KENNETH GOLDSMITH AT RISD
TUES APRIL 5th, 7pm
COLLEGE BUILDING 412
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
(College Building is at the corner of Benefit Street and College Street)
KENNETH GOLDSMITH, author of THE WEATHER, Make Now 2005 (transcription
of the one-minute weather forecasts on a New York all-news station over
the course of one year, 2002-2003); DAY, The Figures 2003 (retyping of
the Friday, September 1st, 2000 issue of the New York Times);
SOLILOQUY, Granary Books 2001 (transcription of every word uttered by
Goldsmith over the course of a week); FIDGET, Coach House Books 2000
(transcription of the poet's every physical gesture over a 13 hour
period); editor of I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR, Carroll & Graf 2004 (the first
comprehensive collection of interviews with Andy Warhol); director of
UbuWeb (www.ubu.com); and RISD graduate in Sculpture (1984), will be
reading at Rhode Island School of Design on Tuesday April 5th at 7pm.
He claims to be "the most boring writer that has ever lived." Don't
believe him.
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