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I am delighted to inform you of an exciting symposium relating to
revisiting an exhibition in 1964 in Cambridge (as detailed below).
CONCRETE POETRY - INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES
SYMPOSIUM
Venue: Seminar Room, Ground Floor, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road
Cambridge CB3 9DT
14 FEBRUARY 2015
11.30am - 5.00pm followed by drinks reception & visit to the exhibition
_BEAUTY AND REVOLUTION. THE POETRY AND ART OF IAN HAMILTON FINLAY
_curated by Stephen Bann at Kettle's Yard.
THIS SYMPOSIUM EXPLORES THE ACTIVE CROSS-FERTILISATION, EXCHANGE OF
IDEAS AND REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN POETS AND CURATORS LIVING
INTERNATIONALLY DURING THE LATE 1950S AND 1960S INCLUDING STEPHEN BANN,
IAN HAMILTON FINLAY, EDWIN MORGAN IN THE UK, ERNST JANDL IN AUSTRIA AND
BRAZILIAN POETS SUCH AS EDGARD BRAGA, AUGUSTO AND HAROLDO DE CAMPOS AND
PEDRO XISTO.
PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PAPERS FROM SPEAKERS STEPHEN BANN, VIVIANE C. DA
ANNUNCIAÇÃO, VANESSA HANNESSCHLÄGER, EDUARDO KAC, DREW MILNE AND GREG
THOMAS WILL CONTEXTUALISE THESE TRANSNATIONAL EXCHANGES IN THE LIGHT OF
BROADER DEVELOPMENTS INTERNATIONALLY WITHIN LITERATURE AND THE VISUAL
ARTS OF THE PERIOD REFLECTING ON NETWORKS AND MOVEMENTS WITHIN CONCRETE
POETRY, ITS CRITICS AND ITS LINEAGE.
This event complements three exhibitions in Cambridge marking the 50th
anniversary of _THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONCRETE, KINETIC
AND PHONIC POETRY_ in Cambridge in late 1964.
_BEAUTY AND REVOLUTION. THE POETRY AND ART OF IAN HAMILTON FINLAY_,
Kettle's Yard, curated by Stephen Bann open until 1.3.2015.
_A TOKEN OF CONCRETE AFFECTION_, Centre of Latin American Studies,
curated by Bronac Ferran open till 3.1.2015
_GRAPHIC CONSTELLATIONS: VISUAL POETRY AND THE PROPERTIES OF SPACE_, The
Ruskin Gallery, curated by Bronac Ferran and Will Hill (private view
5.2.2015).
'_CONCRETE POETRY - INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES_' is supported by the AHRC
Digital Transformations Theme Fellowship; the Centre of Latin American
Studies, University of Cambridge; Kettle's Yard, Cambridge and Ludwig
Boltzmann Institute for the History and Theory of Biography, Vienna.
Cost £15 & £10 conc.
Booking here: http://www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/events/concrete-poetry
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with very best wishes to all Yasminers for New Year.
Links:
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[1] http://www.latin-american.cam.ac.uk/events/concrete-poetry
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