7.18.2005

So what or where is it?

New Brutalism has some severe critics, one of the most famous being Charles, Prince of Wales, whose speeches and writings on architecture have excoriated New Brutalism. The poetry column of Private Eye, "Books and Mourners", began life as "Books and Mourners of the New Barbarism", with "new barbarism" clearly intended as a reference to "new brutalism". The column is skeptical about postmodern poetry in general, but over the course of some four years has reserved its strongest wrath for New Brutalism, especially in 21 Grand projects.


It could be the work found here.
Or here.


I hear the master slaps you if you say "both", but hell, its worth a try, and its probably not a hard slap (the lawyers advise).

Its not there. That man is an imposter (see it in his well-sweatered smile?). If you are in Canada, you know what we do with imposters. Bring the creme fraiche.

On my lunch breaks, its definitely here (over there ... ). That fountain, when its on, reads some loud motherfucking poe-ette-tree, lemme say.

It is altogether the precursor, in 3-D, of Brookyln grafitti that it looks like, and has the same crew of detractors or should we say distractors.

I recommend the final reading to be held there, if only because poets are the best dancers, and no one else comes close.

ugly / bald / lively contrasts

shameless / vivid / brazen constructs

fleeced / wooly / post mods revel

accessible can be a reference to putting seats out, switching the senses up, and charging a four dollar admission. tradition can be courted -no?- at a bacchanal.

and the view out the front door is a painting waiting to happen.

to me it looked a lot like a group of people who'd made it to the point of no return, look around and took a couple digital photos, a sip from their flask, and promptly high tailed it out of there, back to the city (there was a new Johnny Depp film coming out that night). this might explain why, with suitable (ie ample) whorski nearby, poets make the best dancers, and mighty fine preachers too. for they have lived to see the other side, hallelujah.

it also might explain why i have been feeling feisty all day. New Brutalism Series - there will only be one more, chck it out and see you there. after that, we'll have to do it all ourselves.

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1 Comments:

Blogger artifact reading series said...

ah actually david larsen is taking over the new brutalism series. but I believe the name is changing.

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