A creative writing workshop led by Panda Wong
The workshop ‘down the Wikipedia rabbit hole’ is an exploration of the internet site Wikipedia as landscape and our clicking, browsing, surfing as ‘desire lines’ of their own.
Since 2001, people have been using Wikipedia to learn everything from obscure movie facts to pig breeds. The Instagram Depths of Wikipedia is a testament to the vastness of specific, obscure information available on Wikipedia.
In this workshop, we will use found poetry, Wikipedia-inspired formatting and associative writing to examine our clickholes and where they can take us. We will also interrogate Wikipedia as a source of information and poetic material. Since inception, it has claimed a ‘neutral point-of-view’. We will question this through the erasure of cut-up poetry, poetically engaging in the long tradition of editing Wikipedia articles. The workshop will embrace the collective spirit of Wikipedia, working together to map out poems of obsession, exploration and curiosity.
The Darebin Intercultural Centre is fully wheelchair accessible, has all gender bathrooms, a prayer room and a low sensory space.
If you would like to come along and require Auslan Interpretation please send us an email at writingprojects@darebin.vic.gov.au.
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Panda Wong is a poet living on unceded Wurundjeri land. Working across sound, performance and the digital, her practice circles around the void. In 2022, her first chapbook angel wings dumpster fire(2022) was published by Puncher & Wattmann. This was followed shortly by her debut poetry EPsalmon cannon me into the abyss. She also co-editedBest of Australian Poems 2023.
Intercultural Centre, 350 High Street, Preston, 3072, View Map
350 High Street , Preston 3072
Free to attend but bookings required