Last year Chris Turnbull placed several prints of one of my visual poems on placards in a black walnut grove in Kemptville, Ontario. Over the years the piece has weathered, and there’s only a single piece remaining in place. Turnbull is transitioning the placards to feature another artist – Cecilie Bjørgås Jordheim – so these photos document the final moments for this piece…
I’m honoured that Arnold McBay has printed one of my visual poems on birch-bark and then delicately placed them within modified light-bulbs
— part of his sculptural explorations of visual poetry …
“A great introduction to what’s been happening in the city over the past few decades: …
Douglas Barbour reviews The Calgary Renaissance for his blog Eclectic Rukus
New from No PRESS:
Citable Gestures by Suzanne Zelazo
Produced in a limited edition of 40 copies, 20 of which are for sale.
Had a fabulous few days creating typewritten poetry — alongside Micheline Maylor, Richard Harrison and Steve Giasson — for the delegates at CONVERGE2017, a meeting of students and administration from across Canada discussing the future of Canadian Universities …
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Derek Beaulieu
$5
published in Ottawa by above/ground press.February 2017
for his participation in the Universities Canada – Converge 2017 conference, Feb 6-7, 2017, at the Shaw Convention Centre, Ottawa.
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy.
To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; outside Canada, add $2) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9 or paypal at www.robmclennan.blogspot.com
The third of a projected 10 volumes, VEXATIONS BOOK 3: Lexmark XM5163 decomposes the score of Erik Satie’s masterpiece through repeated photocopy degeneration. Beaulieu’s VEXATIONS moves writing towards “furniture music.”
Each volume uses a different photocopier to degenerate Satie’s score – with startlingly unique results. Taken as a 10-book suite, the completed project will present 840 variations (84 variations per book over 10 books)
Purchase a copy here (limited edition of 26 copies; 176 pages $26 + shipping)
Pour se jouer 840 fois de suite ce motif,
il sera bon de se préparer au préalable,
et dans le plus grand silence, par des immobilités sérieuses
—Erik Satie
(“In order to play the theme 840 times in succession,
it would be advisable to prepare oneself beforehand,
and in the deepest silence, by serious immobilities”)
—Erik Satie
Peter Shokeir at the Southern Alberta Institute Technology (SAIT)’s The Weal interviews me on the writing process in his article “Building a bestseller:The Weal’s guide to getting published“
UK-based sound poetry choir JUXTAVOICES has included a performance of my “Helvetica” on their latest CD/DVD Warning: May Contain Notes …
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