Cris Cheek (born 1955)[citation needed] is a British-American multimodal poet and scholar. He began his career in the mid 1970s working alongside Bill Griffiths and Bob Cobbing at the Poetry Society printshop in London and with the Writers Forum group, who met with regularity on the premises in Earls Court. During that time he co-founded a poetry performance group known as jgjgjgjgjgjgjg . . .(as long as you can say it that's our name) with Lawrence Upton and Clive Fencott. Subsequently, cris collaborated on electronic music improvisations with Upton and ee Vonna-Michel as "bang crash wallop" and released several cassettes through Balsam Flex. In 1981, he was a co-founder of Chisenhale Dance Space.
His music and sound collaborations include Slant (a trio with Philip Jeck and Sianed Jones). His radio program "Music of Madagascar" produced for BBC Radio 3 won a Sony Gold Specialist Award (now Radio Academy Awards) in 1995. He regularly taught performance writing courses at Dartington College of Arts from 1995-2000 where he became a research fellow in interdisciplinary text (2000–2002). A large body of interdisciplinary performance writing was produced in collaboration with Kirsten Lavers under the author function Things Not Worth Keeping between 1999 and 2007. In 2005, he became a professor at Miami University in Ohio. He was Altman Fellow in The Humanities Center at Miami University in 2011 and 2012, co-presenting the Networks and Power symposium and a conference on Network Archaeology, from which an issue of the online journal Amodern, co-edited with Nicole Starosielski and Braxton Soderman, was published. From 2017 to 2019 he worked alongside Mack Hagood to develop and produce the inaugural season of the podcast Phantom Power.
He worked at the printshop of the Consortium of London Presses in the basement of the Earls Court premises of the National Poetry Centre between 1975 and 1977.[citation needed] Initially, cris helped Bill Griffiths and Bob Cobbing to produce in-house volumes of Poetry Review under the editorship of Eric Mottram. He became print shop manager in 1977, among a wave of poets in London following the lead of the British Poetry Revival whose poetry integrates spatial, sonic and semantic performative concerns. Early live performance work was in duet with Clive Fencott and then a trio with the addition of Lawrence Upton as "JGJGJJGJG (as long as you can say it that's our name)." They were, on occasion, joined by Bill Griffiths and Jeremy Adler. He ran several small press imprints and edited the short-lived magazine RAWZ. Through work with Jacky Lansley and Fergus Early on their production I Giselle, cheek became involved with X6 Dance Space and then Chisenhale Dance Space. cris later collaborated with Mary Prestidge, Kirstie Simson, Miranda Tufnell and Dennis Greenwood, Patricia Bardi, Michael Clark and Sue MacLennan between 1982 and 1986. In 1987, cheek and Sianed Jones traveled to Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar researching into social forms of music and dance.[citation needed] He went on to study "word + image" at Norwich School of Art & Design (1995-8) and earned a PhD in "Hybridising Writing: through performance and collaboration" from Lancaster University in 2004.[2]
Personal lifeedit
Cheek lived in Hackney and Canning Town between 1981 and 1994. Whilst working for dance and performance artists and improvising music groups he began writing songs with Sianed Jones, performing and recording with Philip Jeck as Slant. Slant released three albums. Jones and Cheek later moved to Lowestoft in 1994. He was an active member of poetics e-list communities for the following fifteen years. During this time, he taught performance writing at Dartington College of Arts, working alongside Caroline Bergvall as well as many others. cheek also made contemporary vaudeville shows with folk musician Chris Foster that toured to village halls and community centers around England.[3]
While working at the Dartington College of Arts, Cheek began teaching with and subsequently working with Kirsten Lavers to produce a substantial web of projects under the author function Thinks Not Worth Keeping, shortened to TNWK.[citation needed]
cris was in a relationship, subsequently married to Erin E. Edwards and then divorced between 2012 and 2021. cris lived in Cincinnati, before moving to Labastide-Rouairoux in Tarn, south-west France in the summer of 2022.[citation needed]
Bibliographyedit
cheek's creative writing works include:
a present. London: Bluff Books, 1980
Mud. London: London: Spanner/Open Field, 1984
Cloud Eyes. London: Microbrigade, 1991
Skin upon skin. Lowestoft: CD, Sound & Language, 1996
Stranger. Lowestoft: Sound & Language, 1996
Songs from Navigation. Hastings: book+CD, Reality Street, 1998
the church, the school, the beer. Oxford, Ohio: Critical Documents, 2007
Bob Cobbing's Performances: of Production and Circulation. Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry, 2012. Canterbury: Gylphi, 2012. Volume 4. Number 2
^Howe, William (2006-08-09). "Punk as Poetry: cris cheek and his offset press collaborations" (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 2006-08-09. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
^Sheppard, Robert (2005-09-01). The Poetry of Saying: British Poetry and its Discontents, 1950-2000. Oxford University Press. ISBN978-1-78138-809-9.
