James Wilkes is interested in how ideas and practices from sound art, translation, and the life sciences inflect the writing of poetry, short fiction, and performance scores. He collaborates across disciplines and art forms and has held residencies at UCL’s Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, the Wellcome Collection, and the Medical Museion. His most recent publication is Mille Regretz: Chansons After Josquin des Prez (Pamenar Press, 2022).
Poetry
Winter 2023
The Night, like the Bridge, Another Kind of Arc for Her to Cross
Beside a firelight described by moonlight, a line quivers to complete the whole. The figures reaching, night-workers sifting glowing particles from smoke—as the line descending into black water loses its […]