Robertson, Matthew

[Photograph: Alan Dove]

Robert Matthew Robertson

Contents

Aotearoa NZ Poetry Sound Archive (2004):

CD32

1. Punctuation
2. I Left My Boots at the Door
3. Outside Chelsea Hotel
4. Newspaper Rapping
5. Wake Up
6. (Night-Time) Private Life
7. Fly Wars
8. Deep Heat
9. Washing Day
10. Snowflake
11. Computer Toy
12. Spiritual Supermarket
13. Video Games Parlour

Bio / Bibliography:

PERFORMANCE ARTIST

Original material: Poetry with: Music, Movement, Masks, Sets, Props, Costumes, Video and Film, or various combinations thereof. Often frequent appearances at same venues.

15 USA TOURS
New York: St Marks Poetry Project, ABC No Rio, Basement, Chameleon, Terra Blues Lounge, Bardo, Lismar Lounge, Omega Centre, Manhattan Channel 'C' Poetry Live Series, Left Bank, Back Fence, Bad Bar, Centrefold, The Studio, Pyramid Club, Bitter End, New Nuyrekan, CBGB's, Central Park.
Woodstock: Tinker Street Cafe.
Philadelphia: 'Poets and Prophets' - Bacchanal and Video box, Painted Bride, J.C. Dobbs,
Santa Fe: Repertory, Burnt Horses Book Store, Bull Ring, El Dorado and Babes with Paul Naumann, Centre for Contemporary Art, Coyote Corral, El Farol, Comme Chez Vous, Community College, St Johns College, P.B.S.T.V., Tapas.,
Taos: Mable Dodge House: Poetry Circus, End of the Universe Cafe..
Los Angeles: Beyond Baroque, Poecentric lounge, Breakaway, Central, Midnight Special Book Store, Spondo, Al's Bar, Natural Fudge Factory, Lizard's, Gorky's, Creativity Centre, California Coffee House.
New Orleans: Artist's Bar, Tropical Brazil.
San Francisco: National Poetry Week II, Above Paradise, Kommotion Cafe, Brannam Palace, Cafe Babar, New College.
Fayetteville: The Coffee Club, Booksamillion Store, Poets and Writers Group.

WESTERN EUROPE TOUR

Amsterdam: Melkweg, Paradiso, Bulldog.
Hamburg: Im Eimer, Fool's Garden, Tuc Tuc, University, Aunland, Charlie Chaplin, Tropical Brazil.
Berlin: Kulture Cafe.
Paris: Memphis Slim's Club, (With Ray Charles Band) George Pompidou Centre.
London: Hyde Park, Troubadour Poets, Covent Garden.

1973 - 2003: NEW ZEALAND

Christchurch, 1980-2001: Books and Beyond Fest. Jolly Poacher.
MC Poetry Slam at The Jam Nightclub
The Arts Centre - Craft Market, Dux De Lux, Le Cafe, Free Theatre, Academy Cinema,
Wunderbar, Harbour Light, Kasbah, Blues Bar, Canterbury Poets Collective, Ozone.
'Dinosaurs and Doves' : Poetry/Dance/Music. Co-writer/Actor/Mask-maker/ Vocalist/Musical Director; Arts Centre. Quasar band
1989: 'Out of this World' Multi-media Production with Southern Ballet Dancers. Writer/Actor/Mask-maker/ Vocalist; Arts Centre, Stellar Haze Band, High Fashion: 16mm Film Actor, Vocalist, Lyricist. Distributor: Chip Taylor Communications, USA.
One Man Show at Free Theatre: Poetry with music: Writer/Set-prop/designer-maker Palladium Nightclub.
Various bars, cafes and other inner city venues.
Chancery Hotel with members of 'Talking Heads'.
One Night Only Cabaret, Free Theatre.
Dunedin, 1973-2002: Fringe Fest, Robbie Burns Hotel, Carey's Bay Hotel, ARC Cafe, City Hotel, The Woolshed, Fuel Cafe, Temple Gallery, Octagon, Larnach's Castle, Gardens Kiosk and Band Rotunda,
Invercargill: Tillermans
TVNZ, Radio With Pictures: Masked Mime with Music, 'Under My Skin'.
Auckland: Living Arts Workshop, Outreach, Island of Real, Kiwi Cafe, Gluepot, Globe, Leopard Tavern
1980s: University Orientation Programmes: Otago, Canterbury, Victoria, Auckland Campuses.
Spontaneous improvisations with numerous bands throughout New Zealand
New Zealand Festivals.
2000-2:Dunedin Fringe Festivals,
1999: Sweetwaters Festival.
1990: Onekaka festival. 1986-87 Towards 2000 Festivals.
Sweetwaters Festival, CHCH Peace Festival, WLTN Off the Wall Festival..
1983-86: Whitecliffs Festivals. 1982-83 Broom Valley Festivals.
1980-83: West Coast Festivals. 1978-79 Nambassa Festivals.
1970's: University Arts Festivals - Otago, Canterbury, Victoria, Massey, Auckland.