Conversations : A Feast of Poetry & Music

This inaugural Conversations (a Feast of Poetry & Music) event will feature some artists from the 2026 Interplay cohort who are spoken word poets and writers. Each artist will be given a 15-minute performance slot to share their poetry live during which another artist will respond to their words with instrumental music underscoring the spoken word. It is a conversation between poets and musicians occurring in real time. It will give our artists another platform to explore and extend their creative practice and self-expression, particularly through mindful improvisation. The audience gets to witness something rare and beautiful – an original organic conversation never to be replicated.