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Caroline Bergvall- 2 events

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Speaking Out: The Spoken Word in Artistic Practice

Saturday 6 February 2010, 10.30–17.30

This symposium focuses on the use of the spoken word in artistic practice and its manifestations in sonic and audiovisual art works. Taking the lead from the recently published anthology of works Playing with Words: The Spoken Word in Artistic Practice, this event encompasses performances, talks and conversations by artists and researchers who employ spoken words as their material and inspiration.
Contributors include Tomomi Adachi, Caroline Bergvall, David Toop, Imogen Stidworthy, Brandon LaBelle, Oswaldo Macià and Trevor Wishart.
In collaboration with CRISAP, Creative Research into Sound Art Practice, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
Tate Modern  Starr Auditorium
£25 (£15 concessions), booking recommended
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/symposia/20795.htm
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Sina Queyras:
Caroline Bergvall’s Lingual Scultpures
Lively posting on a few of Caroline Bergvall’s  pieces by Canadian poet Sina Queyras on the Poetry Foundation’s widely read blog, Harriet.
Includes a sound file.
Posted on 26 January 2010.
To be followed by a written Q&A to be published in the next few days.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2010/01/caroline-bergvalls-lingual-scultpures/#more-7722
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Maggie O’Sullivan – ALTO

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You need this in your life:

“Maggie O’Sullivan’s new book presents work from the 1970s & ’80s: these powerfully constructed poems offer a place from which it becomes possible to exercise vital thought … rather than just to suffer life; to ride in sound and syntax the sinewy entanglement of material existence.


This publication, and all other Veer Books, will be available at the Small Publishers Fair 2009, as well as at various upcoming CPRC Birkbeck events, or by post directly from Veer. Contact Veer Books at veerbooks[at]gmail[dot]com for more information.
ISBN: 978-0-9558763-7-0
£7.50”

Via Openned. Watch Maggie’s reading for The Other Room in August 2008 here.

Matt Dalby – array

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“Once again made it with only a whisker to spare. October’s sound poetry CD-R is out now for only £3.

It’s called array and features 12 tracks. They explore simple facets of vocal sounds from plosives to sibilants by way of breaths, scream, whispering and laughter. Some tracks are tightly scripted while others are wholly improvised.

Other than tweaking the volume up and cutting sections off the beginning or end of certain tracks there is only one major edit in production. The various ‘i’ tracks were a single long track consisting of two elements. The first was a drone, made using a loop pedal and then reversed. The second was a vocal track played twice over the reversed drone. The whole track was then split into sections.

Seven microphones of varying quality were used at all times.”

More here.