Podcast of “Flarf vs. Conceptual,” a reading organized by Kenneth Goldsmith at the Whitney Museum of American Art in conjunction with the recent Jenny Holzer exhibition “PROTECT PROTECT”
Especially memorable is the reading by Christian Bök
Terrific performance by Christian Bök. His “reading” of a Hugo Ball poem reminds me of the overtones of Inuit Throat Singing…
From ubuweb:
In this seven-minute sound poetry tutorial, Christian Bök takes the most difficult things and makes them pleasurable and completely understandable. Produced by Curtis Fox for the Poetry Foundation, Curtis tries — and botches — a snippet of sound poetry. He then hands the mic over to Christian who makes it soar. Bök then goes on to precisely explain the piece and its historic context. I can’t imagine anything better to use as a teaching aid to explain and demonstrate this art form.
Direct link to audio:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/download-file?file=/audio/StopMakingSense_PoetryOffTheShelf050409.mp3
From the Poetry Foundation
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/journal/audioitem.html?id=1608
