Photos courtesy of Jason Gutierrez and Mark Bernal

literary performance happening
technical needs: None – We might find ways to use what’s available but nothing is necessary.

Directed by Henry Hoke and Marco Di Domenico

Confirmed to include: Saehee Cho, Kate Durbin, Jen Hofer, Jen Hutton, Andrea Quaid, Joseph Mosconi, Kestrel Leah, Andrew Choate, Stacy Elaine, Jacqueline Suskin, Sam Cohen, Dan Hockenson and Diana Arterian and Matias Viegener. More expected.

Writers who have been involved in the series and may be:

Mark S Bernal, Lauren Eggert-Crowe, Claire Cronin, Noah Gersham, Ani Raya-Flores, Brigitte Nicole Grice, Kenyatta A C Hinkle, Bryan Hurt, Douglas Kearney, Adam Overton, Ana Reyes, Kirsty Singer, Mady Schutzman, and Mathew Timmons.

Email: marcodidomenico@alum.calarts.edu

Enter>text is a living literary journal, an immersive series of events where the audience is activated to seek out their own unique encounters with writers. We strive to explore the textual nature of our surroundings, and are always searching for new voices, histories and fictions.

We created the event at Concord (now closed) as a way to experiment with the reading format and fully utilize both the domestic and gallery space. It became an ongoing series that challenged both the writers and the audience. We encourage our writers to concoct new ways to engage with an audience, utilizing performance, participation, and installation. The event also gives each audience member agency to seek out their own experience. Now, after two years, four large-scale events and several more intimate happenings, we have a solid following and tight knit group of writers both firmly established and emerging, and we are always looking for new contributors. With Concord now shuttered we are seeking to advance this series and concept. We will be organizing several events over the course of six months and we would like to have the inaugural event at Human Resources. Nearly 40 writers have been invited to participate and we expect between 15-20 writers for the first event.

In simplest terms when the event begins writers and their work will be throughout the space. When the audience arrives they are free to explore. Most commonly they will witness a performance, participate in some way, or be taken into a private experience on their own or in a small group. Of course things are always changing as we continue to refine this event. Here we speak a lot about what we have done and that is because the content we are receiving from our writers will shape the event.