Ever since I met with Physicalism, I’ve been curious about what its like to be an art critic. I decided to try being an art critic first hand. I put together a sample of my writing and submitted it so that I could be considered for the 23rd Annual Critics’ Residency Program at the Maryland Art Place.
There are two types of sense that a work of art can make. It can have meaning. It can also be experienced. Of course, it has both qualities and they blend. It is important to be aware of both senses, and to be able to tell them apart, because we make these different senses in different ways.
Harper’s Magazine online reports today that the poetry market is also affected by the recent downturn in the market. Charles Bernstein proposes a “bailout plan”.
OULIPO is the “Workshop of Potential Literature”. This is a group of writers and mathematicians whose goal is not to create new literature, but to invent new forms of literature. These short videos…
There will be an exhibition of Jack Kerouac’s original manuscript for “On the Road”, at Columbia College in Chicago this fall. (Hopefully, this one will allow photographs.)
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If you’ve ever wanted to learn about the state-of-the-art, when it comes to digitally archiving artworks and poetry on the internet, here’s a treat for you. “Digital Fever:…
Generative writing uses a system, such as a set of rules, a computer program, a machine, or other procedure, which is set into motion with some degree of autonomy resulting in a completed work of art.
The side of a barn, photographed aslant, with the raised letters of a poem running along each running stratum of board on a wide side of the building. The sun is sharp and harsh against the words.
It doesn’t take lights and circuits to create an “illuminated” manscript. The tradition goes way back. Here’s an interesting overview of that history, from the earliest printed books, to the latest…