Communicator Series no. 13
Performed at
Poetic Research Bureau
Los Angeles, California
8 July 2025
Curated by
Emji Saint Spero
Sound by
jeremy kennedy
Video by
Gentry McShane
Photo by
Vaughan Larsen
Communicator Series no. 13 abandons the acceptable for the molten consequence of lush illegibility. Reanimate your wreckage with the debut of Los Angeles’ recent poetic arrival imogen smith, alongside platinum-cured performances by K Bradford and Candle Christensen. Tuesday July 8th, 7:30pm at Poetic Research Bureau.
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7:30pm Doors
8pm Performances
Free / RSVP
About the Artists
imogen smith is a poet & transexual. She is the author of STEMMY THINGS & the forthcoming RAW & ZERO, both from Nightboat Books. Her writings have appeared in this journal & that, & she is the recipient of fellowships from The Poetry Project & NYFA. imogen recently moved to LA, loves true punks, hates cops of all denominations, & believes in a free Palestine.
Candle Christensen is a transcription error posing as PhD student. Their dissertation work proposes a theory of diagonal trans poetics, one which looks askance at questions of representation and sidesteps confession. They teach courses on creative writing and communal living at UCLA and organize ice dyeing workshops in East Hollywood. They are curious about the mutual illegibility that occurs between trans embodied experience and medical terminology, as well as the kinds of accidental prophecy that misinterpretations can generate.
K Bradford (they/them) is an interdisciplinary performer, writer, director, and cultural innovator whose art + social practice activates radical intersectional collectivity and hybrid forms of co-production. K. has performed in and curated gender theater shows, public installations, and assemblage performance works across the U.S. and also toured internationally as a drag king for ten years. They have been awarded scholarships and residencies for their work, including the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Atlantic Center for the Arts, the Theatrical Jazz Institute, and Fulbright Scholars Program. Their writing has been published in anthologies and journals such as the LA Review of Books, Gulf Coast, Soap Ear, Viralnet.net, & more. In February, K. launched the Qosmos post-drag spectacle and they are at work on a new full length one-person performance work, Wild Glitch.
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Photo credit: Owen Scarlett
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