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Category
Arts Award

Writer / performer / outsider artist refusing categories, instead working across art-forms including performance / installation / theatre / spoken word / visual poetry / sound / film to challenge the ownership of languages. Work frequently creatively challenges psychiatric narratives - a privileged form of storytelling - informed by Sean's own long-term mental illness, which has seen him hospitalised many times, first as a teenager. e.g. Skrev Press (www.skrevpress.com) are just launching 'Wings are giving out' (isbn 978-1-904646-56-3) - his third full-length collection of poetry which includes 'Tattooing Lorca' - first toured as a multimedia disability arts performance (with sound and visuals) 2005/6)

Web/Myspace link
http://www.gobscure.info

Description

Image shows Sean performing Stealing Brecht to camera, he stands against a white background holding a wilting flower. His expression somewhat downcast.