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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

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