^"cris cheek: "Reading and Writing: the Sites of Performance" -- HOW2". www.asu.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
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alongside Bill Griffiths and Bob Cobbing at the Poetry Society printshop in London and with the Writers Forum group who met with regularity on the premises in Earls Court During that time he co founded a poetry performance group known as jgjgjgjgjgjgjg as long as you can say it that s our name with Lawrence Upton and Clive Fencott Subsequently cris collaborated on electronic music improvisations with Upton and ee Vonna Michel as bang crash wallop and released several cassettes through Balsam Flex In 1981 he was a co founder of Chisenhale Dance Space Cris CheekBorn1955 age 67 68 Enfield Town London EnglandAcademic backgroundEducationLancaster University PhD Academic workDisciplinePoetryElectronic musicChoreographySub disciplineMultimodal poetryInstitutionsDartington College of ArtsMiami UniversityHis music and sound collaborations include Slant a trio with Philip Jeck and Sianed Jones His radio program Music of Madagascar produced for BBC Radio 3 won a Sony Gold Specialist Award now Radio Academy Awards in 1995 He regularly taught performance writing courses at Dartington College of Arts from 1995 2000 where he became a research fellow in interdisciplinary text 2000 2002 A large body of interdisciplinary performance writing was produced in collaboration with Kirsten Lavers under the author function Things Not Worth Keeping between 1999 and 2007 In 2005 he became a professor at Miami University in Ohio He was Altman Fellow in The Humanities Center at Miami University in 2011 and 2012 co presenting the Networks and Power symposium and a conference on Network Archaeology from which an issue of the online journal Amodern co edited with Nicole Starosielski and Braxton Soderman was published From 2017 to 2019 he worked alongside Mack Hagood to develop and produce the inaugural season of the podcast Phantom Power Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Bibliography 4 1 MC CD and CD R 4 2 Critical articles 5 External links 6 Further reading 7 ReferencesEarly life editCheek was born in Enfield Town London and educated at Highgate School graduating in 1972 1 Career editHe worked at the printshop of the Consortium of London Presses in the basement of the Earls Court premises of the National Poetry Centre between 1975 and 1977 citation needed Initially cris helped Bill Griffiths and Bob Cobbing to produce in house volumes of Poetry Review under the editorship of Eric Mottram He became print shop manager in 1977 among a wave of poets in London following the lead of the British Poetry Revival whose poetry integrates spatial sonic and semantic performative concerns Early live performance work was in duet with Clive Fencott and then a trio with the addition of Lawrence Upton as JGJGJJGJG as long as you can say it that s our name They were on occasion joined by Bill Griffiths and Jeremy Adler He ran several small press imprints and edited the short lived magazine RAWZ Through work with Jacky Lansley and Fergus Early on their production I Giselle cheek became involved with X6 Dance Space and then Chisenhale Dance Space cris later collaborated with Mary Prestidge Kirstie Simson Miranda Tufnell and Dennis Greenwood Patricia Bardi Michael Clark and Sue MacLennan between 1982 and 1986 In 1987 cheek and Sianed Jones traveled to Egypt Kenya Tanzania and Madagascar researching into social forms of music and dance citation needed He went on to study word image at Norwich School of Art amp Design 1995 8 and earned a PhD in Hybridising Writing through performance and collaboration from Lancaster University in 2004 2 Personal life editCheek lived in Hackney and Canning Town between 1981 and 1994 