Shaun Hill 🦥
Poet weaving anatomical intelligence and ecological consciousness through writing, ritual, and movement.
“A distinctive vision” – The Irish Times
All that time to find a voice
and now the body speaks...
For over a decade, I've been developing approaches to poetry that emerge from the body. Working at the membrane between movement and language, I explore how embodiment roots us in our more-than-human world. Through site-responsive performances and somatic rituals, I investigate moments of reciprocal witness, co-creating flows of wild presence that challenge how we relate to public space and each other.
Excerpts from the journey:🌱 Recipient of Apples & Snakes | Jerwood Arts Poetry in Performance Award (2020)🌱 Author of Warm Blooded Things (Nine Arches Press, 2021)🌱 Performances across the country, from Birmingham Hippodrome to Arnolfini, and festivals like WOMAD, Shambala, Wilderness, and Queer Spirit🌱 Commissions from Verve Poetry Festival, Shout, UK Young Artists, Overhear, University of Birmingham, Team London Bridge, and BBC Radio 4🌱 Over 40 poems published in journals like Magma, Wasafiri, and A & U America's AIDS Magazine🌱 Arts Council funded research into improvised movement with living systems (2023)🌱 Trained in Permaculture Design🌱 Programme Coordinator for Emerging Hearts Contact Improvisation Camp🌱 Somatic educator for queer bodies
“Shaun Hill is one of my favourite performers, his poems charged with vulnerability and raw intimacy.” – Liz Berry
