Friday 15 November
6.30-9pm
A special event to mark the re-publication by leading London independent press Prototype of a facsimile edition of Derek Jarman’s, early, extremely rare and only poetry book A Finger in the Fishes Mouth, originally published in 1972. Heavily illustrated from Jarman’s collection of postcards, the book combines text and visual imagery in a way which foreshadows his subsequent style as an artist and filmmaker. With the majority of the first edition having been destroyed by Jarman, this makes available again a missing, significant piece of his oeuvre. The facsimile retains the book’s original format, with a silver mirror cover, and an image accompanying each poem, printed in a striking green ink. Additional material comes in the form of a Foreword and Afterwords by writer and organiser So Mayer, Jarman's biographer Tony Peake and his late companion Keith Collins.
Joining publisher Jess Chandler and editor Gareth Evans to talk about Jarman's poetry, life, legacy and ever-growing influence will be So Mayer and poet and sexual health therapist Peter Scalpello.