Caroline Bergvall

CAROLINE BERGVALL is a French-Norwegian poet, critic, and performance artist based in London, England. Her most recent collection of poetic and performance pieces, FIG (Goan Atom, 2), was published by Salt Books in 2005. Collaborative performances with sound artists include, most recently, the installation Little Sugar for TEXT Festival (Bury, 2005) and Say: "Parsley" at the Liverpool Biennial (2004). A CD of readings and audiotexts, Via: poems 1994 -2004 (Rockdrill 8), is available from Carcanet. Her criticism focuses on emerging forms of writing, plurilingual poetry, and mixed media writing practices. She is co-chair of the MFA Writing Faculty, Milton Avery School of the Arts, Bard College, and Research Fellow at Dartington College of Arts in Devon, UK.