Showing posts with label Jim Leftwich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jim Leftwich. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
... and a happy new year / jim leftwich. 2014
happ fork an unptotic dredge
happ throne an unthird swirl chance
happ hell an un is still
happ said an unfusing
happ second an unhydrogen stick
happ or not an unburnning the stellar
happ eterna an unlimb photosphere emission pink
happ accounts an uncaterpillars the most common the
happ sufi an uncollapsing molecular cloud metals
happ apostolic an ununiformly are supply
happ in name an un of outer
happ internationa an un envelope
happ damnation an unluminous cultural
happ abolishing an unsand orange to
happ definitive an unred selves ping coronal
happ the workers an unrange sequence carrot pagan gifts
happ eradicate an unnebula layers fusion for
happ precisely an unsplitt gravity shades
happ doubted an un a red
happ everyday an ungiant
happ barbaric an unrhodochrosite wheel
happ clarify an un the stick swarms
happ metaphorical an unlate phase of darkest
happ between an undipped ancient red and the
happ a miracle an unsurface giants splitting the
happ unleashed an unhorizontal enough continue
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Sunday, June 29, 2014
noun / jim leftwich. 2014
noun, addaggio, network acrobatics,
reseau planting pivotal, femur,
web-goat, reiterated atmospheric woodbine,
toile, tissue, palm-cure, brats, laciste,
reseau grid, railroad, Virginia creeper,
rille, reseau, cachette, connection,
parthenogenesis, raccordionment, lion,
rapport, relation, branchement, reseau
"standing in a lion" (connexion, deciduous)
branch, mint, creek, nightcrawler,
minnow-bucket, lien, rapport, relation,
contact, paroche, reseau, contract,
net, meiosis, chat, catgut, guttersnipe,
[snipe-hunt] filet, reseau, pie, glue,
tulle, tulip, mesh, handwritten nailles de
filet, puke due machete, reseau, nails,
rest-stop, stop-gap, "Fancy Gap" [gaping]
rets, rents, regents, regrets (none of the
above) filets, engrenage, enrage, "in ragged
garage" [backyard, detached, storage]
1979-1980: Books, magazines and clothes bought
at flea markets in Greensboro and Eureka
atmospheric double empire woodbine, noun,
addaggio, network minimal kitchen nostalgia
acrobatics, web-goat, reiterated pivotal,
culinary femur jazz, reseau planting
brats, laciste, atmospheric cachette, connection,
double empire woodbine, noun, culinary
femur jazz, reseau reseau grid,
railroad, planting acrobatics, web-goat,
Virginia creeper, reiterated pivotal, addaggio,
network toile, tissue, palm-cure,
minimal rille, reseau, kitchen nostalgia
fluorescent tubes (connexion, deciduous) atmospheric
double raccordionment, lion, empire woodbine,
noun, truism thin spectacle, rapport,
relation, culinary femur jazz, reseau
planting hollow fishcore barrel, branchement,
reseau parthenogenesis, acrobatics, web-goat,
reiterated pivotal, vacuum cleaners addaggio,
"standing in a lion" network
minimal kitchen nostalgia, tragic fact
enormous creek, nightcrawler, acrobatics, reseau,
contract, web-goat, reiterated pivotal,
endgame culinary femur contact, paroche,
jazz, reseau planting toy gorilla
addaggio, network branch, mint, minimal
minnow-bucket, lien, kitchen nostalgia
Detroit/water atmospheric double rapport,
relation, empire woodbine, noun, oversized
dime-store tulle, tulip, realism
mesh, atmospheric double catgut, guttersnipe,
empire woodbine, noun, handwritten nailles
deculinary femur stainless jazz, reseau
planting [snipe-hunt wallpaper] filet,
puzzling acrobatics, web-goat, reiterated
net, meiosis, chat, pivotal, reseau,
pie, sensuousness, glue, addaggio, network
minimal polished kitchen, awful nostalgia
erratic, exotic, (none of the
atmospheric double empire) woodbine, noun,
androgynous, dimensional, addaggio, reseau, nails,
network rets, rents, regents, regrets
minimal kitchen nostalgia penguin, capital,
culinary femur jazz, reseau rest-stop,
stop-gap, planting adorned, abandoned,
acrobatics, filet, puke due machete,
web-goat, reiterated "Fancy Gap"
[gaping] pivotal, wires, Egyptians, rags
enrage, "in ragged garage" atmospheric
double empire in Greensboro and
Eureka, woodbine, noun, culinary femur
jazz, reseau planting, 1979-1980:
