Aaron Kent

Aaron Kent (born January 21, 1989) is a British screenwriter, poet, and critic - and the editor/creator of Poetic Interviews, and the publishing press I Came Here Looking For A Fight.

Screenwriting

Kent directed and wrote his first short film, Map, Or The Inevitable Realisation That Life Is A Perpetual Trauma Machine in 2015. His first TV show was optioned the same year, titled Edits, it was expected to be pitched to TV channels in July 2016.

His first feature film script, is in development as of March 2016.^[1]

Kent announced a short film based around his 'St Day Road' poetry series in November 2016. Aaron Kent wrote ten poems based on his memories of ten rooms in the house he grew up in. Following the Blood Fjord '89 manifesto, Kent kept every draft of every poem. These drafts were then recorded with various individuals reading the drafts of the poem, before Kent read the last 'final' draft of each poem. Dr. Lakata created the soundtrack, and Lina Helvik directed using a combination of 16mm film and slow motion camera.^[2]

Poetry

Kent originally began writing poetry by publishing pieces on his blog, but after watching videos of artists such as Shane Koyczan and Buddy Wakefield, he decided to move into the performance realm.^[3] Kent originally wrote poetry as an attempt to win a girl at 16, but failed. He later played bass in a variety of bands, none of which achieved any success.^[4]

Kent has expressed a love for a variety of different artists - both musically and via writing - including Elliott Smith, Frightened Rabbit, Explosions in the Sky, Anis Mojgani, Chuck Palahniuk, and Buddy Wakefield. He claims 'Move Pen, Move' by Shane Koyczan is his favourite poem.^[5][6]

Kent released his first full-length album in September 2012 - Imminent Conversations, it received a four star review from God is in the TV Zine who called it 'a great example of spoken word done to a high standard.'^[7] Kent released his first EP - An Atlas - through Bandcamp in 2013 with pianist Pete Richardson. He followed this with his second EP - Winter Coats, Summer Shorts - a year later in 2014, also through Bandcamp, this time with electronica musician Dr. Lakata.^[8]

Kent stated on Twitter that he is presently in talks over the publication of his first poetry collection - set to be titled 'Blood Fjord '89'.^[9]

In 2016, Kent began work on an experimental short film based on his St Day Road poetry series. He also had a poetry booklet published by SmallMinded Books, titled Leaving Ghosts on Pikkutrapp, Sabotage Reviews stated that '[t]he collection holds together because of a central continuity, recurring states of isolation, distance, and the potential for overcoming them' and '[t]he strangeness and linguistic dislocation makes for a unique reading experience.'^[10]

Also in 2016, Kent began a poetry website entitled Poetic Interviews in which he sends participating poets an interview question in the form of a poem, and they reply with an answer in the form of a poem. Poets taking part include James Franco, Todd Swift, Ross Sutherland, Emily Critchley, Luke Wright (poet), Angela Topping, Sage Francis, Sabrina Mahfouz, Stephanie Barber and Mairéad Byrne.^[11]

In November 2016, Kent was featured on Ross Sutherland's Imaginary Advice Podcast as part of Sutherland and Kent's correspondence via Poetic Interviews.^[12]

References

External links

• Poetic Interviews Website
• Twitter for Aaron Kent
• With his acapella hip-hop vocal delivery Kent works across a breadth of themes, Imminent Conversations review, God Is in the TV Zine. 5 September 2012
• Bandcamp page for Aaron Kent