Btw, Lawrence, if you were a lamp you'd be anything but standard. Andrew
2009/4/27 Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>
> You're having fun, and it sounds marvelous. Yes, "pointless and
> misdirected
> work" costs much. For those fortunate enough to be retired and pensioned
> [as I am], it seems a heaven---and the *continuing* surprise of the heaven
> compounds its joy.
> Had to giggle at your buoying the boy about his great future in arts admin.
>
> Best,
>
> Judy
>
> 2009/4/26 Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > It is marvellous, yes; though I may have understated the work. Which I
> > have learned to call _outputs_
> >
> > The show was to be recorded; but it was a administered for pedagogical
> > results and I don't know how it went - you don't really train people to
> > get things done unless there's a chance it'll screw up
> >
> > I need to check how that went but it hasn't been my highest priority
> >
> > I was only on stage about 10 mins out of 3 hours or so. I did Stein +
> > Pound - two, in my judgement, not so good Pounds - started with Pound and
> > then Gertie. And then off.
> >
> > Hours later I came back and performed Carra. We were directed to dress up
> > on minimal expenses (and I got a pair of cheap smart shoes and a second
> > hand jacket out of that!)... I didn't want to be crippled by the shoes so
> > I went a size up and was able to clip clop round the stage. That was good
> > because the last painting was of a donkey so I clopped towards it and
> > brayed. Just the sort of modern art a late night drunk audience
> > appreciated.
> >
> > I was into it though. I had set up the slide show to make the various
> > pieces one piece and the student concerned undid all the work I had tried
> > to save them, and very carefully relabled everything so it fitted *his
> > style
> >
> > It's not the misunderstanding I mind but the arrogance in not checking. I
> > told him he had a great future in arts admin and he looked pleased
> >
> > I tend to overstate the comfort of the job because it is so wonderful
> > after many years previously working for others to look forward to going
> to
> > work
> >
> > I am looking forward to it tomorrow. I was outraged quietly when we were
> > locked out for xmas 2 weeks. But I do long hours. That's ok. It's
> > pointless and misdirected work I abhor
> >
> > All best
> >
> > L
> > On Sat, April 25, 2009 12:46, Judy Prince wrote:
> > > Hi, Lawrence,
> > > Sounds a marvelous post you have now----I'd love to hear your Blessed
> > > Gertrude; when will you record it and post it online? Our computers
> make
> > > it soooo easy.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the fillip of Wyatt, oh the joy!
> > >
> > >
> > > Best, and wishing you a renewed fund of project.
> > >
> > >
> > > Judy
> > >
> > >
> > > 2009/4/25 Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]>
> > >
> > >
> > >> Hi Each
> > >> I had posted before, you know. In the last 12 months
> > >> Xexoxial published a pamphlet of mine a while back and I rejoined the
> > >> list to be able to circulate the advertisement. I didn’t say much
> > >> beyond the advert – I didn’t say anything beyond it – and I
> > >> suppose my understated return was missed in the excitement everyone
> felt
> > >> at the prospect of being able to buy new work by me. It seemed right
> to
> > >> rejoin given that I had been included in the anthology. Yet for a
> > >> variety of reasons, I felt ok about lurking. It’s not really my
> style;
> > >> but it’s been interesting. I don’t know that I have had that much
> to
> > >> say that’s worth hearing. I have certainly been busy. Alison’s
> post
> > >> though caught me unawares. I read most of what you all write and every
> > >> post she writes because it is always pertinent and perceptive; but
> > >> don’t tell her I said so. It might not be good for her if she knew
> > >> the degree of my admiration! And on top of her voice, I heard
> Wyatt’s
> > >> and that extraordinary poem. So I shared my internal voices Oh the
> joys
> > >> and pitfalls of an always on connection. I sent it and then realised
> > >> that I had spoken when I had a cloth over my head and was supposed to
> be
> > >> a lamp standard. Oh well, so it goes, I thought; but it was nearly
> > >> missed again, it seems! No harm is done by my outing and I am
> delighted
> > >> at the warmth of the response. Thank you. Goldsmiths isn’t just an
> art
> > >> college. I think the demi gods who steer us towards whatever it is
> > >> would face a collapse of the London University federation with a brave
> > >> equanimity. They might not even play up as the empire broke into
> > >> Ptolemaic kingdoms; but they would play the game.