[backyard, detached, storage] addaggio, network
at flea markets minimal kitchen
nostalgia, (above) filets, engrenage, Books,
magazines and clothes bought acrobatics,
web-goat, reiterated pivotal, experiential
reseau planting pivotal, femur,
web-goat, reiterated atmospheric woodbine,
toile, tissue, palm-cure, brats, laciste,
reseau grid, railroad, Virginia creeper,
rille, reseau, cachette, connection,
parthenogenesis, raccordionment, lion,
rapport, relation, branchement, reseau
"standing in a lion" (connexion, deciduous)
branch, mint, creek, nightcrawler,
minnow-bucket, lien, rapport, relation,
contact, paroche, reseau, contract,
net, meiosis, chat, catgut, guttersnipe,
[snipe-hunt] filet, reseau, pie, glue,
tulle, tulip, mesh, handwritten nailles de
filet, puke due machete, reseau, nails,
rest-stop, stop-gap, "Fancy Gap" [gaping]
rets, rents, regents, regrets (none of the
above) filets, engrenage, enrage, "in ragged
garage" [backyard, detached, storage]
1979-1980: Books, magazines and clothes bought
at flea markets in Greensboro and Eureka
atmospheric double empire woodbine, noun,
addaggio, network minimal kitchen nostalgia
acrobatics, web-goat, reiterated pivotal,
culinary femur jazz, reseau planting
brats, laciste, atmospheric cachette, connection,
double empire woodbine, noun, culinary
femur jazz, reseau reseau grid,
railroad, planting acrobatics, web-goat,
Virginia creeper, reiterated pivotal, addaggio,
network toile, tissue, palm-cure,
minimal rille, reseau, kitchen nostalgia
fluorescent tubes (connexion, deciduous) atmospheric
double raccordionment, lion, empire woodbine,
noun, truism thin spectacle, rapport,
relation, culinary femur jazz, reseau
planting hollow fishcore barrel, branchement,
reseau parthenogenesis, acrobatics, web-goat,
reiterated pivotal, vacuum cleaners addaggio,
"standing in a lion" network
minimal kitchen nostalgia, tragic fact
enormous creek, nightcrawler, acrobatics, reseau,
contract, web-goat, reiterated pivotal,
endgame culinary femur contact, paroche,
jazz, reseau planting toy gorilla
addaggio, network branch, mint, minimal
minnow-bucket, lien, kitchen nostalgia
Detroit/water atmospheric double rapport,
relation, empire woodbine, noun, oversized
dime-store tulle, tulip, realism
mesh, atmospheric double catgut, guttersnipe,
empire woodbine, noun, handwritten nailles
deculinary femur stainless jazz, reseau
planting [snipe-hunt wallpaper] filet,
puzzling acrobatics, web-goat, reiterated
net, meiosis, chat, pivotal, reseau,
pie, sensuousness, glue, addaggio, network
minimal polished kitchen, awful nostalgia
erratic, exotic, (none of the
atmospheric double empire) woodbine, noun,
androgynous, dimensional, addaggio, reseau, nails,
network rets, rents, regents, regrets
minimal kitchen nostalgia penguin, capital,
culinary femur jazz, reseau rest-stop,
stop-gap, planting adorned, abandoned,
acrobatics, filet, puke due machete,
web-goat, reiterated "Fancy Gap"
[gaping] pivotal, wires, Egyptians, rags
enrage, "in ragged garage" atmospheric
double empire in Greensboro and
Eureka, woodbine, noun, culinary femur
jazz, reseau planting, 1979-1980:
[backyard, detached, storage] addaggio, network
at flea markets minimal kitchen
nostalgia, (above) filets, engrenage, Books,
magazines and clothes bought acrobatics,
web-goat, reiterated pivotal, experiential
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Sunday, March 30, 2014
some roanoke marginal arts festival photos
some Roanoke Marginal Arts Festival photos here:
(Thanks to Jim Leftwich)
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Jim Leftwich e la “Pansemic Playhouse”
In questi anni recenti, oltre a lavorare in numerosi ambiti verbovisivi, e ovviamente nelle aree della poesia concreta e visiva, del glitch, della fotografia, del collage e della mail-art, Jim Leftwich ha ospitato materiali altrui, organizzando veri e propri archivi in rete, tutti o quasi tutti legati ai molti blog a cui collabora, ma soprattutto alle sue pagine http://www.flickr.com/photos/textimagepoetry/ e http://textimagepoem.blogspot.com e ai vari festival e iniziative (collab fests, o marginal arts festivals) di arte e di scritture sperimentali ai quali ha preso parte, a Roanoke (Virginia), la città in cui vive.
