“After performing the first 24 hour Renga ’4 Stations’ at BALTIC with Alec Finlay and others the artist / poet, Paul Conneally, takes off all his clothes off and photographs them – in a way similar to that which police might doccument crime scene evidence – the images are then juxtoposed with stanzas made during the renga to form the limited edition print series FORENSIC. The renga process undertaken in a gallery space reveals the creation of collaborative poetry as a process, as a an act of art beyond the written, beyond the final product.”
Shakespeare’s Beard – Paul Conneally 2003
She Tells Me – Paul Conneally 2003
The Faint Taste – Paul Conneally 2003
The Icy Path Home – Paul Conneally 2003
The FORENSIC series of poems and prints arises out of ‘Four Stations – 24 Hour Renga’ at Baltic conceived by Alec Finlay and undertaken / performed by 12 artist poets.
T H E P O E T S
1. Bruce Bamber
2. John Cayley
3. Ken Cockburn
4. Paul Conneally
5. Anne-Marie Culhane
6. Alec Finlay
7. Linda France
8. Harry Gilonis
9. Elizabeth James
10. Ira Lightman
11. Gerry Loose
12. Martin Lucas
Burn The Water 