by Ryukan | Oct 2, 2011 | Blog
“To be frank, the inevitable panel discussion on the ‘poetry of place’ bores me: it takes place too literally. The place of poetry is nothing less than the place of love, for language; the place of shifting ground, for human song; the place of the made,...
by Ryukan | Jun 1, 2011 | Blog
What do onomatopoeia, scat singing, synethesia, word-as-image, l=a=n=g=u=a=g=e poetry, the Dogon idea of “Mu” (via Nathaniel Mackey) and its connection to Charles Olson’s idea of “pre-utterance,” and ancient occult ideas of “nyama” and...
by Ryukan | Jun 1, 2011 | Events
When image is connected with word what happens? From Blake to street art there has been a meaningful dialogue between these mediums. Bring your favorite works that express this type of multi media experience and we will discuss how these forms inform one another when...
by Ryukan | Oct 20, 2010 | Events
To open up our second SPLAB Living Room Tuesday, November 2, Maryna Ajaja will read a small essay on rhythm, How Are Verses Made? by Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. Why Mayakovsky? Because he was a revolutionary poet, a genius, a hipster, actor and artist — and...