Whilst working for dance and performance artists and improvising music groups he began writing songs with Sianed Jones performing and recording with Philip Jeck as Slant Slant released three albums Jones and Cheek later moved to Lowestoft in 1994 He was an active member of poetics e list communities for the following fifteen years During this time he taught performance writing at Dartington College of Arts working alongside Caroline Bergvall as well as many others cheek also made contemporary vaudeville shows with folk musician Chris Foster that toured to village halls and community centers around England 3 While working at the Dartington College of Arts Cheek began teaching with and subsequently working with Kirsten Lavers to produce a substantial web of projects under the author function Thinks Not Worth Keeping shortened to TNWK citation needed cris was in a relationship subsequently married to Erin E Edwards and then divorced between 2012 and 2021 cris lived in Cincinnati before moving to Labastide Rouairoux in Tarn south west France in the summer of 2022 citation needed Bibliography editcheek s creative writing works include a present London Bluff Books 1980 Mud London London Spanner Open Field 1984 Cloud Eyes London Microbrigade 1991 Skin upon skin Lowestoft CD Sound amp Language 1996 Stranger Lowestoft Sound amp Language 1996 Songs from Navigation Hastings book CD Reality Street 1998 the church the school the beer Oxford Ohio Critical Documents 2007 part short life housing Toronto The Gig 2009 Pickles amp Jams Buffalo BlazeVOX 2017 4 His works have been published in various magazines literary miscellanies and anthologies including Anthology of Twentieth Century British and Irish Poetry Oxford University Press 2001 Other British and Irish Poetry since 1970 Middletown CT Wesleyan University Press 1999 The L A N G U A G E Book Carbondale Southern Indiana University 1984 5 Conductors of Chaos Picador London 1996 Floating Capital Elmwood Connecticut Poets amp Poets Press 1991MC CD and CD R edit Crayon NY Widemouth Baltimore Little Magazine Albany Balsam Flex London Critical articles edit Bob Cobbing s Performances of Production and Circulation Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry 2012 Canterbury Gylphi 2012 Volume 4 Number 2 Reading and Writing the Sites of Performance Giving Tongue Assembling Alternatives Reading Postmodern Poetries Transnationally Middletown CT Wesleyan University Press 2003 Sky Tails An Encryption of Dispersal published in Removed for Further Study The Poetry of Tom Raworth Toronto The Gig 2003 Implicit Additional Apparitions Poetry Performance and Site Specificity Sheffield The Cherry On the Top Press 2002External links editEntry at The Archive of the Now Entry at PennSound Entry at the British Electronic Poetry CentreFurther reading editPeter Barry Poetry Wars British Poetry of the 1970s and the Battle of Earls Court Cambridge Salt Publishing 2006 Andy Brown Binary Myths Conversations with Contemporary Poets Exeter Stride 1998 Andrew Duncan The Failure of Conservatism in Modern British Poetry 2003 http media sas upenn edu pennsound groups radioradio 04 cris cheek Radio Radio NY 2003 mp3References edit Howe William 2006 08 09 Punk as Poetry cris cheek and his offset press collaborations PDF Archived PDF from the original on 2006 08 09 Retrieved 2021 02 22 Sheppard Robert 2005 09 01 The Poetry of Saying British Poetry and its Discontents 1950 2000 Oxford University Press ISBN 978 1 78138 809 9 cris cheek Reading and Writing the Sites of Performance HOW2 www asu edu Retrieved 2021 02 22 BlazeVOX books www blazevox org Retrieved 2021 02 22 ROBERT HAMPSON www pores bbk ac uk Retrieved 2021 02 22 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cris Cheek amp oldid 1187281039, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
