Bardinale 2007
The festival program is here! It can be seen at the buttom of the page .. SO GO HAVE A LOOK! 
Friday, July 20, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
Carb Jets Yamaha Phazer
Vagn Steen
The danish poet concrete Vagn Steen (b.1928) has let us borrow some of his books for the exhibition and some of his posterpoems will then be exhibited. 
The danish poet concrete Vagn Steen (b.1928) has let us borrow some of his books for the exhibition and some of his posterpoems will then be exhibited.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Bitter Taste In Mouith Carbon Monoxide
Johannes Auer said 'yes'
The German digital poet John Auer is participating at the Bardinale this year, which I'm personally looking forward to. He will be making a "presentation on Digital Poetry" net literature + radio "on Friday the 14th September at 20.00 at the Erich Kästner Museum. 
The German digital poet John Auer is participating at the Bardinale this year, which I'm personally looking forward to. He will be making a "presentation on Digital Poetry" net literature + radio "on Friday the 14th September at 20.00 at the Erich Kästner Museum.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Ripper Three Wheelee Scooter
Wikipedias definition of Konkrete Poesie
Can be read here and so can a description of the related art be concrete read here 
Can be read here and so can a description of the related art be concrete read here
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Michael Vick Cleats Size 10
Description version 1.0 (for the exhibition in Erich Kästner museum)
As a part of our focus on concrete and digital poetry, we want to allow you to explore and experience these forms of poetic expression yourselves.
That’s why we will be presenting different elements of this small, but important field in the history, the now and the future of litterature.
There can be no doubt about the fact that we live in a world made of medias.
We get most of our knowledge about the world told from medias (from television, radio and newspapers). We find the things that interests us on the internet (at homepages which we often find with the assistance of search-engines like Google). But it’s not often we reflect upon the medias themselves.
Instead we interact with our computer, the computers of others and essentially each other, through the different medias. These medias can be apparently direct like the computerinterface (the place where the user meets the machine), complicated technical devices like broadband or apparently natural systems like that of language.
What we tend to forget is that neither the computers with its virtual desktop or our language - which it actually took us a long time (and the writing of a lot of unletterlike letters) to learn - are as immediate as they might appear at first.
The prove of this is shown through our immediate frustration when the computer breaks down. But it can also be seen in the immidiate laughter that often follows when we for some reason misunderstand each other in unexpected and entertaining ways. In both cases we are reminded of the fact that language as well as computer, are in fact controlled by certain rules that makes up their system. These systems tend to be more visible when they for some reasons are put out of function.
Concentrating on the language system it becomes clear that language can be respected by writers in order to tell stories about life and other things, which is the case in most litterature. But it’s also clear that it can be used in a more avantgardistic way by experimenting with the system itself and thereby telling something about language as a system instead. Something similar is also the case with computer. Anyway this volountarily breaking down or research of a system can be done in a pessimistic and critical way or with an optimistic tone, exposing a pure fascination of the material itself. Which one of the two tactics are being used always depends on the nature of the artist.
But no matter the strategy, it’s this kind of experimental litterature we want to present! 
As a part of our focus on concrete and digital poetry, we want to allow you to explore and experience these forms of poetic expression yourselves.
That’s why we will be presenting different elements of this small, but important field in the history, the now and the future of litterature.
There can be no doubt about the fact that we live in a world made of medias.
We get most of our knowledge about the world told from medias (from television, radio and newspapers). We find the things that interests us on the internet (at homepages which we often find with the assistance of search-engines like Google). But it’s not often we reflect upon the medias themselves.
Instead we interact with our computer, the computers of others and essentially each other, through the different medias. These medias can be apparently direct like the computerinterface (the place where the user meets the machine), complicated technical devices like broadband or apparently natural systems like that of language.
What we tend to forget is that neither the computers with its virtual desktop or our language - which it actually took us a long time (and the writing of a lot of unletterlike letters) to learn - are as immediate as they might appear at first.
The prove of this is shown through our immediate frustration when the computer breaks down. But it can also be seen in the immidiate laughter that often follows when we for some reason misunderstand each other in unexpected and entertaining ways. In both cases we are reminded of the fact that language as well as computer, are in fact controlled by certain rules that makes up their system. These systems tend to be more visible when they for some reasons are put out of function.
