[New-Poetry] book art (or autopsies)

[Judy Prince]

James and Jim and Bob, you may find Peter Ciccariello's work fascinating.
 He's a POETRYETC listmember.  His poetry's marvelous, visual poetry
stunning, thoughtful.  His blog for visual works:
http://invisiblenotes.blogspot.com/
Best 2009 wishes to you all!

Judy

2009/1/3 <JforJames at aol.com>

>  One of the arresting aspects of Dettmer's incised books is the feeling of
> violation or even violence toward the text; and of course the randomness of
> what words/phrases get exposed by cutting into those layers of pages, that
> gives the work another intriquing dimension.
> Finnegan
>
> In a message dated 1/3/2009 9:12:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> cervantes.james at gmail.com writes:
>
> You really don't find these things interesting, Jim?  I don't expect others
>> necessarily to find them more interesting than the poems published in those
>> newspaper columns Poet Laureates are blessing us with, but I can understand
>> how one with any interest in books or visual art would not find them
>> interesting.  It's actually 3-D collage--but (for me) fascinatingly
>> constrained by the limitations on what cut-up can be used and where it can
>> be used.
>
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> I find them quite interesting and I wish the visual poetry I see on the web
> had that extra dimension that Dettmer's work has (no pun intended).  I
> know it's a different medium, but not that different since it utilizes the
> word to a great degree.  Most visual poetry I see is also collage but a flat
> collage, even when animated.  One could add 3-D, I suppose, and holographs,
> and music . . . but then it's becoming something else, no?  Not that there's
> anything wrong with that
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