Artist in Residence – Pi O
Australian Poet and Artist in Residence at the FCA, "Pi O" will be at the University of Wollongong from the 13th - 24th September.
Considered the first poet to utilise the ocker and migrant dialect he was exposed to in suburban Melbourne, "Pi O" began his poetry career in the 70's, writing about inner city life, poetry set in the workplace, political issues and visual and performance poetry.
As part of his residency at the University he will be discussing Australian poetry to students and staff and will be performing at the Wollongong City Gallery on Thursday the 23rd September at 7:30 pm, with established sound artist Warren Burt who will apply 'voice modification' techniques to his poetry.
Pi O continues to write 'Visual' poetry and is excited by a recent collaboration established with other visual poets in Italy, who are keen to publish a booklet of his Number Poems. (Number poetry involves replacing words and letters with numbers) View some of his work...
And of his name? Pi O represents his true initials, a symbol of his balance, his love of mathematics, it is anonymous and it represents his function as a poet (the manipulation of words and letters). He has used Pi O as his name since the 70's and will continue to do so as long as he writes poetry.
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