Mercurius Visits Dorothy Circus
On the 27th of September, 2025, nine poets from the Surreal-Absurd visited the Dorothy Circus Gallery in London.
The meeting involved an activity called “Dream Mapping”—the spontaneous doodling on a scroll while poets read. At the end of the reading, the poets took the audience on an improvised journey, using the Dream Map for inspiration. Below is a video that captures the spirit of that improvised journey. The latter part contains fragments of readings from the anthology.
The participating poets were Ronan Fenton, Simon Collings, Marcus Silcock, Ailbhe Darcy, Natalie Shaw, Jeff Hilson, Sascha A. Akhtar, Chris Gutkind, and Thomas Helm.
The video and audio was created and produced by Thomas Helm. Many thanks to Dorothy Circus for the photography and for the dreamy space.
The Dream Map. Created by Surreal-Absurd Poets and Audience Members at Dorothy Circus Gallery, London.
The Surreal-Absurd Anthology (Mercurius Press, 2025).
Dream-mapping while Ronan Fenton reads.
Mercurius Visit Barcelona
A second dream-mapping took place in the Eixample district of Barcelona. The participating poets were Marcus Silcock, Hugh Behm-Steinberg, and Thomas Helm.
