This is a poem.
Poetry, made live.
Verseworks is a multilingual poetry studio creating participatory experiences, performances, installations and commissions for festivals, cultural institutions, public spaces, hospitality and brands.
Work with usa memory, offered
a poet, listening
Poetry, happening here
Verseworks creates situations in which people encounter poetry by making it, speaking it, hearing it or becoming part of it.
A poem might begin with a conversation between two people.
It might emerge collectively across a festival.
It might be performed, projected onto a building,
written across a wall,
whispered into headphones or carried home in someone's pocket.
We turn audiences from spectators into participants.
a room, leaning in
What we create
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fig. 01 — a poem, performed Live Experiences
Performances, poetic interventions and live encounters that bring poetry directly into a gathering — from individual exchanges to experiences unfolding across an entire event.
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fig. 02 — a collective draft Participatory Programmes
Workshops, public programmes and community projects that invite people to write, speak, listen and create together.
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fig. 03 — verses, in public Creative Commissions
Poetry as installation, intervention and public artwork. We develop original concepts in response to architecture, place, audiences and ideas — from projected and printed text to multilingual works, performances and participatory installations.
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a line, passed hand to hand
Give us a room. We'll find the poem in it.
Verseworks can appear almost anywhere: a museum, festival, hotel, dinner, public square, launch, performance or city wall.
- Museum.
- Festival.
- Hotel.
- Dinner.
- Public square.
- Launch.
- Performance.
- City wall.
Each experience is developed for the people and place it belongs to.
For gatherings of every kind
Festivals and cultural institutions
Live poetry, performances, workshops and public programmes that invite audiences into the work.
Hotels and hospitality
Intimate cultural experiences for guests, dinners, seasonal programming, retreats and significant occasions.
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Participatory poetry experiences for launches, campaigns, retail environments and client events — designed around the audience, place and idea rather than a fixed activation format.
See what we create →Public spaces and communities
Collaborative poems, installations and participatory projects that make space for many voices.
a language, arriving
Made in many languages
This is a poem.
Language shapes how we remember, express ourselves and connect with one another. Verseworks works with multilingual poets and collaborators to create experiences that reflect the language and cultural context of each audience.
One event may unfold in one language or many. The poem still begins in the same place: with someone listening.
a poem, kept
A poem belongs here
Every project begins with its setting. We do not place the same format into every room. We consider who will be there, how they will encounter the work and what form the poetry should take.
From one poet at an intimate gathering to a multilingual programme across an entire festival, Verseworks can shape the concept, select the artists and support the experience from beginning to end.
a memory, offereda poet, listeninga room, leaning ina line, passed hand to handa language, arrivinga poem, kept
What are you gathering people for?
Tell us what you are planning. We will help find the poem inside it.
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