10 Mar Storytime
Came across this on the Beeb earlier. Not too bad if you’re not averse to a lil audio literature. Its called Getting Up and its about a young graffiti writer in Wales who falls down into a cave and comes across some ancient cave paintings. He reckons he could be ‘more famous than Basquiat and greater than Banksy’. I always cringe a little when I see graffiti re-enacted like this, especially while read aloud on Radio 4 but worth a listen all the same. You can listen to this award winning short story by Sian Preece here.
Also on Radio 4 is this episode of Book Club. They interview Douglas Coupland , famed author of Generation X. He talks about the Canadian relationship with the US as well as his first experiences with art. He fell in love with Roy Lichtenstein’s work at an early stage and loved how he turned words into art. Likewise with Jenny Holzer who took whole sentences.