Hazel Davis

Hazel Davis is a multidisciplinary artist and writer interested in the relationship between the arts and revolutionary social movements. Starting out in the aural worlds of hip-hop and spoken word, they turned their attention to the page in 2021. They wrote and performed spoken word on Historic England’s Carrying Us, which was programmed at London Short Film Festival in 2022.

They have previously run a series of open mics for political poetry out of the Freedom Bookshop building, as well as a radio show on Platform B Radio, Poets’ Corner, showcasing the meeting points of poetry and music. They were a Lighthouse Young Creative in 2019, an Artists Open Houses feature in 2022, and have published arts and culture writing in Off Licence Magazine and The Fight Continues magazine. They’re currently interested in working with jazz musicians to create music with their spoken word.