L'accumulo di materiali, altrui e propri, che questi anni di lavoro (e i precedenti) hanno portato è impressionante. Molti – degli anni 2005-07 – sono archiviati in un’apposita pagina allestita grazie a John M. Bennett dalla Ohio State University: http://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/rarebooks/TextImagePoemArchive.php.
Molti altri, specificamente di Leftwich, sono spread all over the world, diffusi ovunque nel mondo sia in forma cartacea (spedizioni, invii) sia in blog e siti i più diversi. Anche una superficiale ricognizione su google testimonierà della straordinaria diffusione di opere di Leftwich, o di sue collaborazioni (collab works).
Da circa due anni, da luglio 2011 ad oggi, anche con periodi in cui l'attività di postaggio è quantitativamente minore, Jim Leftwich sta inoltre pubblicando sul suo già ricchissimo e generoso spazio flickr una serie intitolata Pansemic Playhouse. Si può prendere visione dei vari “set” che la compongono a partire dalla pagina citata sopra:
Una playhouse è una casa giocattolo, una casa dei giochi. Nel progetto e idea di una simile casa “pansemantica” molti elementi assai felicemente e positivamente convergono. Per ragionarne, direi di tenere presente sullo sfondo, come elemento differenziale, l'orizzonte della “asemic writing”, ossia della scrittura asemantica. Leftwich, per altro, è stato uno dei primi statunitensi a occuparsi di asemic writing in maniera sistematica, a partire dagli ultimi anni del Novecento (in colloquio con John Byrum e Tim Gaze).
In Pansemic Playhouse, al contrario che nella scrittura asemantica, e – davvero – in rapporto differenziale netto con questa, Leftwich espone/sovraespone, accumula e moltiplica immagini e materiali anche casualissimi (classico e ritornante è lo scatto assolutamente random da cellulare) in cui tutto è semantico, tutto acquista un rilievo di senso, in qualche modo. E, questo, non volontaristicamente, ma come una sorta di emersione (data per oggettiva anche se conscia del fatto che oggettiva non sarà mai) dell’evidenza di senso di ogni nostra percezione. (Insisto: a specchio e differenza dei percorsi asemantici di alcuni segni grafici).
Leftwich è perfettamente cosciente del 'brutto' e del 'non riuscito' in alcuni scatti e immagini, ma quel che a lui interessa è il versante 'costruttivo' dello sguardo stesso di chi apre immagini e sequenze. Al centro del meticoloso progetto di una casa/catasta pansemantica sta insomma un’idea legata all’affioramento non casuale ma quasi cronometrico, prevedibile, inevitabile, di un costante microrilievo di senso, una traccia aggiunta possibile, che sta dunque proprio al fondo di ogni – veramente ogni – cosa ed esperienza). (Tutto ciò ha in parte anche interessanti – pur se non inediti – risvolti etici).
Il progetto di flusso visivo che conserva numerose versioni di uno stesso frame è in fondo analogo al sistema di varianti moltiplicate (e variazioni non necessariamente infinitesimali) apprezzabile nel vasto progetto testuale – e visivo – di Six Months Ain’t No Sentence, per adesso diviso in 50 libri gratuitamente scaricabili dall’indirizzo differxhost seguente: https://app.box.com/s/l76xlrg78e5s8evbi4c4. Altro tassello del colossale lavoro di sperimentazione di Leftwich.
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alcuni link aggiornati:
http://jimleftwichtextimagepoem.blogspot.it/2013/09/pansemic-playhouse-1-600-jim-leftwich.html
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alcuni link aggiornati:
http://jimleftwichtextimagepoem.blogspot.it/2013/09/pansemic-playhouse-1-600-jim-leftwich.html
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
_Six Months Ain't No Sentence_ by Jim Leftwich @ differxhost "BOX"
differx and differxhost [see here and here] host right now the books 01-50 (from year 2011 to year 2013) of "Six Months Aint No Sentence", texts and works by Jim Leftwich
[+ a file by John M. Bennett, re-working on J.L.'s texts]
All the pdf files are freely downloadable here.
(CC) Jim Leftwich, 2011-13
acknowledgements:
announcement here too:
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Thursday, October 20, 2011
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