Concentrating on the language system it becomes clear that language can be respected by writers in order to tell stories about life and other things, which is the case in most litterature. But it’s also clear that it can be used in a more avantgardistic way by experimenting with the system itself and thereby telling something about language as a system instead. Something similar is also the case with computer. Anyway this volountarily breaking down or research of a system can be done in a pessimistic and critical way or with an optimistic tone, exposing a pure fascination of the material itself. Which one of the two tactics are being used always depends on the nature of the artist.
But no matter the strategy, it’s this kind of experimental litterature we want to present!
Windshield Wiper Shelf Life
On the search of the concrete poem
A simple search on Zvab (Zentrales verzeichnis antiquarischer bücher) shows that there exists quite a few books on the subject in german. The list can be seen here 
A simple search on Zvab (Zentrales verzeichnis antiquarischer bücher) shows that there exists quite a few books on the subject in german. The list can be seen here
Friday, June 22, 2007
Animals Pressing Women Boobs
Friedrich W. Block
A link to the page of one of the important thinkers on and off digital poetry. Dr. Friedrich W. Block 
A link to the page of one of the important thinkers on and off digital poetry. Dr. Friedrich W. Block
Universal Smart Charger Circuit
The digitalized worm
Johannes Auer has digitalized one of the most famous concrete poems, being that with the apple and the worm from Reinhard Döhl. The computer has made the worm come alive so to speak. Watch it here 
Johannes Auer has digitalized one of the most famous concrete poems, being that with the apple and the worm from Reinhard Döhl. The computer has made the worm come alive so to speak. Watch it here
39 Weeks Pregnant Shooting Pain
Kunsttot.de
With the projekt kunsttot.de Johannes Auer is reflecting the constant restauration of artworks and arguing that they should be given the right to a natural death, as well as our society should stop focusing so much on youth.
Interestingly enough this is done in three parts: 1. with a "manifest for the natural death of the work of art", which is using explicit references to the french artist Marcel Duchamp and the futuristic manifesto written by the italian futurist F.T Marinetti. 2. with some animation that follows the idea of the manifesto, which is for example questioning the reasons for the restauration of the Frauen Kirche in Dresden. 3. with an interactiv part which is collecting signatures for the rights of the artworks to a natural death. A description of the work can be found here 
With the projekt kunsttot.de Johannes Auer is reflecting the constant restauration of artworks and arguing that they should be given the right to a natural death, as well as our society should stop focusing so much on youth.
Interestingly enough this is done in three parts: 1. with a "manifest for the natural death of the work of art", which is using explicit references to the french artist Marcel Duchamp and the futuristic manifesto written by the italian futurist F.T Marinetti. 2. with some animation that follows the idea of the manifesto, which is for example questioning the reasons for the restauration of the Frauen Kirche in Dresden. 3. with an interactiv part which is collecting signatures for the rights of the artworks to a natural death. A description of the work can be found here
Does Raw Cinnamon Cause Heartburn
Johannes Auer
I will be posting some thoughts on the german digital poet Johannes Auer (b.1962), whom we hope to able to present at the Bardinale this year, but until that's the case I will write a few things about him here and make a link section to some of his work. 
I will be posting some thoughts on the german digital poet Johannes Auer (b.1962), whom we hope to able to present at the Bardinale this year, but until that's the case I will write a few things about him here and make a link section to some of his work.
