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The Oriental Society, the oldest society in Australia promoting Asian Studies, is hosting a seminar by James Stuart, discussing the creative processes and historical research behind online poem-worldThe Homeless Gods.

Speaker: James Stuart
Presentation Title: The Homeless Gods: exploring ancient Mesopotamia
Date: Monday 17th December 2007
Time: 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Venue: Quadrangle Building Room S421,The University of Sydney (access via entry lobby D).

This will be the last OSA seminar for 2007. All are welcome to this free event.

After the presentation a Christmas dinner party will be held at the Spicy Sichuan restaurant in Glebe. Again all are welcome. For more details on the event, visit the OSA website.

There are two excellent poetry readings coming up in Sydney in the coming weeks.

First, on Friday 26 October we have the long-awaited return of the Loft Readings, featuring “A Triptych of Australian Poetry Talent”, namely Samuel Wagan Watson, Judith Beveridge and Stuart Cook.

Second, on Sunday 28 October we have the Brett Whitely Readings, featuring the lovely (not to mentioned talented) Jane Gibian alongside Petra White from Melbourne.

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In the city of New Eridu, deep in the lands of The Homeless Gods, three more locations are unlocked for you to visit: THE ZIGGURAT, APSU MARSHES and GATES OF ANZU.

The Gates of Anzu are the portal to the fortified city at the heart of New Eridu, carved with the image of the lion-headed eagle Anzu - who once stole the Tablets of Destiny.

Within the fortified city lies The Ziggurat. This towering structure is home to the rulers of the city. But it is only a shadow of its predecessor, the grand ziggurat at Ur.

Meanwhile, on the fringes of the city, in the alien environment of the Apsu Marshes (named after the ancient father of the gods Apsu - He of the sweet, fresh waters beneath the earth), two lovers live out the last days of their relationship.

Visit The Homeless Gods: www.thehomelessgods.net

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Newly opened are the gates of New Eridu, in the lands of The Homeless Gods. Here dwell the fallen gods of Mesopotamia.

This poem-world takes the form of an interactive flash animation map, an interface akin to adventure games such as Baldur’s Gate and Neverwinter Nights.

www.thehomelessgods.net

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THE MATERIAL POEM
an e-anthology of text-based art & inter-media writing

The Material Poem is a new e-anthology, edited by James Stuart and published by non-generic productions. It features the work of some 28 Australian poets, artists and critics, all of whom are engaged with poetry, and more broadly language, as a material form.

This body of work is inter-disciplinary, inter-media and often collaborative, spanning a wide variety of formal contexts – page, screen, canvas, space, book, performance and more. The Material Poem showcases the vibrancy of experimental writing in Australia, demonstrating how writing functions as a practice that is never purely literary.

AVAILABLE AS A FREE DOWNLOAD NOW.
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