Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:57:46 -0400 From: John Lowther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: U N R E A D A B I L I T Y To: JOHN BENNETT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.543) Original-recipient: rfc822;[EMAIL PROTECTED]
U N R E A D A B I L I T Y
The Atlanta Poets Group (taalntaopestgropu), Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery (ydrmb), The Nameless (eyedrum's new imprint) and Perforations (_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _s) bring you UNREADABILITY, a Call for Work (yurdleayydhyihu)...
U R N E D A B A L I I Y T
* Many Calls for Unreadable ("poemy call")
what's the first thing that came to mind? Hegel to Danielle Steel, Robert Frost to Khlebnikov. how would you do both find/make/provoke poetry *and* _____ Unread.(rhymes with 'deed') A doing against the grain with eyes and words. Read the unread? Unread the read? is this negating? deforming? transformative? political (as our desires are marketed to and resolutely slip away)? something-something-something i can't read? the hole in every whole? where the ink ran. what *was* the first thing that came to mind? readability but unreadability, inside out. rust patterns resolve to letters. ever sent. this candle is inadequate. unreadability is unanswered here, this is just the call after all just the call, you send the work calling back, unreadably.
N U E R A D A I B L I T Y
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This is a show / gathering / performance / publication on several levels -- here are the parts of the hole
U N R A E D A L I B I T Y
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May 19th, a Wednesday - 8pm - $3
__Language Harm__ is a odd-months-only event at eyedrum, hosted by the a.p.g. The theme will be UNREADABILITY. looking for poetry works that could be projected during the event (a 2nd night could be added - 20th - for more poetry films or animations if enough come in).
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Unnamed Unreadable Poetry Show - a week or more in May overlapping the above.
...this will be a very transient exhibit. there is going to be a large art show going on in eyedrum's space and other large rooms in the building. i propose to post an exhibit of unreadable poetry in one of the side hallways. these will all be standard sized page printouts of attachments -- nothing will be returned to you -- (but it will be documented on the Perforations site with screen sized versions of all the pieces submitted & submitter's names and links & bios and such)
Y U N R E A D A B I I L T
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Perforations issue -
...interested in waxing unreadable on unreadability? here is the best place for this.
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Limited Edition publication from THE NAMELESS
...the plan is to do a small edition box -- perhaps 50 copies of it -- with a CD of material from the show -- a different selection of pages in each box -- a unique cut piece of a large work of unreadable art/poetry (to be made during performance / projection night, May 19) -- other unmentionable unreadables -- each box with unique mixture of works
U R N E D A A B I L T I Y * HOW TO SEND AND WHAT TO SEND, WHERE & WHEN
There will be not only the PERFORATIONS release, but also an event called UNREADABLE at eyedrum art and music gallery. Co-editors for both events will be Robert Cheatham, [EMAIL PROTECTED], and John Lowther, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Any media is acceptable for either perforations or the eyedrum event. However, the perforations material must be web-ready, in any of the standard web formats (Flash, PDF, streaming audio, standard HTML, etc.) Queries considering web materials as well as submissions may be sent to Robert Cheatham, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Materials for live presentation at eyedrum can be VHS, DVD, paper, audio, etc. Queries and submissions concerning the live presentation at eyedrum may be sent to John Lowther, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When to send is soon! By May 1st at the absolute latest & if make contact now and let us know something is coming please.
perforations is an aspect of Public Domain, Inc., a non-profit organization located in Atlanta, Georgia.
http://www.pd.org
Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery is a non-profit organization also located in Atlanta. For more information and mailing address for materials, go to http://www.eyedrum.org.
U N R E A D A B I L I T Y * P E R F O R A T I O N S www.pd.org/topos/perforations.html * E Y E D R U M www.eyedrum.org * A T L A N T A P O E T S G R O U P www.atlantapoetsgroup.net
__________________________________________ Dr. John M. Bennett Curator, Avant Writing Collection Rare Books & Manuscripts Library The Ohio State University Libraries 1858 Neil Av Mall Columbus, OH 43210 USA
(614) 292-3029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.johnmbennett.net ___________________________________________
