My Name Is Swan is a poetic monologue by Jan Noble. A wayfaring passage down river that follows ‘Swan’ from vagabondage to a blissful dawn fix. Adam Carr’s accompanying film is a meditation on the marginalised taking us down the narrow-ways and river tributaries where litter glitters like supernovae…
“Brilliant!”
BBC
“Poetry of strength and impact”
La Stampa (Italy)
My Name Is Swan is part of a trilogy of epic poetry that includes the works Reynard and Body 115, a poetic cycle moving from river, to city, to underworld.…
Dir. Adam Carr
Poem: Jan Noble
Music: Samuel Kilcoyne & Takatsuna Mukai
My Name Is Swan 