oh come on cris, you know very well what I mean by 'performance
poetry' in the context of the Slam ad post. You also know that my more
awkward old dialogue with you about your type of 'performance' is
something else - let's not muddy the water with that.
Cheers
Tim A.
On 17 Jun 2009, at 12:06, cris cheek wrote:
> yes
>
> but there is also more than one take on "performance" in poetry
>
> so simply swiping awaay with the term "performance" does those
> particular differences a disservice
>
> poetry is also a "performance" "on" the page . . . asides from other
> places in which it performs
>
> through its production and its circulation
>
> ;-)
>
> xx
>
>
> cris
>
>
>
> On Jun 17, 2009, at 11:56 AM, Tim Allen wrote:
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>>> "A poetry SLAM competition in two rounds.
>>
>> First Round: 4 Competing Categories:
>>
>> DARK poem - a sad poem wearing all black
>> GLAD poem - a happy poem in colourful clothes
>> SHAG poem - sexy words in lingerie, fetish, flesh
>> DRAG poem - gender-bending words in drag"< etc
>>
>> Probably a bit of fun but sooooo cliched it makes you cry. Why is it
>> that all this performance stuff is so predictable and conventional
>> and
>> does everything to reinforce stereotypes (aesthetic and otherwise)?
>> The whole thing goes against the grain of challenge and questioning,
>> weather of genre, language or identity, that innovative and
>> experimental poetry are known for. This is why the performance scene,
>> despite all its rhetoric about being about youth and energy etc, is
>> ultimately so conservative and harmless and safe, and hence why it is
>> so acceptable to the literary establishment.
>>
>> Tim A.
>> Please excuse cross posting
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