'owes' or 'has earned'?
you could check some of is other performances before dismissing him
out of hand, Judy.
I have seen Christian performa a number of times, usually to wild
applause (including students at the arts high school in Edmonton), &
a) just his mastery of amazing mouth music (as someone who does some
Sound Poetry myself, I know how difficult everything he does is), & b)
the aims of his art in this, make for an exciting performance.
As to following a paper script, I believe he really does want to show
that this is a written work (Stephen Scobie & I, when we perform
together, have always held the 'text' in our hands to demonstrate that
what we are doing [which admittedly many might see/hear as mere play,
& perhaps just silly] is a kind of poetry, a written thing read).
If you check out more of Bök's performances on YouTube, you'll find
out just how strong a performer he can be (say, his version of
"Seahorses and Flying Fish", by Hugo Ball; again, a text long part of
the repertoire).
But then, I'm also a great fan of his Eunoia, & even taught it in my
final Canadian Literature course; a lost cause perhaps.....
Doug
On 8-Apr-10, at 5:15 AM, Judy Prince wrote:
> NIMBY.
>
> CBok owes some serious cred to many folk. Plus I can't help
> wondering why
> he needed
> to follow a paper script to recite his RhythmofHeart:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alTdbe1GCnQ&feature=related
>
> Lesson: If a person seems serious enuff, (s)he will prolly get some
> attention. It worked in
> this instance, din't it?
>
> squoodles now ready to rap
>
>
>
> On 7 April 2010 14:20, Angel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/03/st_dnapoetry/
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>
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