The new zimZalla object is washing up by bruno neiva, a minimalist poem sequence secured with a binder clip. More information at the zimZalla site.
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zimZalla closing nights films
Films from the closing night of the zimZalla exhibition at the Hardy Tree gallery are now online, including this from Lucy Harvest Clarke. More here.
zimZalla at the Hardy Tree: in performance
October Monday 27th. 7.30pm: ZimZalla in performance, readings from the TRYIE Collective (Zuzana Husarova, Olga Pekova +), Tom Jenks, Lucy Harvest Clarke, Kim Campanello, Ryan Van Winkle, Iain Morrison, Christodoulos Makris & more.
zimZalla at the Hardy Tree
In approaching five years of existence, zimZalla has now published 25 objects. To mark this, there will be an exhibition of all of the objects so far at the Hardy Tree gallery near King’s Cross in London, running from 18th – 30th October. In collaboration with SJ Fowler’s Enemies project, there will be two events during this time, the, first also featuring writers from The Red Ceilings press, on the evening of the 18th and a second event on the 27th.
Tony Lopez: Nevermore
zimZalla object 023 is Nevermore, by Tony Lopez: silkscreen printed folding card, letterpress sleeve with rubber stamp. 44.6 x 9 cms (unfolded). Hand-printed sans serif letterforms are arranged in threes, located on each plane of the folding card. The text is a variation on Robert Creeley’s statement that ‘form is never more than an extension of content.’ This is a limited edition of 40. More details at the zimZalla site.
The Carousing Duck
zimZalla object 022 is The Carousing Duck, a technicolour, fully reversible flip chart poem by Tim Allen. For more information, visit the zimZalla site.
zimZalla 021: Minimus Post Ode Poem
zimZalla object 021 is Minimus Post Ode Poem by MJ Weller, a bookartobject, comprising a booklet and pre-ode post card contained within a textual favour bag. More at the zimZalla site.
zimZalla 020: James Davies – A dog
zimZalla object 020 is A dog by James Davies. Using a portion of Saving the Sentence from Gertrude Stein’s How to Write, A dog is a sixteen panel minimalist sequence on yellow card, presented in a yellow box. More here.
zimZalla object 019
zimZalla object 019 is Shrewsbury by Matt Dalby, a non-verbal, synethesiac comic. For more details, including how to buy, visit the zimZalla site.
Alternative Anniversaries – Leanne Bridgewater
zimZalla object 018 is Alternative Anniversaries by Leanne Bridgewater, a set of 10 greetings cards. These cards will help you to mark Get Fat Day, congratulate a friend on their accent change or simply ask them what the goose they are glugging. Available now at the zimZalla site.
zimZalla object 017: Pomegranates in the Oak
zimZalla object 017 is Pomegranates in the Oak, a sound collage CD with discovered and manipulated text by Alison Gibb and text and sound treatments by Tom Jenks.
The object’s primary text is Virginia Andrews’ 1979 novel Flowers in the Attic, from which Gibb, using instinctive selection and placement, has created a second text. This second text was then replicated sonically using spoken recordings by Gibb of the relevant sections of the original novel, with selected words and phrases isolated and spliced in order, preserving uneven and disjunctive patterns of tone and stress. This sonic collage was then fed through speech to text software to create a third, shadow text, which was recorded and added as a layer to the first track. Finally, a selection of samples, suggested by the hybrid text, were added, with some distortion. More at the zimZalla site.
DEPT/zimZalla films
Films of the recent joint event in Manchester are now online at the zimZalla site, including this by Matt Dalby, featuring the Other Room’s very own Scott Thurston. The other readers were Wayne Clements and Jo Langton.
zimZalla 016: Female Versions of Christ by j/j hastain
Nine texts accompanied by eight illuminations. The texts, printed on high quality textured card, are discrete but kindred blocks, obliquely referenced and counterpointed by the illuminations, which are full colour collages, printed on transparencies. The texts and illuminations are in labelled envelopes, with these envelopes in turn housed inside a full colour outer envelope. More information, including how to buy, can be found at the zimZalla site.
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Poetea: Jo Langton
zimZalla object 015 is Poetea by Jo Langton: 10 hand made text teabags in bespoke felt sleeves. Available individually or as a complete set. More details at the zimZalla site.
Contemporary Poetry and Source Conference
18th May 2012 – 20th May 2012 at Plymouth University.
“This conference aims to explore the use of source material in contemporary poetry. The term ‘source’ should be given a wide remit, incorporating ‘origin’, ‘subject’ and ‘method’. Contemporary poetry, here, refers to writers working post – 1950, but of course thier sources may well be historical. We invite single author studies as well as papers which speak to the sources which are defining our poetic zeitgeist; we also invite creative practitioners to explore their own sources with a framework or context. Some topics for panels include: visual arts, music, nature, the personal, the impersonal, found material, the documentary, the trans-Atlantic exchange, influence, language, literature, biography, history, politics, philosophy and translations. Papers on or inspired by the work of our plenary speakers are very welcome.”
Includes a paper by Mark Leahy on Opposable Dumbs by Other Room reader Tina Darragh. You can watch part one of Tina’s reading below and find the other parts here.
zimZalla object 014
zimZalla object 014 is A never ending poem read with dice that goes on to explore the possibilities of human intervention within the context & illusion of chance by Stephen Emmerson. This is a fully playable board game which generates multiple aleatory readings of poem text fragments. These readings are created by dice rolls and disrupted by disaster cards. The set also includes a single player version of the game. In total, the game box contains a full colour fabric board, three game counters, a six-sided die, a twelve-sided die, thirty-six poem cards, twelve disaster cards and a single player text booklet. Available now for £5 including postage and packaging. More at the zimZalla site.
James Harvey – Many Species
zimZalla object 013 is Many Species, a poem by James Harvey with pictures of fishes, birds and bees by Elfreda Harvey. Many Species comes as a mostly prior assembled hanging mobile with a simple drop mechanism requiring only a wire coat hanger to complete the construction, and is accompanied by an illustrative poem. Available to buy now at the zimZalla site.
zimZalla object 10.2
zimZalla object 10.2 is a free PDF to accompany object 010, # by Richard Barrett. The document re-states the concept of the project, i.e. a unique microtext in exchange for a gift, provides a full catalogue of gifts received and photographs of gifts where available. The document concludes with an interview with Richard where he talks about the creation and dissemination of the texts.
Deuter Kelner
zimZalla object 011 is Deuter Kelner, a set of post-punk visual poetry ceramic tile coasters by Grzegorz Wroblewski. Each coaster measures 9cm x 9cm. Available individually or as a set of six.
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