The idea of placing a poem in a little box in collaboration with a piece of
art work and then vending such a thing from a an old fag machine might get
the TLS to swipe us away like flies (and a newspaper is good at doing that).
A PVM box sounds easy. Oh No. We're not USA Art'O'Mat celebrating The
Artist. We celebrate the 'dream' of people offline collaborating. While
Tonia is in her shed smoothing sculptural pieces and Joan in is in her
studio creating map-drawings, I'm beachcombing for tiny driftwood and
elements to place in boxes. Meanwhile, Annette is making tiny lino cuts, Tim
is printing and Lisa is writing.
It is a wonderful madness. I think the reason our group inPrint has survived
for near five years is that our work together is offline and real.
We're at Borders Norwich in October (for National Poetry Day) and at
FirstSite Colchester (with a reading) in December - with lots inbetween.
www.inprintartsandpoetry.co.uk
Best wishes, Rupert
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