Chinese Nature Poetry in Deborah Warner’s Arcadia

2021-07-07 ☼ blog

Arcadia, Deborah Warner’s visual art installation at the Manchester International Festival, gave audiences a chance to experience a field of luminous tents housing a murmuring soundscape of poetry inspired by the natural world”. I was asked to contribute a selection of Chinese nature poetry (both originals and translations), and I came up with the following list: