As a tribute to R.M. (Richard) Vaughan (March 2, 1965-October 23, 2020), Ken Moffatt invited some of R.M’s closest friends to read from a piece of R.M.’s writing of their own choosing. These recordings were recorded remotely by each reader between November and December 2020. This project was partially supported by University of New Brunswick Art Gallery.
R.M. Vaughan leading a workshop at the AWW Free School, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, April 2. 2019
The Readings
Saint Stanislaus Kosta 1550-1568 From The Incorrupt Tables, Wild East/Salamanca Chapbook, 1992. Read by Dawn Boyd Aronson, December 2020.
Dawn Boyd Aronson is an author and illustrator from Montreal who is originally from New Brunswick where she met RM Vaughan.
Lost Weekend from Invisible To Predators. ECW Press, 1999. Read by David Bateman, November, 2020.
David Bateman is a poet, painter, and author from Toronto.
The Backword of Compared to Hitler Tightrope Books, 2013. Read by Richard Bugs Burnett, December 2020.
Richard Bugs Burnett is an author and journalist from Montreal
C is for Cowboy Art in Michael Caines: Wild Tame, publication documenting the exhibition at Peterborough Art Gallery. January 11, 2011. Read by Keith Cole, November 2020.
Keith Cole is an artist, educator, and animateur from Toronto.
Email exchange between FASTWURMS and R.M.Vaughan, Sunday October 12, 2008. Read by FASTWURMS, December, 2020.
FASTWURMS are a cultural project, trademark, and joint authorship of Kim Kozzi and Dai Skuse. FASTWURMS artwork is poly-disciplinary, including performance, immersive installations, collective making and social exchange projects.
Excerpt from Chapter 2, A Quilted Heart. Insomniac Press, 1998. Read by Paul Gallant, November, 2020.
Paul Gallant is a writer and editor from Toronto.
Excerpt from the play One year after. New Brunswick chapbook series #6. Victoria, BC: Frog Hollow Press. Read by Kirsten Johnson
Kirsten Johnson is a painter, film maker and actor from Toronto.
Excerpt of What We Do Here is for Us, unpublished novel at the time of R. M. Vaughan’s death (a diary entry written by main character, art critic and author Martin Heather during his first months living in Berlin. Read by Jared Mitchell. November, 2020.
Jared Mitchell, author, video maker and frequent collaborator with R. M. Vaughan, is from Toronto.
VE1XE by RM Vaughan and D. Aronson Boyd, New Brunswick Chapbook Series #11 Frog Hollow Press 2019. Read by Ken Moffatt, November, 2020
Ken Moffatt is a professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, writer, curator and artist from Toronto.
Coda to Troubled: A Memoir in Poems and Fragments, Coach House Press, 2008. Read by LIsa Pereira, December ,2020.
Lisa Pereira is an artist, video maker, D.J. and record aficionado. She met RM Vaughan nearly 20 years ago at the fabulous Zsa Zsa Gallery. Lisa is from Toronto.
Prose Poem, 7 Steps to a Better Artist Statement from ruined stars, poems by RM Vaughan ECW Press, 2004. Read by Sandra Rechico, November, 2020.
Sandra Rechico is a Professor at University of Guelph and an artist in formats including drawing, installation, object making and photography. Sandra is from Toronto.
Saint Pascal Baylon 1540-1592 from InCorrupt Tables Wild East/Salamanca Chapbook, reprint 1995. Read by James Tennyson, November, 2020.
James Tennyson is activist, author, community engagement worker. He met RM Vaughan during the 1990s at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre while James was Chair of the Board. James is from Toronto.
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