4th March 2008
The national launch of the new publication The Twilight Readings by Simon Armitage, one of Britain's foremost contemporary poets will take place at yorkshire sculpture park. The event will feature Simon Armitage and the highly regarded British actor, Christopher Eccleston reading from the new work, which was inspired by Yorkshire Sculpture Park and written to mark its 30th anniversary.
As Yorkshire Sculpture Park's visiting artist in 2007, Armitage wrote a series of poems which he performed at twilight in various locations across YSP during its 30th anniversary week. Each extraordinary reading was tailored to the particular atmosphere of the location, which included galleries, buildings in the landscape and artworks by Andy Goldsworthy and James Turrell. Photographer Jonty Wilde documented these special events, and the publication features images set alongside poetry to capture this remarkable project.
Christopher Eccleston's performance to an invited audience at Yorkshire Sculpture Park will celebrate the launch of the new work as well as the year long collaboration between Armitage and the Park. In addition to acclaimed performances for stage and television, Eccleston has had a highly successful film career, appearing in Gone in 60 seconds, The Others, 24 Hour Party People and 28 Days Later. He has recently starred in the hit series Heroes and has twice been nominated in the Best Actor category at the British Academy Television Awards, the UK's premier TV awards...
