The Park Bench Reader is an ongoing performance series by the artist Bram Thomas Arnold. Regular Sunday afternoons find Bram reading a classic work of English Literature to passing members of the public. In 1840 Joseph Strutt opened England's first public park, the decade went on to give voice to a whole generation of England's finest authors. The Park Bench Reader seeks to draw these two seemingly unassociated events together again and question the pace of life in a society ever racing forward.

Thursday, 10 April 2008

The Park Bench Reader. Volume 3. Sunday 24th February. 2pm.

Read: Thomas Hardy's 'The Woodlanders"

Start: "The rambler who, for old association's sake, should trace the forsaken coach-road running almost in a meridional line from Bristol to the south shore of England, would find himself during the latter half of his journey in the vicinity of some extensive woodlands, interspersed with apple-orchards."

End: "She observed them for a few seconds as they set about harnessing the horses, and then went indoors."

Notes. Sunshine and tourists by the castle, 1 friendly cat, a lonely pleasant air, ginger nuts.
Posted by bram thomas arnold at 08:58

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