happy that someone's doing it (experimenting with electronic-poetry)-- this piece does need a bit of "room cleaner" in the beginning, even though it's obviously a rare? archival recording....
The interviewee says that "poetry (is) a formula that never resonated with me." That's why this electronic artist is soooooooo not-obsessed with words...
for kicks-- e.e. cummings book called "no thanks" put the names of all the publisher's that rejected his poetry into a funeral urn.
I'm interested if there's a recording in the voice of the poet of the more complicated language poems which utilize letters as full words, or sounds as full words...
I think this "ambivalent artist" that's profiled here simplifies the meaning of e.e. cummings' poetry. one poet (can't remember the name) said if I needed music, it'd already be there.
The piece itself is confusing because the artist isn't clear about why he picked e.e. other than he probably doesn't think cummings is a real poet... I felt like the report was distorted, but an interesting topic nonetheless.
and what kind of mic was this interview recorded on? whawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... .
For the artist, I like the baby voice, because it makes me "x-peckt (hope)"
This piece is a fairly straightforward report -- it's the subject of the piece that is unusual and experiemental. A producer has friends and family -- aged 3 to 80 -- read EE Cummings poetry and he puts non-melodic music to it. The reporter says most people react to this the way I did; a roll of the eyes, a quick dismissal. But I really liked what this sounded like. The effect of the combination of the overall production -- amateur poetry readers, solidly written poetry, experimental electronic music makes for a fresh sound.
For a PD, this piece fits in April's National Poetry month. It's an interesting piece any day of the year, though.
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Jen Curry
Posted on April 02, 2008 at 09:24 AM | Permalink
Review of CURIUM: E.E. CUMMINGS FRIED IN A HARD DRIVE
happy that someone's doing it (experimenting with electronic-poetry)-- this piece does need a bit of "room cleaner" in the beginning, even though it's obviously a rare? archival recording....
The interviewee says that "poetry (is) a formula that never resonated with me." That's why this electronic artist is soooooooo not-obsessed with words...
for kicks-- e.e. cummings book called "no thanks" put the names of all the publisher's that rejected his poetry into a funeral urn.
I'm interested if there's a recording in the voice of the poet of the more complicated language poems which utilize letters as full words, or sounds as full words...
I think this "ambivalent artist" that's profiled here simplifies the meaning of e.e. cummings' poetry. one poet (can't remember the name) said if I needed music, it'd already be there.
The piece itself is confusing because the artist isn't clear about why he picked e.e. other than he probably doesn't think cummings is a real poet... I felt like the report was distorted, but an interesting topic nonetheless.
and what kind of mic was this interview recorded on? whawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... .
For the artist, I like the baby voice, because it makes me "x-peckt (hope)"
Hans Anderson
Posted on February 27, 2007 at 07:00 AM | Permalink
Review of CURIUM: E.E. CUMMINGS FRIED IN A HARD DRIVE
This piece is a fairly straightforward report -- it's the subject of the piece that is unusual and experiemental. A producer has friends and family -- aged 3 to 80 -- read EE Cummings poetry and he puts non-melodic music to it. The reporter says most people react to this the way I did; a roll of the eyes, a quick dismissal. But I really liked what this sounded like. The effect of the combination of the overall production -- amateur poetry readers, solidly written poetry, experimental electronic music makes for a fresh sound.
For a PD, this piece fits in April's National Poetry month. It's an interesting piece any day of the year, though.