Iris Colomb: Opening Event
Be the first to see the National Poetry Library’s new exhibition and experience a live performance from the poet and artist behind it.
Poet and artist Iris Colomb is always searching for new ways of making, performing and experiencing poetry.
From artist books to body art, each of her projects invites us to revel in new poetic possibilities. Her work creates a sense of unpredictability through indeterminate outcomes, disrupting the traditional boundaries between artist and audience.
This exhibition showcases a new commission responding to our festival Dance Your Way Home, alongside a selection of works engaging with language visually and sonically through poetic objects and physical constraints as well as chance, improvisation and duration.
Need to know
For your visit
This event is held at the National Poetry Library Southbank Centre
The National Poetry Library is open six days a week.
Tuesday, 12 noon – 6pm
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 noon – 8pm
Monday, closed.
Getting here
The National Poetry Library is on Level 5 of our Royal Festival Hall.
Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues. More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.
We’re cash-free
Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.
Access
We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.
All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.
All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.
Study & library use
The library is London’s only space dedicated to poetry study. Visitors studying another subject or looking for a place to work are kindly asked to find an alternative space in the Royal Festival Hall.