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POETRY PERFORMANCES (2022-24) SIZZLE REEL

‘Lee Campbell’s creative practice can be said to be truly international with shows across Europe and the USA. His work fuses several different disciplines with a mix of spoken word poetry, video, and sketch books which culminate in a creatively unique synthesis. He uses this backdrop to explore issues of identity and what it means to be an LGBT person across the span of his lifetime, with perspectives of then (in the moment of the past) and now (looking back) in an elegant and subtle mix. His multimedia work, merging stories of experience and discovery of identity, and also his fluctuating relationship with his dog, Rufus, with beautiful collections of drawings presented as scrapbook like sketch books, gave as always a unique and engaging experience as much performance of body and drawing as of words. The work's presentation made subjects such as sexuality and sexual practices accessible, in a witty, warm way.'

words of Lawrence Blackman, March 2023

A selection of performances (approx. 25 mins total runtime) between 2022-24 showcasing my use of props (picture books and cassette tape recording, video backdrop projection etc.) both in person and online.

POETRY PERFORMANCES FEATURED;

TACKLE' performed atTHE ROOM, Hoxton Hall, London

'JUICY LUCY’, MY GREAT GREAT AUNTY ROSE’ and RUFUS' performed at
RHYMES AND STITCHES London

'HIMBO’, ‘SLANG BANG’ and ‘STD' performed at RHYMES AND STITCHES
London

'SPOKESFIST’ performed at THE ROOM, Hoxton Hall, London

'THE TALE OF BENNY HARRIS' performed at BOLD, Above the Stag Theatre, London

'CAMP' performed at SURVIVORS' POETRY Online

  • Lee Campbell
    Director
  • Runtime:
    24 minutes 39 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 29, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Lee Campbell

Dr Lee Campbell is an artist and Senior Lecturer at University of the Arts London. He has performed extensively across the world since 2000 including solo performances for the National Poetry Library, Brighton Fringe, Whitstable Biennale and Prague Biennale. He will be headlining Rhymes and Stitches in January 2025. His first chapbook ‘Slang Bang’ will be published by Back Room Poetry in November 2024 and debut poetry collection ’See Me: An (Almost) Autobiography’ is forthcoming with London Poetry Books. Other Publications of his poetry include The Atticus Review, Ink, Sweat and Tears, Otherwise, You Are Here - The Journal of Creative Geography, Queerlings, New Note Poetry, Streetcake. The New Normal and Step Away Magazine. His chapbook ‘Queering the Landscape’ has been shortlisted for the 2024 Broken Spine Chapbook Poetry Competition. His experimental performance poetry films have been selected for many international film festivals since 2019. 
 

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