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Fiona Glen

–– writer –– artist –– editor ––


~fresh work out with ~ CWYR zine, Strings ~

Projects
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  1. Shapeshifter: Tracing the Cultural Octopus
  2. Mycoglossia with Nina Hanz – HVTN Press
  3. transient guardians – Magical Octopus + De Gids
  4. Meat Dreaming – Sticky Fingers
  5. Slimy, Sticky, Sweet – Aww-Struck + SPAM
  6. Ground Up – ICA x BBC New Creatives
++ OTHERS

Workshops, Courses + Programmes
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  1. HUM MURMUR MUTTER – Camden Art Centre
  2. Attendant Writing – LOT + Glengall Wharf
  3. Inside Your Mouth – Camden Art Centre
  4. Gut Feelings – TACO!
  5. Playing Houses – Flat Time House
  6. *immersions – Al Ma’amal
++ OTHERS

Poetry
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  1. Unflock – Strings
  2. Wriggler + Squid – Brilliant Vibrating Interface
  3. As Silica – Dark Mountain 24
  4. On Alberto Balsam – Broken Sleep anthology
  5. Boundless + Transmission – Pollination
  6. Yeast + Headtail – Tentacular Magazine
++ MORE

Essays 
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  1. Being is a tender strength – Prototype 5
  2. Leaves, Alive and Otherwise – Still Point
  3. Heal Underfoot – Simulacrum
  4. Turning – Letters to the Earth
  5. Welcome to Elsewhere – NOIT Journal
++ MORE

Experimental Writing
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Mark
All photography by Hydar Dewachi

HUM, MURMUR, MUTTER


An experimental writing course which explored the connections between voice, body and text. Commissioned by and hosted at Camden Art Centre, London, in November-December 2022, the course spanned five two-hour sessions.  

Testing out many voices and connecting with embodied modes of writing, the aim of this course was to surprise ourselves: to write into the unknown, so that we could encounter our writing from a new angle. HUM, MURMUR, MUTTER journeyed through poetry, essay, fiction, libretto, writing for voice, and interdisciplinary forms which resist classification.

Starting by investigating our inner voices, we moved outwards to confessions and addresses, to songs and shouts, to choruses and cacophonies. We pushed our written voices into new places and modes – sharper and softer, lighter and weightier, bolder and subtler. 

Rather than focussing on producing a finished body of work, the course prioritised helping writers to break out of habits and perceived limitations – discovering new routes and courage which they could continue to build on in the long term. All participants were invited to share their work as part of an organic critique session, and given the option of contributing to a collaboratively-edited zine. You can download and read this publication here, on Camden Art Centre’s website. 


How can a text speak?
How can we use its weight, texture, tone, shape, flow, direction, and resonance?





Highlights according to participants: 

“Sharing and listening to other attendees’ work, the array of different artists Fiona showed us, and the experimentation that she encouraged.”

“Being introduced to a lot of new methods that I would have found intimidating to look at alone. Fiona was a really supportive teacher.”

“The open, non-judgmental writing space that Fiona created, and her diverse readings and sources.”

“Learning to think about text in multiple new and out-of-the-box ways, and gaining tools for using voice, image and sound.” 

The course scored 100% on teaching, value for money, and overall quality.