MY HEART, MY HEART: LIVE POETRY JUKEBOX
AN INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE INSTALLATION COMBINING POETRY, VISUAL ART AND PERFORMANCE
“Mesmerizing, beautifully tranquil and incredibly powerful.”
Audience DARE Festival
Audience DARE Festival
Co-created by
Adie Mueller (Artistic Lead and Performance)
Trui Malten (Design and Stage Management)
Created with support from Upstart, Arts Council England, Apples & Snakes, The Place Bedford and Essex Book Festival.
My Heart, My Heart: Live Poetry Jukebox is an interactive installation that presents an exciting, novel concept of engaging audiences with poetry through visual art and performance. It works like a music jukebox, only with poetry!
The poems are represented by miniature artworks in glass jars that are displayed on illuminated shelves. Audiences are invited to look at the jars, choose one they feel particularly drawn to and listen to 'their' poem.
The installation is usually set up in our beautiful sky-and-cloud tent, but can also be adapted to small, intimate indoor spaces, such as lifts, beach huts, broom cupboards, or any other small spaces or hidden corners.
My Heart, My Heart: Live Poetry Jukebox offers moments of beauty, calm, contemplation, respite, reflection and reassurance and has received enthusiastic feedback from press and audience.
For further information, please visit the project website: www.livepoetryjukebox.com
Audience feedback
A particularly memorable treat … sparked the imagination in thought-provoking ways” WriteOutLoud
“Unexpected and very beautiful … an experience that will stay with me.” Audience Cambridge Junction “What a profound effect 3 mins of poetry can have on your day.” Audience Ledbury Poetry Festival “Stunning artwork - enthralling intimate performance” Audience The Place Theatre, Bedford “A unique event to remember …Thank you for the gift.” Audience Wandsworth Arts Fringe “The world needs more of this” Audience Swindon Spring Festival “Superb - extremely moving” Audience Winchester Hat Fair |
Upcoming and previous Performances
23 October 2022, Hastings Storytelling Festival, 12:00-4:00 pm
4 June 2022, Droitwich Spa Jubilee Celebrations, Droitwich, 11:30am-4:30pm
9-10 April 2022, Atmosphere 2022, Worcester, 10:30-3:30pm
27 March 2022, Ay-Up Market, Nottingham Old Town Square, 12-5pm
3 July 2021, Ledbury Poetry Festival, 10am-12:30pm and 1:30-4pm
31 August 2020, Greenwich & Docklands International Festival, St. Alfeges Park
17-23 August 2020, Yorkshire Festival of Story (online), 10.00-10.30am (free event, requires booking)
28/29 September 2019: Arts by the Sea, 12-2 and 4-6 pm
7/8 September 2019: Lakes Alive, Kendal, 11-6 pm
6 July 2019: Hat Fair, Winchester, 12-5 pm
29 June: Offbeat Festival, Oxford Playhouse, 11-5 pm
15 June 2019: Greenwich Book Festival, 1-6 pm
12 May 2019: Swindon Spring Festival, Lydiard Park, from 10:30am
11 May 2019: Emergency Exit Arts WAF Lounge, Roehampton Library Green, 12-3 pm
4 May 2019: Wandsworth Arts Fringe, Nine Elms Pavillion, 1-3pm and 4-6pm
2 May 2019: Cambridge Junction, 5-8.30 pm
1 May 2019: The Place Theatre, Bedford, 4-8 pm
31 March: Essex Book Festival Festival Finale, The Transition, Chelmsford, 12-3pm
23 March 2019: Essex Book Festival, FirstSite Gallery, Colchester, 12-3pm
3 March 2019: Essex Book Festival, LV18, Harwich Quayside, 12-4pm
3/4 October 2018, Lakeside Theatre, Colchester
25/26 July 2018, From Fen to Fringe, Cambridge Junction
6/7 July 2018, Ledbury Poetry Festival
30 June 2018, Felixstowe Book Festival
15 June 2018, LATE at Kettle's Yard, Polyphonic Poetry Festival, Cambridge
25 April 2018, from 7 pm, Views from the Bridge, Cambridge Junction
25 March 2018, 5.30 pm, Nuclear Option, Essex Book Festival, Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker
29-30 September 2017 DARE Festival, Shoreditch Townhall, London
6 September 2017, Cambridge Junction Season Launch
4 June 2022, Droitwich Spa Jubilee Celebrations, Droitwich, 11:30am-4:30pm
9-10 April 2022, Atmosphere 2022, Worcester, 10:30-3:30pm
27 March 2022, Ay-Up Market, Nottingham Old Town Square, 12-5pm
3 July 2021, Ledbury Poetry Festival, 10am-12:30pm and 1:30-4pm
31 August 2020, Greenwich & Docklands International Festival, St. Alfeges Park
17-23 August 2020, Yorkshire Festival of Story (online), 10.00-10.30am (free event, requires booking)
28/29 September 2019: Arts by the Sea, 12-2 and 4-6 pm
7/8 September 2019: Lakes Alive, Kendal, 11-6 pm
6 July 2019: Hat Fair, Winchester, 12-5 pm
29 June: Offbeat Festival, Oxford Playhouse, 11-5 pm
15 June 2019: Greenwich Book Festival, 1-6 pm
12 May 2019: Swindon Spring Festival, Lydiard Park, from 10:30am
11 May 2019: Emergency Exit Arts WAF Lounge, Roehampton Library Green, 12-3 pm
4 May 2019: Wandsworth Arts Fringe, Nine Elms Pavillion, 1-3pm and 4-6pm
2 May 2019: Cambridge Junction, 5-8.30 pm
1 May 2019: The Place Theatre, Bedford, 4-8 pm
31 March: Essex Book Festival Festival Finale, The Transition, Chelmsford, 12-3pm
23 March 2019: Essex Book Festival, FirstSite Gallery, Colchester, 12-3pm
3 March 2019: Essex Book Festival, LV18, Harwich Quayside, 12-4pm
3/4 October 2018, Lakeside Theatre, Colchester
25/26 July 2018, From Fen to Fringe, Cambridge Junction
6/7 July 2018, Ledbury Poetry Festival
30 June 2018, Felixstowe Book Festival
15 June 2018, LATE at Kettle's Yard, Polyphonic Poetry Festival, Cambridge
25 April 2018, from 7 pm, Views from the Bridge, Cambridge Junction
25 March 2018, 5.30 pm, Nuclear Option, Essex Book Festival, Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker
29-30 September 2017 DARE Festival, Shoreditch Townhall, London
6 September 2017, Cambridge Junction Season Launch