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The idea of placing a poem in a little box in collaboration with a piece of art work and then vending such a thing from a an old fag machine might get the TLS to swipe us away like flies (and a newspaper is good at doing that). A PVM box sounds easy. Oh No. We're not USA Art'O'Mat celebrating The Artist. We celebrate the 'dream' of people offline collaborating. While Tonia is in her shed smoothing sculptural pieces and Joan in is in her studio creating map-drawings, I'm beachcombing for tiny driftwood and elements to place in boxes. Meanwhile, Annette is making tiny lino cuts, Tim is printing and Lisa is writing. It is a wonderful madness. I think the reason our group inPrint has survived for near five years is that our work together is offline and real. We're at Borders Norwich in October (for National Poetry Day) and at FirstSite Colchester (with a reading) in December - with lots inbetween. www.inprintartsandpoetry.co.uk Best wishes, Rupert