Friday, June 1, 2007
Online Hotpoint Repair Manual
Felix Martin Furtwängler
The german bookartist Felix Martin Furtwängler (b. 1954) is currently exhibiting book-objects at Sächsische Landesbibliotek - Staatsuniversität bibliothek Dresden (SLUB). This is interesting as far as book-objects is an expression of the same interest in the material as is the case with concrete poetry, the material here being the book instead of the letters. An intro to the exhibition can be found here 
The german bookartist Felix Martin Furtwängler (b. 1954) is currently exhibiting book-objects at Sächsische Landesbibliotek - Staatsuniversität bibliothek Dresden (SLUB). This is interesting as far as book-objects is an expression of the same interest in the material as is the case with concrete poetry, the material here being the book instead of the letters. An intro to the exhibition can be found here
Friday, May 4, 2007
Culinary Artscover Letter
Lars Skinnebach
As a part of the exchange of danish and german writers which will take place in this years Bardinale, we are proud to announce that Lars Skinnebach comes to Dresden, some of his texts can be read in english here 
As a part of the exchange of danish and german writers which will take place in this years Bardinale, we are proud to announce that Lars Skinnebach comes to Dresden, some of his texts can be read in english here
Friday, April 27, 2007
Elbow Still Swollen After Infection
Eduardo Kac
As a part of the discussion on how concrete poetry evolved from the sixties into other and more visual and complex figures I came across the brasilian born artist Eduardo Kac (b. 1962), who is most famous for manipulating an albino rabbit (who said Alice in Wonderland) so that it, when exposed to light ultravioleet neongreen, looks. This brings forward a whole discussion about nature versus culture, moral questions on so on. In this context however homepage Eduardo Kac is interesting because of his 'invention' of the term "holopoetry" which as far as I can see is written poems like holograms, but have a look for yourself at his 
As a part of the discussion on how concrete poetry evolved from the sixties into other and more visual and complex figures I came across the brasilian born artist Eduardo Kac (b. 1962), who is most famous for manipulating an albino rabbit (who said Alice in Wonderland) so that it, when exposed to light ultravioleet neongreen, looks. This brings forward a whole discussion about nature versus culture, moral questions on so on. In this context however homepage Eduardo Kac is interesting because of his 'invention' of the term "holopoetry" which as far as I can see is written poems like holograms, but have a look for yourself at his
Shaker Style Kitchens And Colors
A difficult recommendation
For the moment I'm fighting my way through Monika Schmitz-Emans book The Language of modern poetry (1997, Munich: Fink Verlag) Which contains some interesting discussion about modern concrete poetry and especially the part "Positive and negative aspects of writing poetry. poetry "is inspiring. Here she clearly describe how concrete poetry is inspired from Kandinsky (1866-1944) and his distinction between abstract and concrete. Furthermore she describes how the barriers between the genres disappears as a direct result of concrete poetrys way of seeing the work of art just as a thing amongst other things. 
For the moment I'm fighting my way through Monika Schmitz-Emans book The Language of modern poetry (1997, Munich: Fink Verlag) Which contains some interesting discussion about modern concrete poetry and especially the part "Positive and negative aspects of writing poetry. poetry "is inspiring. Here she clearly describe how concrete poetry is inspired from Kandinsky (1866-1944) and his distinction between abstract and concrete. Furthermore she describes how the barriers between the genres disappears as a direct result of concrete poetrys way of seeing the work of art just as a thing amongst other things.
Friday, April 20, 2007
How To Stain Ikea Table
Iterature
This time would like to draw attention to the french artist Christoph Bruno who is experimenting with search-engines as a way of creating poetry, my personal favorite is his "epiphanies" (a name taken from Joyce) where you enter a word and the machine generates haiku like poems from fragments of text found on the net. The homepage is called Iterature.com 
This time would like to draw attention to the french artist Christoph Bruno who is experimenting with search-engines as a way of creating poetry, my personal favorite is his "epiphanies" (a name taken from Joyce) where you enter a word and the machine generates haiku like poems from fragments of text found on the net. The homepage is called Iterature.com
Sunday, April 15, 2007
My Webcam Isn't Working On Oovoo
Speaking of UBU
Speaking or writing about Ubu.com I found a lecture on Modern Poets dealing with poetry and technology, given partly by Ubuweb's founder Kenneth Goldsmith at the Museum of Modern Art. It can be podcasted from the homepage under "Think modern" or by inserting this link into podcasts http://www.moma.org/visit_moma/podcasts/feed_thinkmodern.xml - In any case I want to recommend the lectures on MoMAs homepage. 
Speaking or writing about Ubu.com I found a lecture on Modern Poets dealing with poetry and technology, given partly by Ubuweb's founder Kenneth Goldsmith at the Museum of Modern Art. It can be podcasted from the homepage under "Think modern" or by inserting this link into podcasts http://www.moma.org/visit_moma/podcasts/feed_thinkmodern.xml - In any case I want to recommend the lectures on MoMAs homepage.
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