Jason Stoneking is a poet, diarist, and performing artist from the United States, who now lives in Paris. He has published several collections of poetry and nonfiction, and has also written for songs and film. Recently, his art practice has concentrated on the creation of unique handwritten texts. For his Bespoke Books series, he writes an entire unique book by hand, in a single draft, either for an individual reader, or in documentation of a residency. In his video series Found Stages, he improvises spontaneous poems in spaces that feel suitable, if not intended, for performance. For his newest series, Portrait Sittings, he invites subjects to pose for him as they would for a painter, while he composes their portrait in handwritten words.
"Found Stage #13" on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CL4Yfxhh1BX/
"Portrait of my Mother" on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdDQFu-Medy/
Performance of a "Bespoke Book" on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPQnCSibU-8