John Ryan reads from 'Bestiary of Flowers', with Kevin Gillam on cello

Abstract

Re-performance of poetry composition of, 'A Bestiary of Wild Flowers', as part of a larger event, 'Writing in the Wild'. A Bestiary of Wild Flowers is a poetic response to Australian artist Sidney Nolan's Paradise Garden series of paintings. Based on the idea and practice of ekphrasis, the project consists of the researcher's poetic interpretations of Nolan's work, as arranged into three parts: Word Seeds (a haiku series), Remembrance, and Technique.