Drop the Mask Poetry and Spoken Word Gallery

India Holme

Jagjeet Jutley-Neilson

Marie Neville

Iona Cameron

Ella

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Drop the Mic

Some of the participants from our very first workshop recorded their spoken word pieces which were then curated into this short video by our freelance creatives, John Bernard and Adom Agyapong.

Drop the Mask: Drop the Mic: Together.

Working with the wonderful and very talented (and patient!) John Bernard, Coventry Poet Laureate, we have began to create a bank of poetry and spoken word, reflections and insights, raw and honest, real and lived.

We are not all claiming to be poets, we are not all claiming to have talent! :-) We are trying to communicate what our experiences are and how the creative process helps us to make sense of our experiences and to communicate them.
We are not only giving ourselves voice, another voice, a different voice, a bigger voice, a paint based voice, a video voice, a poetic voice - perhaps for some that contribute - an anonymous voice... we giving ourselves a collective voice.

Be it a photo or a poem, a stream of consciousness or a collage, a wild, bright painting, or detailed, intricate sketch or doodle. We want to share your voice.

We can take action, to create, exchange, collate, accelerate and amplify local knowledge about neurodivergence and the changes that need to happen to increase the wellbeing of neurodivergent people.

Through this we can try to create change. And we can base that change, those changes, a collection of changes of various shapes and sizes... on research and lived experience - undertaken with neurodivergent and neurotypical people and for the benefit of both neurodivergent and neurotypical people.

#nothingaboutuswithoutus #dropthemask #dropthemic

How to join in:

Please drop an MP3, MP4 or jpeg photo file or PDF document into inbox with CoventryCollaboraction - on coventrycollaboraction@warwick.ac.uk.

x1-3 images of one piece of artwork (like images of a canvas or sculpture etc.)
x1-3 images - photographs - of things, places etc., as per our photography brief.
a short (no more than 2-minute) video or audio piece - of your spoken word - or an MS Word or PDF document that shares your spoken word piece.
OPTIONAL for all contributors - a short (200 word) written piece - by itself, or to accompany your submission.

Submissions - consent and copyright

We will NOT accept:

Any explicit or inappropriate poems or spoken word pieces, videos or audio.
Any image, video or audio or written text that could arguably be deemed offensive - and/or - inappropriate for young viewers.
The same rules apply to the titles of images/collections and the text that is included.
Any submission where we DO NOT have the consent forms completed.
We cannot accept or share any images, video or text, without your express consent. For those aged 17 and under, we need parental/guardian consent also. Only those aged 18+ can make a submission, for instance a parent would submit their child's contribution.
Any image or text, audio or video that references or makes clear another person - who has not consented to be in the image. This consent - the consent of other humans or their property in images. E.g., if the place is a shop or a 'place' you feel you can unmask - is with your friend - for instance
It is the responsibility of the contributor to ensure they have permission and the rights to share the image. If we receive notification of an image featuring another person or place, where consent wasn't given to the photographer - then we will remove the image until that consent is in place.