residence at THE BALTIC in Gateshead. His press, Morning star (1990-2003) published over 50 titles. Alec co-ordinates the renga platform, a shared writing project: poetrycircus, a series of readings and performances and a new collaborative piece entitled Sewing Circle.
Free tickets available from outside the Manton Studio. Tickets allocated on a first come, first served basis. Seating is limited.

20.00–21.30
Auditorium
Malgorzata Kitowski from PoetryFilm introduces a selection of experimental shorts exploring synchronicity and the ineffable: 'filmifications' of poems; films jigsawed from cut-ups, beat writing, trips and dreamscapes.
Free tickets available from the Clore Information Desk. Seating is limited.

18.00–22.00
Throughout the gallery
Listen to recordings of poets taken from the Poetry Archive and coupled with works of art in the galleries. Listen to Allen Ginsberg reading 'Howl' in Room 24, Edith Sitwell reading 'Still Falls the Rain' in Room 19,  Alison Croggon reading 'The Elwood Organic Fruit and Vegetable Shop' in Room 5 and Fleur Adcock reading ‘Leaving the Tate’ at the Millbank Entrance
Free, no bookings taken. Numbers maybe limited if overcrowding occurs.

Tate Britain  Throughout the gallery
Free, no bookings taken