THE OTHER ROOM
Experimental poetry in ManchesterArchive for Simon Taylor
Nojagtig Pamplemousse
Nojagtig Pamplemousse was shown at the recent if p then q book launches. It is part of the book Absolute Elsewhere by Joy as Tiresome Vandalism published by The Knives Forks and Spoons Press. The video below is to be played on a loop. It’ll be archived at if p then q in the next few days.
LINK to Knives Forks and Spoons Press
LINK to video
More Absolute Elsewhere
Absolute Elsewhere is a collaborative text and image project by James Davies and Simon Taylor – collectively known as Joy As Tiresome Vandalism. The latest instalment is online now. Click here to view the whole project.
Simon Taylor’s responses to Scott Thurston’s Internal Rhyme
In 2007, in the space of two weeks, Simon Taylor responded to Scott Thurston’s Matchbox N0. 9, Internal Rhyme, shooting around 12 films. These were then edited down to 150 negatives which became 150 unique gifts in Matchbox No. 9. Matchbox No.9 was just a sample of the collection Internal Rhyme which will be available in 2011 from Shearsman. Other parts of the poem have been published over the last couple of years in various magazines. The links below are to:
Matchbox No.9, Scott Thurston’s Internal Rhyme poems (Poetry Library digital archive)
New Joy As Tiresome Vandalism
Absolute Elsewhere, the latest collaboration between writer James Davies and photographer Simon Taylor continues to unfold with this month’s instalment, a photograph by Simon. See the latest and catch up with the project so far here.
New Joy As Tiresome Vandalism
More from Absolute Elsewhere, James Davies’ and Simon Taylor’s collaborative text and image project. December’s instalment is a poem from James.
More here.
New Joy As Tiresome Vandalism
More from Simon Taylor and The Other Room’s James Davies year long collaborative text and image project, this month’s instalment being a poem from James. View the whole project so far here.
New Joy As Tiresome Vandalism

More from Absolute Elsewhere James Davies and Simon Taylor’s collaborative text and image project. The latest instalment is 3 photos by Simon. Check them out and get up to speed with the rest of the project here.
New Joy As Tiresome Vandalism
The latest installment of Simon Taylor and The Other Room’s James Davies’ collaborative text and visual project Absolute Elsewhere is now online.
Joy as Tiresome Vandalism
The latest instalment of James Davies and Simon Taylor’s collaborative text/visual project is online now.
Absolute Elsewhere
The latest instalment of this unfolding collaborative project between James Davies and Simon Taylor (together known as Joy As Tiresome Vandalism) is now online.
Joy as Tiresome Vandalism: Absolute Elsewhere

Absolute Elsewhere is the second poetry/photo project by Joy as Tiresome Vandalism (James Davies (poetry) & Simon Taylor (photography). Rather than JTV responding to the other’s work (as they did in the two aRb projects) they are responding to clues each sets. Starting in April 2009 and finishing March 2010 they will produce 6 pairs of work. In the first month of each pair a clue will be set for the other to respond to. JTV will not see the other person’s work until the project is over. Then the collection will be turned into a pdf. This site is being maintained by an independent body.




