Gone Surfing

-Ubuweb is coming to the (a?) close of its active life. It will be moved to a new site and housed as a complete archive, with no further additions. But all material currently up will stay up. Here's Kenny Goldsmith's report:

Yes, it is sadly the end of UbuWeb. We had our university support pulled out from under us, leaving us no room to exapand. Hence, I decided that it was time to call it quits. I'm very sad about this but there's really nothing I could do about it. It's been a great long run and the good news is that all the content -- every bit of it -- will be housed permanently at PennSound, but it'll be a finished archive, with no more updates.

-Here's a fascinating visual work to check out by Amanda Smith, titled "The Poetics of Life". It opens a PDF file. I think its far more worthwhile than the title suggests. It might be a stunt, but its a wondrous stunt, and fun to explore, especially if you are looking for new ways to present/construct work. I guarrantee you haven't tried this one before.

- another vizpo link to lose $6 on is here. i won't describe it, but check out the pic. more pics (and an essay) are available from dbqp, the May 27th entry.

- a third vizpo link is here. After that page has messed with your head for a moment, click on the red Gates of Paradise link at the bottom right of the photo and go exploring, or is spelunking the better term? Another PDF.

I haven't explored any of these fully but will. would love to hear thoughts on anyone who encounters them, ideally with enough time for tea and or a beer to muse over. I am sick of distracted surfing, I am catching myself tearing apart my head on the web again. Not an environment art can survive well in as anything mor ethan image-fodder.

By the way, all this info is brought to you courtesy dbqp. here's a tip when reading that blog:

- cut to the pics, and chase down the links. his prose style/subject tends towards the uneven (well, okay - at the office, they're a little long and then some couple that with thin), and, well, at times obscure, esp. when its a review or essay on a piece you aren't privvy to. the work he lets through though, is often worth digging further into. He's done a solid couple weks of reviews of visual poets that I have never heard of and am thankful for it (probably more in his archives). Plus some of the hard copy work is free, for the price of a Intl. postage stamp ($0.70)