Richard James Allen
Richard James Allen (born 1960) is a contemporary Australian poet, dancer and filmmaker. The former Artistic Director of the Poets Union Inc, and founding director of the Australian Poetry Festival, Richard was Co-Artistic Director with Karen Pearlman of That Was Fast (New York City) and Tasdance (Launceston), and now at The Physical TV Company (Sydney).[1]
Richard James Allen recently published his ninth book, The Kamikaze Mind, and received the 2006 University of Technology, Sydney Chancellor's Award for Best Ph.D Thesis. A multi-award-winning film adaptation of his previous book, the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry-nominated Thursday's Fictions, has also been produced. This surreal dance fantasy also has a Second Life presence, Thursday's Fictions in Second Life.
[edit] Books
- Allen, Richard James (c2006). The kamikaze mind. Blackheath, N.S.W., Australia: Brandl & Schlesinger. pp. 157 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. ISBN 1876040718.
- Allen, Richard James (c1999). Thursday’s fictions. Wollongong, N.S.W., Australia: Five Islands Press. pp. v, 120 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN 0864185960.
- Allen, Richard James; Karen Pearlman (c1999). Performing the Unnameable: An Anthology of Australian Performance Texts. Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Currency Press in association with RealTime. pp. xv, 203 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.. ISBN 0868194204 : 0868194204 0868194204 (Pbk).
- Allen, Richard James; Karen Pearlman (c1996). New Life on the 2nd Floor. Launceston, TAS, Australia: Tasdance. pp. 76 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.. ISBN 0958679509.
- Allen, Richard James (c1995). The air dolphin brigade. Brooklyn, N.S.W., Australia, and Launceston, TAS, Australia: Paper Bark Press in association with Tasdance. pp. 88 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm. ISBN 0646266780.
- Allen, Richard James (c1995). What to name your baby. Brooklyn, N.S.W., Australia, and Launceston, TAS, Australia.: Paper Bark Press in association with Tasdance. pp. 40 p. : ports. ; 21 cm. ISBN 0646237470.
- Allen, Richard James (c1993). Hope for a man named Jimmie ; &, Grand illusion Joe. Wollongong, N.S.W., Australia: Five Islands Press Associates. pp. 90 p. ; 21 cm. ISBN 1875604073.
- Allen, Richard James (c1989). To the ocean ; &, Scheherazade. Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Hale & Iremonger. pp. 160 p. ; 20 cm. ISBN 0868063967.
- Allen, Richard James (c1986). The way out at last & other poems. Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Hale & Iremonger. pp. 111 p. ; 23 cm. ISBN 0868062499 (pbk.), ISBN 0868062480 (hbk.).
[edit] External links
Creative Websites:
- The Physical TV Company
- The Physical TV Channel on YouTube
- The Kamikaze Mind
- Performing The Unnameable: An Anthology of Australian Performance Texts
- Out Of The Labyrinth Of The Mind: Manifesting A Spiritual Art Beyond Dualism (Abstract for Doctorate of Creative Arts)
Interviews:
- SPIKE Magazine interview on dance for film and virtual worlds (6 April 2011)
- RealTime interview on mixed reality dance film (Issue #99, October-November 2010)
- ABC Radio National interview on writing for Second Life (The Book Show, 10 October 2007)
- RealTime interview on dance film (Issue #80, August-September 2007)
- RealTime interview on dance and poetry (Issue #10, December-January 1995)
Archives:
- Richard James Allen at the Australian Poetry Library
- Richard James Allen at Australia Dancing, National Library of Australia
- Richard James Allen at the National Film and Sound Archive
- Richard James Allen at the Manuscripts Collection, the State Library of New South Wales
- Richard James Allen at AustLit
- The Physical TV Company Website selected for preservation by Pandora, Australia's Web Archive, at the National Library of Australia