> > >> It’s true that Goldsmiths has contributed an artist pickled in
> money;
> > >> and I believe Ms V Westwood is one of ours, though I don’t have any
> of
> > >> her ensembles myself – nor any Hirsts on myt dressing room wall –
> > >> but it’s a moderately wide range of studies. Music is big. That’s
> > >> where I am located, Music. There’s English. I think it’s _and
> > >> comparative literature_. Psychology is huge. Media are getting a new
> > >> building, perhaps the last new building in Educational Christendom.
> > >> There’s Drama; I worked with them on
> > >> a celebration of 100 years since Marinetti’s manifesto. (It’s not
> > >> that I am much of a Futurist; they were more than silly like the rest
> of
> > >> us; and I am appalled by the militarism of little boys with some
> > >> privilege. But it was an opportunity to perform in front of a rather
> > >> large audience, taking projected paintings by Carra as a jumping off
> > >> point for vocal improv; and I also performed Stein’s Completed
> > >> Portrait of Picasso to some hundreds of
> > >> innocent victims. They took it well, which made listening over and
> over
> > >> to Blessed Gertrude for weeks till I got her cadence or something of
> it
> > >> more than worthwhile.) It’s an ok place to be. As a man called out
> to
> > >> me and my partner 20 years ago in Rethimnon “come to me; I have many
> > >> hats and sunglasses†– only in this case it is a sound studio and
> > >> very interesting people ready to listen and talk. If there were a
> decent
> > >> transport service it would be ideal. I believe we have – if you’ll
> > >> pardon the verb – Princess Beatrice. So I sit in my office. It’s a
> > >> bit too warm for my taste; but there’s room enough. It’s opposite
> > >> the toilets and the sound of the paper towel dispenser sometimes keeps
> > >> me awake. It’s ok. Maybe sometimes one nudges another and asks Who
> is
> > >> he? and maybe they respond that they don’t know; I just turned up
> last
> > >> May and seem to have
> > >> keys. I am just hoping that the clowns in Downing Street will have got
> > >> the nicked money back by Spring 2011 when my fellowship ends so that I
> > >> can propose another project. If anyone has any fellowships starting
> > >> then, think of me. I work hard. Honest. I was listening to Heiner
> > >> Goebbels last night. More Blessed Gertrude. And
> > >> today, a new day has risen and, against the forecast I heard, it is
> > >> raining, so not a day for felling a sycamore in my overgrown garden.
> So
> > >> there is a purpose to life. Thus liberated from work, I had better go
> > >> out and get culture
> > >>
> > >> All best
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Lawrence
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> PS I recall Nathan Whiting. He read in London. 1970s. Amiable enough,
> > >> He
> > >> stood still to read but seemed to find the idea of writing without
> > >> running implausible. Comparison with Reznikoff interesting.
> > >> That's it
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, April 24, 2009 13:59, Barry Alpert wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Welcome back to Poetryetc, Lawrence. And congratulations on the
> > >>> position at Goldsmiths, an art college which I didn't quite realize
> > >>> was part of
> > >> the
> > >>> University of
> > >>> London. You've started me thinking about which of their faculty and
> > >>> graduates I follow as a critic.
> > >>>
> > >>> Barry Alpert
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:12:48 +0100, Lawrence Upton wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> they send to me which some time did me cheat
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> L
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Thu, April 23, 2009 01:35, Alison Croggon wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> They send them to me, promising all sorts of erectness and watches.
> > >>>> And I've never met a man called Alison. I don't think bots
> > >>>> distinguish gender.
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> --
> > >>> Lawrence Upton
> > >>> AHRC Creative Research Fellow
> > >>> Dept of Music
> > >>> Goldsmiths, University of London
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Lawrence Upton
> > >> AHRC Creative Research Fellow
> > >> Dept of Music
> > >> Goldsmiths, University of London
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Lawrence Upton
> > AHRC Creative Research Fellow
> > Dept of Music
> > Goldsmiths, University of London
> >
>
--
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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