Dymo Embossed Label Tape Poem by Rick Holland - Brian Eno Speaker Flowers Sound Installation at Marlborough House

Rick Holland is an English poet and independent artist. He was born in

Aldershot Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alders ...

in 1978.

Published work

His first book 'Story the Flowers' was made at Calvert's Co-Operative Press in

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in 2010. The work is constructed within the tradition of

psychogeography Psychogeography is the exploration of urban environments that emphasizes interpersonal connections to places and arbitrary routes. It was developed by members of the Letterist International and Situationist International, which were revolutiona ...

and of the city wanderer or flaneur and has been re-imagined and cited as influence for other artists, most recently

East India Youth William Doyle (born 29 January 1991), formerly known by his stage name East India Youth, is an English musician originally from Bournemouth, England. Doyle released his first solo album, ''Born in the USB'', in 2009, and was the leader of the ...

in the naming of his album, ' Culture of Volume', taken from the poem 'Monument'. Often collaborating with artists in other fields, his most notable collaborative pieces have been with

Brian Eno Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (; born Brian Peter George Eno, 15 May 1948) is a British musician, composer, record producer and visual artist best known for his contributions to ambient music and work in rock, pop an ...

and released on

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. He co-wrote the 2011 album ''

Drums Between the Bells ''Drums Between the Bells'' is a collaboration album by Brian Eno and poet Rick Holland. It was released on 4 July 2011 on Warp Records in CD, double CD 'hardback', double vinyl and download editions. "Glitch" was released in advance of the album ...

'' and the album's sister EP ''Panic of Looking''. Significant writing credits also include the Brian Eno/

Karl Hyde Karl Hyde (born 10 May 1957) is an English musician and artist. He is a founding member of British electronic group Underworld. Hyde has also released a solo album, made albums with Brian Eno and Matthew Herbert, and contributed towards the sco ...

album '' High Life'' released in June 2014. He has also co-created work for theatre and dance, installations with Brian Eno and visual artist

Anya Gallaccio Anya Gallaccio (born 1963) is a British artist, who creates site-specific, minimalist installations and often works with organic matter (including chocolate, sugar, flowers and ice). Her use of organic materials results in natural processes ...

. The works with Eno led to the coining of the term 'poetronica' in the press, a term suggesting that evolving digital literacy continues to change conventional literary narrative and recent work with Robert Thomas (former Chief Creative Officer for

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) seeks to further explore new and non-linear formats for writing and reading poems. An exclusive piece, "I Remember" is included in

Jon Hopkins Jonathan Julian Hopkins (born 15 August 1979) is an English musician and producer who writes and performs electronic music. He began his career playing keyboards for Imogen Heap, and has produced but also contributed to albums by Brian Eno, Co ...

' 2015 compilation ''

Late Night Tales ''Late Night Tales'' and its predecessor ''Another Late Night'' are the names of two related series of artist-curated compilation albums released by Azuli Records in the UK until 2009 when the independent record label Night Time Stories took o ...

''.

Cricket

In addition to being a poet, Holland is a professional cricket coach who was awarded the Mike Brook Performance Coach of the Year Award in 2017. He was in the Academy at

Sussex County Cricket Club Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Sussex. Its limited overs team is called the Sussex Sharks. The c ...

to senior level, just falling short of playing for the county itself. He also captained England Schools' South of England Under-15s team. Since 2020 Holland has played for Keighley Cricket Club in the

Bradford Premier League The Bradford Premier League (currently known as the Gordon Rigg Bradford Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is an amateur cricket competition centred in Bradford, West Yorkshire. It has been described as "arguably England's strongest ama ...

References

1978 births 20th-century English poets Artists from Aldershot Living people 21st-century English poets 21st-century English male writers 20th-century English male writers English cricketers of the 21st century Writers from Aldershot {{UK-poet-stub