Christopher Brown

Born in 1988 in Brighton, artist, film-maker and poet, lives in Hove, East Sussex. His work examines the nonlinear nature of time, aesthetic beauty, psychology, ontology and memory. Often avant-garde and experimental in its approach but unlimited in its expression. Brown covers video, film, photography, poetry, performance and installation. In 2018, Brown was invited to the MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, to showcase his work. ‘Body’ was nominated for an art prize in Cologne and licensed to the MACRO Museum. Founder of Browzan Ltd, a London based production company – a close collaborator with Saatchi & Saatchi et al. He often works under the moniker: Browzan. To hear him reading from Quest for Ions click here. To buy a copy of at a reduced price click here. 

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The Review

from “Preface by Christopher Brown“.

Thus from the very beginning he sets out how we must see this collection. Ten years in the making the book explores what it means to be an artist. Often, he enjoys yoking together opposites in a phrase

“The peace that never/Stays./Conflicted, in harmony/My bones are kind.” from Hometown Visitation.

“But let us preserve the unknown,/The fabric of a complex anomaly” from “The Spirit“

He extols ancestry: “Even if a strong wind hits you, though it may throw/you down, break you, if you have strong roots/- and your family roots are the strongest -/perhaps there is no wind that can take you/away from where you are.” From “Radici”

A highly recommended read.

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-Morag Smith

is a Cornish poet, painter, writer, and performer. She graduated in 2020 with a first in Creative Writing from Falmouth University, winning a prize for her dissertation. In 2018 she won the Cornwall Contemporary Poetry Festival, Shorelines competition. Her pamphlet, Spoil, was published by Broken Sleep Books in October 2021. Her poetry is published in various literary journals including International Times, as well as the eco-anthology, Warming! As a New Traveller she brought her children up close to nature, in trucks, caravans, and houses. She writes about her experiences, about our ravaged landscape, and bears witness to the poverty of British people. At the moment she is publishing a book of poetry about plastic pollution in our oceans, a collaboration with artist Jasmine Davies, and the Clean Ocean Sailing charity.

The Interview

Q.7: Once they have read the book what do you hope the reader will leave with?

There is so much misunderstanding and derogatory media rhetoric concerning New Travellers, an almost entirely negatively biased reportage. In my experience this is unfounded and New Travellers are for the most part environmentally minded, anti-capitalist, humanitarians. By bringing the reader into my world for a while, I hope to demystify the culture, building bridges that enable house dwellers to approach with a more open mind. That the reader might understand better the practical, ecological choices that are made because one lives close to the earth, identifying with the pain she suffers as a result of human abuse and complacency. In Spoil I empathise with the post-mining landscape and the damaged earth, I want the reader to leave feeling that relationship within their own body. I want them to feel more open hearted and responsible towards Travellers and the planet.

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