In association with the Throw Radio Podcast "Throw Collective" is a network of performance poets, beat boxers, rappers, vocalists, musicians and storytellers. It aims to establish a platform for collaboration and encourage the support of diversity in the performing arts by throwing a monthly poetry slam, holding bi-monthly organic improve jam sessions as well as provide member run writing and performance workshops to the community.

We are seeking...

Performance Poets

(and/or poets who give attention to how their work transfersfrom the page to the stage)

-To be members at large.
-To help organize monthly poetry slams.
-To participate in bi-monthly jam sessions.
-To share skills by running workshops inside and outside of the collective.

Performance Artists

Musicians, Rappers, Beatboxers, Vocalists and Storytellers:

-To bring diversity to the collective.
-To organize and lead bi-monthly jam sessions.
-To share knowledge and experience.

Graphic Artists, Web Designers and Video Artists

-To help with poster, flyer and web design.-To help collaborate on projects and events.

Volunteers

-Members at large.
-Resident Score Keepers, Time Keepers, Door Watchers, Extra Hands.

a bit of the manifesto...

"Throw: It thru your Speakers" Poet Collective acknowledges the creative play space existing between the audience and the performer/s as a place of dialogue, witnessing and possibility. When piece of work--be it a lyric, a line from a poem or a bass line is traveling to it's recipient--(the reciever on the other end of the speakers) it has left the artist but has not yet arrived into the minds of the audience. The transfer is not complete and the action is still wedged between the notions of fiction and reality. Throw Collective is interested in exploring what happens in this liminal space. All projects, events and performances are related to this exploration in some way--be it at a poetry slam where audience members actually become performers or at an improv jam where the artists are reliant on their ears in oder to respond and make an attempt to harmonize. Come out to one of our monthly slams and participate in the blurring of the play space once the scores have been tallied and the room is a collection of molecules observing, witnessing and reflecting. To throw yourself thru the speakers is to be exactly between where you've come from and where your going.

To get involved please send a one page introduction and sample of your work to throwradio@yahoo.com

The next collective meeting is on October 19^th 2007.

SLAM for Solidarity...

Lip Zine and Throw Collective
present

SLAM
for
Solidarity

In support of ABANTU-ROWA
Ghanian Women's Rights Organization

Friday October 26th 2007
Apathy is Boring,10 des Pins: suite 412
Poet Signup 9pm. Slam starts 9:30.


Featuring a live organic improv jam with poetry, vocals, music and dance.

Open call for Slam Poets.

Throw Collective seeks volunteers to help the show push kick go
Just email: throwradio@yahoo.com to get involved.

www.naccarato.org/lip