I would just like to say that on our creative studies program at Bath Spa
University, in script writing, poetry studies in English and poetry studies
as part of the creative writing program, we constantly make reference to
visual art both in writing in response to visual art and in response to
ideas in conceptual art and we look at the history of ekphrasis. Richard
Long certainly features in my teaching when it comes to thinking about
poetry and landscape. We also touch on the experimental and the avant garde.
In fact I was going to ask the poetryetc. community what they considered
to be the crucially important areas of experimental poetry that I should
introduce to my students as part of a performance poetry module I am
teaching on. I have my own ideas but I know that the experts are right here
:-) I am starting with the Tin Bishop so where do you think I should go
from there?
Best wishes
Annie
>From: Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
> poetics <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Richard Long at SFMOMA
>Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 10:47:17 +1100
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>On 23/1/06 9:19 AM, "Stephen Vincent" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >
> > In fariness, I guess we can also count multiples the number of writers
>who
> > have no literacy around the visual! It's probably the sad irony of so
>many
> > art programs in the way they exclude literature study from their
> > requirements, and, reciprocally, the way creative writing programs
>remain
> > blind to visual literature, let alone the history of music, avant garde
> > innovation, etc.
>
>Very interesting post, Stephen; what an interesting sounding event. Your
>comments make me think of all sorts of things.... It must be in the
>zeitgeist - this lack of curiosity about other disciplines is something
>George Hunka has been talking about on his blog in relation to theatre
>(check out his post at
>http://www.ghunka.com/index.cgi/Theater/Miscellaneous/narrative.html ) and
>I
>must say it's an issue that troubles me sometimes, in both theatre and
>poetry, the art forms I am most familiar with. Not that one can be
>conversant in all art forms, and there are certainly huge holes in my
>knowledge about everything, including poetry and theatre...
>
>Also, I'm researching Paul Carter at the moment, who pioneered "spatial
>history" with his book The Road to Botany Bay, and can't help wondering if
>Richard Long has any connection to that - Paul Carter is a visual artist as
>well as a writer (Ruark has collaborated with him) -
>
>All best
>
>Alison
>
>Alison Croggon
>
>Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com
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