Events
Galvanising Change
Galvanising Change is an experiential audio Installation examining climate change, for one audience member at a time. It uses a wearable sensor to measure their galvanic skin responses whilst they are listening to climate justice stories – which are triggered according to the audience’s emotions. →
What’s Eating Paradox
An Installation presented at Castlefield Gallery as part of ‘Obstructions’. Read more about this group exhibition on the →
(In)visible women at Storytelling and the Body Conference, Verona
Very excited that our Installation – (In)visible women: making more visible the woman in the body through audio-stories has →
Reading at April Poets, Lancaster, April 2018
I hope you will join me for a reading at April Poets, Poetry & Music in Lancaster on →
Zarf 10 – Maya Chowdhry and Nathan Walker
Looking forward to reading at Zarf in Leeds, March 2018. Zarf presents poetry, experimental writing and the like →
Poetry and Climate Change Salon at Ledbury Poetry Festival
Maya Chowdhry’s Fossil explores the impact of human activity on the environment though a post-colonial lens, she will be →
Queer Contact 17: Outspoken
Join myself and 4 amazing writers for a very special showcase of queer spoken word,poetry and literature in the beautiful setting of Manchester Central Library. Hosted by Adam Lowe (Young Enigma). Featuring the talents of Dean Atta, Paula Varjack, Gerry Potter and Maya Chowdhry. →
Peas on Earth
A research and development project investigating the use of augmented reality to produce an immersive live experience. Building on and developing my work created via Divergency, through investigations with technologists, live artists and potential audiences to create a show that capitalises on the best aspects of performance and technology. →
Fossil – poetry book
Fossil explores the impact of human activity on climate change though a post-colonial lens and from the perspective of all life on earth including plants, creatures, elements and inanimate objects. “The poems in Fossil have been waiting millions of years to be born. Maya Chowdhry’s language erupts out of deep time, vital and vivid. This is powerful work.” Robert Minhinnick →
Experimental Words
Biology meets balladry, physics encounters pentameter and chemistry confronts cadence, as leading scientists are paired with some of Manchester’s finest spoken-word artists to compete in a science slam show. →