Work reviewed
Readings/Performances/Exhibitions
‘Living in Division and Shifting Sands’ a review of Sand Writings and related works appeared in Angel Exhaust 11 by Andrew Duncan, 1994.
The poem; The Guardians of Urine, from the pamphlet; Love Letters to the Dead quoted and briefly discussed in The Failure of Conservatism in Modern British Poetry by Andrew Duncan (Salt, 2003).
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Mentioned in Centre and Periphery in Modern British Poetry by Andrew Duncan (Liverpool University Press, 2005)
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'Interior Spaces' by Clark Allison. Review of Remains to Be Seen published on Stride Magazine blog, 2018. http://stridemagazine.blogspot.com/2018/04/interior-spaces.html
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Review of Remains to Be Seen by Ian Brinton published on Tears in the Fence blog, 2018 https://tearsinthefence.com/tag/david-rushmer/
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Review of Remains to Be Seen Alan Baker published on Litter Magazine, 2018. http://www.leafepress.com/litter11/baker/baker.html​
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Remains to Be Seen selected by editor of SPAM zine (Denise Bonetti) as one of their highlight poetry publications of 2018.
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'David Rushmer's theatre of poetry' - General review of my writing covering Remains to Be Seen and The Empty Centre by Yogesh Patel published on Ars Notoria, February 2022 https://arsnotoria.com/2022/02/11/david-rushmers-theatre-of-poetry-yogesh-patel/?fbclid=IwAR3wpWJIbBDyrYOEHnX8LCOSErXLkEDN5quKuzDgLeMszOMXpcJcj8pAQas
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1990 ‘Insects Magazine: Readings’ (with Gilbert Adair, Paul Buck, Allen Fisher)
St. Thomas’s Operating Theatre Museum, London
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1990 ‘Reading’ (with Robert Overson)
Sub-Voicive, The Three Cups, London
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1991 Works exhibited in ‘Visual and Concrete Poetry’ Exhibition (some works performed live by Koncrete Canticle (Paula Clare, Bob Cobbing, Bill Griffiths)
The Poetry Library, Royal Festival Hall, London
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1991 ‘Absence: A Performance of Text’ solo butoh performance for tape, slides and body movement.
Sub-Voicive, London (also reading was John Cussans)
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1994 ‘DistURBANce’ physical theatre and multi-media performance with 3 other artists (including Sigrun Gudbrandsdottir & Anne Sorenson) and live band (Chemical Plant), London (2 performances)
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1997 ‘Annual Exhibition’ (Photography)
Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London
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1997 ‘International Print Festival’ (Photography)
Prefectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan
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1999 ‘Silverprints, Kallitypes and Cyanotypes’ (Photography)
Heffers Art & Architecture Bookshop, Cambridge
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1999 ‘Open Millennium Exhibition’ (Painting)
Kettle’s Yard Gallery, Cambridge
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2005 ‘Cambridge Series Poetry Readings’ (with Rosmarie Waldrop, Keith Waldrop)
Drama Studio, Faculty of English, Cambridge
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2008 ‘Oystercatcher Book Launch’ (with Peter Hughes, Peter Riley)
Drama Studio, Faculty of English, Cambridge
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2011 ‘Reading’ (with Jane Monson, Sarah Howe, Peter Gizzi)
Drama Studio, Faculty of English, Cambridge
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2012 'Lost For Words' butoh performance with ink, glass, and noise, in solidarity for Pussy Riot.
Drama Studio, Faculty of English, Cambridge
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2015 ‘Xu Zhimo Poetry Festival Reading’
King’s College, Cambridge
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2018 Magdalene Fleapit reading (with Peter Hughes)
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2018 Shearsman Booklaunch, for Remains to Be Seen, Swedenborg House, London (with John James)
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2024 Magdalene Poetry Society, reading from Remains to Be Seen, What Space Between Us, and Object Disappearing.
Benson Hall, Magdalene College, Cambridge