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THE A B SERIES PRESENTS
Solo sound poetry performances by Canadian masters
NOBUO KUBOTA & PENN KEMP
NOBUO KUBOTA, winner of a 2009 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, is a multi-media artist whose work includes sculpture, installations, video, music, and sound poetry. In the early 1980s, he was introduced to sound poetry by the legendary Four Horsemen. He is the author of 'Deep Text' and 'Phonic Slices' both published by Coach House Books. He was an original member of the Artists' Jazz Band and of the dynamic improvising orchestra, the CCMC, and was one of the founding members of the Music Gallery. He has been performing as a solo vocalist locally and in Europe for 25 years. As an extension to his vocal work, he also works with visual sound poetry, exploring the strategy of "intermedia". His recent work, "new calligraphy," is involved with the writing of sonic sound scores. He lives and works in Toronto.
PENN KEMP was appointed London, Ontario's first ever Poet Laureate on September, 24, 2010. She has published twenty-five books of poetry and drama, had six plays and ten CDs produced as well as a DVD, Canada's first poetry CD-ROM and several award-winning videopoems. She performs in festivals around the world. Her Muse News is renewed monthly on Penn Letters and on Facebook. Penn can also be heard on MySpace and mytown dot ca. Penn was the Canada Council Writer-in-Residence at the University of Western Ontario for 2009-10. She hosts Gathering Voices on CHRW 94.9 FM, archive on Gathering Voices. Penn will launch Luminous Entrance: a sound opera for climate change action in The A B Series on October 1st. Videos of Penn can be seen at House of Anansi Press and Poetry Visualized.
