Saturday 7 July, 2007 This is an unusual and unrequested plug for West End Lane Books, the book shop is managed by the poet Graeme Estry who has read at Openned in the past. The book shop has one of the best poetry selections out of any book shop I have visited in London. If retail therapy has to take place, do it here! Link
Friday 6 July, 2007 Here follows a link to an article by Jena Osman that Graeme Estry found for me on Jacket Magazine it is an interesting read and well worth some time. Link
Wednesday 4 July, 2007 As far as I can work out, I don't think this art work is accessable any more, however, I maybe wrong. Even reading the documentation is enough to provoke the synapses into a fit; a disturbing peace/piece, a dispruption of external/internal space. DIE FAMILIE SCHNEIDER - AN ART HOUSE OF FEAR IN WHITECHAPEL GREGOR SCHNEIDER Die Familie Schneider "In two unremarkable houses in London's East End, Gregor Schneider constructed a remarkable new work, Die Familie Schneider. 14 and 16 Walden Street were identical in every way. They had the same rooms and furnishings with the same cracks and stains, inhabited by the same families doing the same, unseemly things." Link Link And documentation from another work Link
Monday 2 July, 2007 From How2 updates: American Poets in the 21st Century: The New Poetics edited by Claudia Rankine and Lisa Sewell Link What are readers to make of the lament that the field of poetry is in crisis? Or the statement that poetry as a genre no longer "matters"? Readers are left to sort through the avant-garde and mainstream, the traditional and experimental, trying to figure out what poetry, if any, defines our current epoch. With the release of AMERICAN POETS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE NEW POETICS, editors Claudia Rankine and Lisa Sewell counter such negative views and confusion by documenting the advent of a poetry that is vital and varied in both its style and subject. AMERICAN POETS IN THE 21ST CENTURY collects thirteen significant voices from a new generation of poets. In addition to the poems, Rankine and Sewell have included brief statements from each poet, along with thirteen critical essays that provide an historical context and analysis of the ways the specific work alters and extends the understanding of what the new American poetries can look, feel, and sound like. Accompanying the book is a CD that contains readings from each of the poets. Additional recordings from the poets will be at www.wesleyan.edu/wespress/americanpoets by July 1st. Contributing poets include Joshua Clover, Stacy Doris, Peter Gizzi, Kenneth Goldsmith, Myung Mi Kim, Mark Levine, Tracie Morris, Mark Nowak, D.A. Powell, Juliana Spahr, Karen Volkman, Susan Wheeler, and Kevin Young. Claudia Rankine is a professor of English at Pomona College. She is the author of four poetry books, including Don't Let Me Be Lonely (2004), and co-editor of American Women Poets in the 21st Century (2002). Lisa Sewell is a professor of English at Villanova University and the author of two poetry books, the most recent of which is Name Withheld (2006). PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A REVIEW COPY or TO SEE A PDF SAMPLE FROM THE BOOK Contact: Stephanie Elliott Wesleyan University Press 215 Long Lane Middletown, CT 06459 (860) 685-7723 selliott@wesleyan.edu Please visit our new Web site: www.wesleyan.edu/wespress American Poets in the 21st Century: The New Poetics edited by Claudia Rankine and Lisa Sewell 416 pp., CD, 6 x 9", Accompanying web site $75.00 unjacketed cloth EAN: 978-0-8195-6727-7 ISBN: 0-8195-6727-2 $27.95 paper EAN: 978-0-8195-6728-4 ISBN: 0-8195-6728-0 Publication Date: July 9, 2007
Monday 2 July, 2007 Let me preface this post by saying that this is a really funny but important investigation: "URBAN EYES is a critical design concept combining RFID technology, CCTV cameras and pigeons to create a unique service for urban spaces. This Blog is a documentation of the project's development and related issues and articles list." Link Enjoy!
