But he is from Ghent, which is a very cool place. I did wait for the serial changes. Well, Ok, perhaps not as long as I should.
I also like to stare at Latin text and wait until I understand it.
Vilibus ancipites fungi ponentur amicis [Juvenal 5.146]
But then one looks at the opposite face and sees "Before the common guests will be placed toadstools of doubtful quality. . ."
There's a certain fungal quality to this sort of art. Reticulated by code beneath the surface.
David Latane
http://www.standmagazine.org (Stand Magazine, Leeds)
--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: New work by Johan Meskens
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 5:12 PM
> The least of his limitations, Mairead.
>
> Mark
>
> At 04:58 PM 11/20/2008, you wrote:
> >Thank God he doesn't have to struggle with the
> >work of any women artists anyway.
> >Mairead
> >
> >On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Séamas Cain
> ><<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >_______________
> >
> >
> >I write in praise of the poet Johan Meskens. Based at
> Ghent in
> >Belgium, Meskens is a motion/action poet, visual poet,
> & net-artist.
> >
> >I have followed the aleatoric & serialist work of
> Meskens since 2002,
> >with great interest & appreciation. Much of his
> work is profoundly
> >original & dynamic, in conception & in
> execution. Indeed, he is drawn
> >to poetry with a dialectical philosophy of music &
> noise, cities &
> >landscapes, & silence.
> >
> >Johan Meskens admires the works of Mozart, Beethoven,
> Adolphe Sax, Jim
> >Morrison, & Albert Einstein. But in his own poetic
> work, he struggles
> >with contending elements: John Cage or Frank Zappa,
> Dimitri
> >Shostakovich or Ennio Morricone, Theloneus Monk or
> Charlie Parker,
> >Pink Floyd or The Doors.
> >
> >To examine the aleatoric & poetic
> "music," & the "musical" serialism,
> >of Johan Meskens, go to
> >
> ><http://www.chromaticspaceandworld.com/>http://www.chromaticspaceandworld.com/
> >
> >Click anywhere to begin (& do wait for the serial
> changes)!
> >
> >
> >Peaceful regards,
> >
> >Séamas Cain
> ><http://alazanto.org/seamascain>http://alazanto.org/seamascain
> >http://seamascain.writernetwork.com
> ><http://www.mnartists.org/Seamas_Cain>http://www.mnartists.org/Seamas_Cain
> >
> >_______________
> >
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