I got to borrow my friend Sukey Parnell’s wonderful little pop-up studio on Friday. It’s a fold-up black velvet backdrop and a collapsible tubular metal frame. Filming in the north-facing bay window on my Panasonic Lumix TZ20 produced some interesting footage. Here, for your delectation, are some of the results from my playday. I Am […]
My new poetry videos: the Pop-Up collection Read More »
From the ridiculous to the sublime. Perspective, what one of the speakers calls “The Overview Effect”. We all need one of these. A beautiful video about the depth, height and breadth of the soul. Madam Miaow says … visit Anna Chen’s website here: Home Anna’s food blog here: http://annacheneats.blogspot.com/
Beauty and philosophy in the space travel experience Read More »
Once again, the SWP’s annual Marxism summer school descends upon ULU and its immediate environs. At previous such events during the late 1990s, I was cast as trolley-dolly-in-chief, looking after guest speakers. If only I’d realised I was being used as window dressing, I’d have declined the role toot sweet. Marxism 2013 (starting this Friday)
SWP Marxism 2013: the happiest place on Earth Read More »
PHOTO TO COME This is for my friend Louise who loves this tangy salad with its taste explosion of garlic, chilli, the sourness of the limes, and umami of the sesame, but has forgotten the recipe. She’s a vegetarian and the last time I made it for her I forgot to leave out the fish
Brilliant Thai salad dressing to zing your tastebuds Read More »
Anna Chen – Monday, 8 July 2013 My latest City Scope column for the South China Morning Post: Mayfair exhibition hits a high note Nestled in deepest Mayfair, where the recession has never struck, is the unlikeliest of venues for the most surprising of exhibitions. Ensconced on Berkeley Square – where, according to the song,
Extraordinary opium exhibition deserves a visit: my South China Morning Post column Read More »
Look what that nice Mr Palast wrote about Reaching for my Gnu in Vice Magazine. “Anna Chen’s poetry wears wet leathers, red lipstick, stilettos – and is heavily armed. Her slim volume, Reaching for My Gnu, is filled with what I’d call ‘strap-on poems’. They look like an evening’s easy pleasure but are far more
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