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Month: August 2011
Maintenant #72: Johannes Göransson
A Swede who is an American, an American who is a Swede. The irrelevancy of the nationhood of Johannes Göransson is never more obvious than in the multifarious and rapacious nature of his work – it calls on traditions too intertwined, too psychological and introverted to make its genesis of much interest. What is of interest is his industry as a translator. As well as being one of the most interesting and acerbic poets and educators currently at large in the US, he is also a vital conduit to the breadth and brilliance of contemporary Swedish poetry. For Maintenant in it’s 72nd guise, the excellent Johannes Göransson
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/maintenant-72-johannes-goransson/
Accompanying the interview is a significant selection from Johannes’ most recent publication.
http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/entrance-to-a-colonial-pageant-in-which-we-all-begin-to-intricate/
Polyply 12: Neo Benshi or The New Talkies
POLYply > 12: NEO-BENSHI or THE NEW TALKIES
James Davies
Sophie Mayer
Drew Milne
Redell Olsen
Thursday 8 September, 7pm-9pm
The Centre for Creative Collaboration
16 Acton Street, London WC1X 9NG
Free entry
Sunfish 5
Issue 5 of Sunfish magazine recently out, A4 format, 40 pages, with work by:
Charles Stein – 4 poems from the forthcoming collection “From Mimir’s Head” by this American poet, Olson scholar and Homer translator
Phil Davenport – “pollinators of eden”, a 10-page poem combining text and drawings
Carrie Etter – 6 poems, including 4 from her ongoing “Divining for Starters” series
sean burn – “bastilles englan”, a poem for multiple voices from this UK writer who was shortlisted for a Michael Marks award for his visual poetry collection “mo thunder”
Alec Finlay – 2 poems from his ongoing project “the road north”
Amanda Earl – 5 prose poems extracted from a larger sequence by this Canadian writer (in what I think is her first UK publication)
Sunfish costs £4 (+ £1 p&p in the UK) and can be ordered via Paypal (to nigewood@softhome.net)
As ever, the magazine is also available FREE as a pdf to anyone that wants it – just email me to request it (and no, I won’t think you’re cheap for asking for the free pdf rather than buying the print version, so don’t be shy!)
via Nigel Wood
Juxtavoices in Sheffield
The next Sheffield appearance for Martin Archer & Alan Halsey’s 25+ voice anti-choir will be at the annual Art in the Gardens event in the Botanical Gardens.
The group will be playing three different sets during the course of the afternoon: 12.30pm – Pavilion 1.30pm – Bear Pit 3.00pm – Bear Pit Works to be performed include Hugo Ball’s Dadaist sound poem Karawane, plus semi-improvised pieces based on texts by Samuel Beckett, Gertrude Stein and Alan Halsey. Admission price is to the whole event, which centres around exhibitions by locally based artists.
SUNDAY 4th SEPTEMBER 2011 BOTANICAL GARDENS, CLARKEHOUSE ROAD, SHEFFIELD £6 NOTES & SOUNDS presents Mick Beck tenor sax & bassoon Martin Archer reeds & electronic effects Steve Chase guitar & miscellaneous A brilliant and curious selection of left field exponents.
MONDAY 5th SEPTEMBER 2011 THE RED DEER, 18 Pitt Street, Sheffield S1 4DD 8pm £3.00/2.00 concessions.
Jonny Liron interview and reading
Jonny Liron taking The Other Room interview and reading in July 2011
UbuWeb: visual poetry
Edited by derek beaulieu, the UbuWeb visual poetry archive contains an array of interesting stuff, including Ian Hamilton Finlay’s seminal journal Poor. Old. Tired. Horse.
Black Dogs Presents Next To Nothing
Thursday, September 15 at 5:00pm – October 1 at 6:00pm
The Light (Top Floor), Leeds City Centre
lack Dogs presents
Next To Nothing: An Exhibition on The Cost of Nothing and the Value of Everything
The Light (Top Floor), Leeds City Centre. 15th Sept – 1st October, 2011.
DIY art collective Black Dogs returns once more to the group show format with an exhibition containing contributions from over thirty individuals and collectives. Advancing Black Dogs’ critique of the institutional artworld, the contributors occupy various positions in relation to the label ‘artist’; raising questions about when something is art, who can make it and what the worth of calling it art is anyway.
The exhibition results from a series of collective meetings and conversations around notions of value. What is the radical potential of thrift and an economical approach? When and why is something cheap? What does it mean to be not-for-profit or operate in a non-capitalist fashion? How do we value our time and how does this find expression through the things we do or make? When are we working and when do we play?
