Me neither, Barry, but bp played almost every game going. On the other
hand, some times the modulations played with every letter in a word
rather than just the first & last for such a purpose as in this one....
Maybe what he did was similar but not the same...? Here the turning of
the letter on its side to reach the new 'meaning' is what propels the
thing; often in others' work, its a kind of running replacement....
Doug
On 26-Aug-08, at 2:07 PM, Barry Alpert wrote:
> Doug,
>
> That's what I was wondering. I thought the manner in which these
> letters morphed was
> somewhat different than I'd encountered in bpNichol's work and in
> the work of other
> visual poets, though I make no claim of encyclopedic knowledge of
> the field.
>
> Barry
>
>
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:44:27 -0600, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]
> >
> wrote:
>
>> I's neat, Barry, but I think something like it has been done;
>> bpNichol
>> used to run changes on words in a similar manner. And I don't think
>> he
>> was the only one...
>>
>> DOug
>> On 25-Aug-08, at 4:51 PM, Barry Alpert wrote:
>>
>>> I find myself giving credit for formal innovation to an artwork
>>> entitled "United/Change". Am
>>> I forgetting other examples of exactly this variety of visual
>>> evolution?
>>>
>>> www.manifesthope.com
>>>
>>> Click "Online Gallery" and scroll down to the third of five "contest
>>> winners".
>>>
>>>
>>> Barry
>
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