A quick report to say that for various 'technical' reasons LUC UP has lost
its yahoo email address.
Could you therefore send your 'underground poems' to either:
Chris Paul
61 Tollington Way
London N7 6RG
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or:
Piers Hugill
6 Clifton Court
Hollyfield Road
Surbiton KT5 9AJ
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In case you've forgotten I've attached the 'brief' for the Underground poems
again below. We will be making a final decision on the first round of poems
at the beginning of next month and committing them to press shortly
thereafter. But remember to keep sending them in since the project's only
just beginning.
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LUC UNGERGROUND POEMS
Poetry is rarely visible in public. By poetry, in this instance, is
understood to be a text that has been written with the intention of opening
a reader to the possibilities within language, and opening the space in
which this language is presented. Advertising is very common in public.
The purpose of advertising is to minimise the possibilities available to the
reader and to direct YOUR attention to the object of the advertisement. It
is for this reason that poetry is rarely visible in public. Public space is
too valuable a commodity.
Poetry is not entirely absent from public space however. You may have
noticed that London Transport have a “Poetry on the Underground” series.
This poetry is arguably very pleasant and perhaps even plays an important
cultural role. We at LUC find it a little dull though and would like to see
a poetry that elicits excitement, agitation, and confusion in the reader and
the space of the underground, and encourages an active exploration of the
role of public language and its presentation in shared civic space. Poetry
that seems aware of its context and knows that it is accessible to many
readers, if only for while. It is for this reason that LUC are undertaking
their own series of poems on the underground: Underground Poems. We welcome
participation in this series from any who have used or intend to use London
public transport.
Over a period of 24 months a minimum of 500 copies of 96 poems will be
distributed across the London transport network. All poems in the series
will be presented in A5 sticker format, complete with a LUC logo, so that
they are recognisably part of this series. The permission of Transport For
London will not be sought. This would give the work a permanence and
significance that is not our aim.
LUC are currently asking for submissions for inclusion in this project.
There is no remit other than the confines of an A5 format and a request to
the author to consider the temporal and spatial dynamics of the underground
as a venue, and the readers who use London transport. All work submitted at
the author’s risk! It is our intention to conclude the series with a
reading on London transport and to produce a booklet documenting the project
Please contact LUC at the above addresses with queries or submissions. The
series will commence in May 2004 although there is a rolling deadline for
submissions. Wherever possible poets will be contacted prior to
publication.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Love from at London Under Construction [Piers Hugill, Doug Jones, Aodhan
Mccardle, Stephen Mooney, Chris Paul, Stephen Pochin]
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