The backdrop to these discussions has included state-enforced austerity measures, global financial crises and Marx reading groups appearing across the country alongside instances of rioting and looting. Whilst the exhibition avoids directly addressing or representing such issues, they undoubtedly provide context and resonance for the various works. Projects include: sculpture made from scrap, unmasked secrets of visual merchandising, advice on how to be a good shopper, a freely assembled Arcade Machine, traces of ‘everyday resistance’ at work, a homemade Mellotron, unrealised tattoos, reflections on sustaining an art practice when unpaid, and much more in the way of hand printing, diagrams, photography, objects, video and performance.
Next to Nothing takes place in an impressive empty unit in The Light shopping centre in the commercial heart of Leeds, a space and site that is as integral to the exhibition as the works displayed within it. Alongside the exhibition are a programme of events including evenings of music, performance and films held on and offsite. In addition, Black Dogs have used meetings as an opportunity to produce a collaborative fanzine that will be available for free to take away from the exhibition. Both the publication and the exhibition are not intended as end points or conclusions but rather markers of a moment in a collective interrogation of how we value our own and other’s activity and the cost of living.
Next To Nothing opens on Thursday 15th September at 5pm. All are welcome and refreshments will be available. There is a post-opening party and gig featuring Picore from Spain amongst other acts from the DIY (not-for-profit) music community held at Wharf Chambers club for members and their guests. The exhibition continues Monday to Friday 4 – 7pm and Saturdays 12 – 6pm until 1st October. Entry is Free.
See www.black-dogs.org for details.
the modernist – issue 2
Issue 2 of the modernist magazine will be launched at at 6pm on Thursday 15th September at Manchester’s Cornerhouse.
Voewood Festival
Taking place at Voewood House in High Kelling, Norfolk, 27th – 29th August, the Voewood Festival is “dedicated to the written word.” Performers include Emily Critchley and SJ Fowler.
Pugilistica films
The videos from the Pugilistica event held at 43 Gordon Sqaure, in Birkbeck College on July 28th are available to watch:
The Other Room 27 – Tonight
CM TJ Maintenant
Chris McCabe and Tom Jenks are collaborating for a project related to the Maintenant series of interviews, readings and publications organised by SJ Fowler. All work is appearing on a WordPress blog. Comments and suggestions are welcome and any input may be woven into the finished piece.
Jeffrey Side interviews Daniel Kane about the Second Gen NY School
New at the Argotist. Click it.
Vanessa Place interviewed on “Intercapillary Space”
“What is poetry? Poetry is that which is not not poetry.
Poetry sans signifier, poetry after the end of poetry. ”
Read the full interview with Edmund Hardy at “Intercapillary Space”.
Post #1000
This is the thousandth post on The Other Room site. In case you missed any of the preceding nine-hundred and ninety-nine, here is how they look in word cloud form, with the names of the organisers removed.
WFN
03 September · 13:00 – 17:00
Madlab
36-40 Edge Street
Manchester M4 1HN
WFN is an opportunity for innovative/experimental poets to present their work for feedback in a mutually supportive atmosphere. Ideally, please bring along copies of the work you intend to read for the other group members. Anyone who wants to come along but doesn’t want to read is also very welcome.
This month WFN will be starting slightly earlier at 1pm, this is to make way for a discussion at 3pm about the riots and the role of the artist.
The riots that affected parts of Britain recently have been the occasion for much debate: what were the causes? What would be an appropriate response from government/local council to those involved? What can be done to ensure further riots do not occur?
This discussion is to consider what, if any, obligations/responsibilities in the aftermath of the riots are now incumbent upon people involved in creative work of every kind.
Is it necessary now for artists to concentrate on making work critiquing the ruling elite and/or demonstrating solidarity with the alienated populace?
Is it still even important that art is made?
Can art be a means to enable people to experience greater levels of engagement with their society?
Should art be calling for a complete re-organization of society?
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We believe that discussion and debate is necessary to analyse the events that took place on our streets this August and to reaffirm the postion of the artist in these times.
Please come to MadLab on september3, 15:00-17:00 to make your views known.
This event is open to artists of all disciplines.
Two new chapbooks from Wild Honey Press
origins of process by James Cummins and Collected Letters by Peter Hughes. More information available at the Wild Honey Press site.
Marcus Slease reads from Hello Tiny Bird Brain
A reading of some of Hello Tiny Bird Brain at a recent Xing the Line by Marcus Slease which is just out from Knives Forks and Spoons Press
Poetry at the Soho Curzon
Poetry at the Soho Curzon
Wednesday August 31st ~ 7pm
~ Entrance free of charge ~
Marcus Slease launches ‘hello tiny bird brain’
Wayne Clements launches ‘western philosophy’
collections published by Knives forks & Spoons press
(http://www.knivesforksandspoonspress.co.uk)
also readings by
Tim Atkins – Elizabeth Guthrie
Michael Zand – Linus Slug
SJ Fowler & Patrick Coyle
the Soho Curzon cinema, Mezzanine bar
99 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 5DY 0871 703 3988
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