Speak: Escalate
PUBLISHED April 10th, 2014 10:51 am | UPDATED May 9th, 2018 03:13 am
Speak is organized by a new poetry collective that seeks to give the people a voice. It is a platform for writers to share their poetry and love for the spoken word- to foster a community of individuals who want to stand up for what they believe in and share the personal stories that need to be heard.
Speak is our attempt to break into the club scene, to seed the growth of a new movement. To shed light in a dark room, where bedroom speakers come out into the open.
In all humbleness we ask of you to join us. Come Speak with us.
Welcome to the 16th SPEAK since we started in January 2013.This month, we are going to do things a bit differently. We are going to have a roundtable discussion with three poets who have been involved with the poetry scene in Singapore and ask them what they think about the scene, how its evolved over the years, how it could evolve, and what the future might hold, but mostly, how we can create the kind of scene we want.
See, its clear to us that Singapore not only has a spoken word scene but that its been growing and escalating over the past couple years, with more and more people getting together to start spoken word nights, and more and more people coming to open mic stages to read their poems.
But where is the spoken word scene going?
Are we content to be performing our poems to one another every month? How can we explore new ways of using poetry? How can we harness the talent coming to poetry stages every month to create something new?
How do step out of our comfort zone and reach out to people outside the scene?
Are spoken word poets pushing boundaries enough?
Why do people still see poetry as ‘boring’ when we in the scene know that its not? How can we convert the unconverted?
How can spoken word poets become as appreciated as artists/entertainers the way comedians/actors/musicians/singer-songwriters are? Is this a goal worth having?
How can we do more to work with these other artists in other scenes (comedy, rap, etc.) to create new nights and create more audiences?
How to we evolve to engage and build new audiences? How can we use poetry as a force for social change in Singapore? Should our poetry be more political?
How can we get promoters and organizers to work more closely together?
What is the future of the spoken word scene in Singapore? What is the future of current poets in the scene?
These are some of the key questions we’ll be asking and talking about.
Will you join us?
Speak is organized by a new poetry collective that seeks to give the people a voice. It is a platform for writers to share their poetry and love for the spoken word- to foster a community of individuals who want to stand up for what they believe in and share the personal stories that need to be heard.
Speak is our attempt to break into the club scene, to seed the growth of a new movement. To shed light in a dark room, where bedroom speakers come out into the open.
In all humbleness we ask of you to join us.
Come Speak with us.
Welcome to the 16th SPEAK since we started in January 2013.This month, we are going to do things a bit differently. We are going to have a roundtable discussion with three poets who have been involved with the poetry scene in Singapore and ask them what they think about the scene, how its evolved over the years, how it could evolve, and what the future might hold, but mostly, how we can create the kind of scene we want.
See, its clear to us that Singapore not only has a spoken word scene but that its been growing and escalating over the past couple years, with more and more people getting together to start spoken word nights, and more and more people coming to open mic stages to read their poems.
But where is the spoken word scene going?
Are we content to be performing our poems to one another every month? How can we explore new ways of using poetry? How can we harness the talent coming to poetry stages every month to create something new?
How do step out of our comfort zone and reach out to people outside the scene?
Are spoken word poets pushing boundaries enough?
Why do people still see poetry as ‘boring’ when we in the scene know that its not? How can we convert the unconverted?
How can spoken word poets become as appreciated as artists/entertainers the way comedians/actors/musicians/singer-songwriters are? Is this a goal worth having?
How can we do more to work with these other artists in other scenes (comedy, rap, etc.) to create new nights and create more audiences?
How to we evolve to engage and build new audiences? How can we use poetry as a force for social change in Singapore? Should our poetry be more political?
How can we get promoters and organizers to work more closely together?
What is the future of the spoken word scene in Singapore? What is the future of current poets in the scene?
These are some of the key questions we’ll be asking and talking about.
Will you join us?
Will you be listening?
16th April, Wednesday
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Hosted By:
Vanessa Victoria
Stephanie Chan
w/ Pereira Irving Paul as discussion moderator.
Admission:
Free Entry All Night
With featured sets and in-depth discussions with:
Marc Nair
Nabilah Husna
Alvin Pang
This is an open mic poetry/spoken word event. Interested speakers should email
