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Video of Anna Chen reading her poem on Big Society and a conversation in the Foundling Museum

Poem on the wealth gap plus a Shakespeare twist

POETRY VIDEOS: “Big Society – On a conversation in the Foundling Museum.” Poem written by Anna Chen in 2011 under austerity & the huge transfer of wealth from poor to rich. “What work of depravity is a man who amasses more than he can spend in a lifespan?”
“2B Or Not 2B,” borrowing from Shakespeare to make a point about existence and representation.

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Anna Chen’s searing poem about the cuts: Big Society

A little bit of politics, laydees an’ gennelmen with “Big Society: on a conversation at the Foundling Museum”. Recorded at Café Art during the St Ives Arts Festival September 2011. Written in June 2011. St Ives Festival 2011: Intro and Kicking A Dinosaur videoSt Ives Festival 2011 pix: Artists & Tate BalloonsSt Ives Festival 2011

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