Projects

I was a dark star always

A tribute in film to the life of Wilfred Owen by Philip Hoare, directed by Adam Low, with readings by Ben Whishaw.

Into the dark water: Philip Hoare on the life and death of Wilfred Owen – The Guardian

 

Moby-Dick Big Read

http://www.mobydickbigread.com/

The entirety of Herman Melville’s book read by international voices, with images by contemporary artists.

Contributors include Tilda Swinton, John Waters, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Fry, Marina Warner, Fiona Shaw, Will Self, Mary Oliver, Musa Okwonga, Witi Inimaera, Susan Hiller, Mark Wallinger, and Dorothy Cross.
New Audio Project Offers Four Months of ‘Moby-Dick’ – New York Times

 

Ancient Mariner Big Read

http://www.ancientmarinerbigread.com/

Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s epic poem read by international voices, with images by contemporary artists.

Contributors include Jeremy Irons, Jeanette Winterson, Willem Dafoe, Lemn Sissay, Iggy Pop, Ali Smith, Marianne Faithfull, Neil Tennant, Alan Bennett, George Shaw, Marina Abramovićc, Linder, Glenn Brown, and Fiona Banner.
Moby-Dick Big Read + Ancient Mariner Big Read: curated by Philip Hoare, Angela Cockayne and Sarah Chapman for The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth + John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton

All alone online: Iggy Pop and Jeremy Irons lead mass Ancient Mariner reading – The Guardian

The Epic Poem You Need for Quarantine – New Yorker

The 1798 Poem That Was Made for 2020 – The Atlantic

 

John Waters

On Philip Hoare’s “The Sea Inside”: