L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, 1–13 (1978–1981)
Filed under magazine | Tags: · avant-garde, language, literary theory, literature, poetics, poetry
“L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E was an avant-garde poetry magazine edited by Charles Bernstein and Bruce Andrews that ran thirteen issues from 1978 to 1981. Along with This it is the magazine most often referenced as the breeding ground for the group of writers who became known as the Language poets.” (from Wikipedia)
GIF pages and PDFs (on Eclipse)
Index (on Eclipse)
The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Book (1983, added on 2022-1-11)
See also:
L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Distributing Service, PDF catalog and commentary on Jacket2
The Poetics of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, a talk by Bruce Andrews, 2005, on UbuWeb
Andrews in EPC Digital Library
Bernstein in EPC Digital Library
Vanessa Place, Robert Fitterman: Notes on Conceptualisms (2009)
Filed under book | Tags: · appropriation, conceptual art, conceptual writing, flarf, language, literary theory, literature, poetics, poetry, sampling, writing
“What is conceptual writing, how does it differ from Conceptual Art, what are some of the dominant forms of conceptualism, where does an impure or hybrid conceptualism fit in, what about the baroque, what about the prosody of procedure, what are the links between appropriation and conceptual writing, how does conceptual writing rely on a new way of reading, a “thinkership” that can shift the focus away from the text and onto the concept, what is the relationship between conceptual writing and technology or information culture, and why has this tendency taken hold in the poetry community now? What follows, then, is a collection of notes, aphorisms, quotes and inquiries on conceptual writing. We have co-authored this text through correspondence, shared reading interests, and similar explorations. Notes on Conceptualisms is far from a definitive text, and much closer to a primer, a purposefully incomplete starting place, where readers, hopefully, can enter so as to participate.”
Publisher Ugly Duckling Presse, Brooklyn, NY, 2009
Open Access
ISBN 9781933254463
78 pages
Commentary: Ron Silliman (2009).
Reviews: Thom Donovan (BOMB, 2009), Christopher Higgs (Chapbook Review, 2009), Karla Kelsey (Octopus Magazine, c2010), Ken L. Walker (Coldfront, 2010), John Bloomberg-Rissman (Galatea Resurrects 16, 2011), Alethia Alfonso (Notas, 2011, ES), Joel Kopplin & Kurt Milberger (HTML Giant, 2013).
Dialogue between Vanessa Place and Tania Ørum (Jacket2, 2012)
Field Notes 3: Mapping Asia (2013) [English, Chinese]
Filed under magazine | Tags: · art, art history, asia, contemporary art, knowledge, language, migration, politics
The latest issue of e-journal Field Notes edited and published by the Hong Kong-based Asia Art Archive “examines multiple vantage points from which to consider Asia, looking beyond inherited boundaries, histories, and political and economic systems.”
“In our most field note-like issue to date, we interweave artist work, an email exchange, literary extracts, a film plot, exhibition reviews, newspaper clippings, comics, and archival photos. If we were to list some of the entry points for the selections they would include (in no particular order) Guangzhou as site, speculative geographies, Hong Kong, seaborne histories, territory and myth, island disputes, language, migration, and sites of knowledge production and distribution.” (from the editorial)
Edited by Claire Hsu and Chantal Wong
Publisher Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong, 2013
138 pages
PDF (38 MB), HTML, Issuu (English, updated on 2017-11-30)
PDF (32 MB), HTML, Issuu (Chinese, updated on 2017-11-30)
See also Mapping Asia, a 190-page book based on this issue, published circa July 2014 (Issuu, in English).
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