Week 1

For Class Week 1 - 09 24 09 - Post a Blog Response by 2pm the day of class to the materials shown below - many of which we looked at and talked about in class...

Visual Poetry:
Early Visual Poetry - http://www.ubu.com/historical/early/index.html
Stephane Mallarme - http://www.ubu.com/historical/mallarme/index.html
Guillaume Apollinaire - http://www.ubu.com/historical/app/index.html
sound - http://www.ubu.com/sound/app.html

Sound Poetry:
Sound Poetry 1914-19 - http://www.ubu.com/historical/sound/index.html
Hugo Ball - http://www.ubu.com/sound/ball.html
Christian Bok - http://www.ubu.com/sound/bok.html
particularly his version of Seepferdchen und Flugfishce (Seahorses and Flyingfish) and the Ursonate
Jaap Blonk – http://www.ubu.com/sound/blonk_flux.html
particularly his version of Seepferdchen und Flugfishce (Seahorses and Flyingfish)

Die Sonata in Urlauten - Ursonate:
Kurt Schwitters - http://www.ubu.com/sound/schwitters.html
Ursonate - http://www.ubu.com/sound/ursonate.html
particularly the versions by Jaap Blonk, Christian Bok and Adachi Tomomi

of further interest...
Blonk Organ - http://www.jaapblonk.com/Organ/blonkorgan.html
Maja Ratkje - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpPU-xQXfAg
shhhhhhhh op #1

Tomomi Adachi - http://www.ubu.com/sound/tomomi.html
Yumiko
Namahage-Mint
Minna no Uta (Song for Everyone)

Brian Kim Stefans - The Dreamlife of Letters
Scriptor - http://www.arras.net/?p=238#more-238

Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries - Main Page
The Struggle Continues - click here
and their work in the show Your Bright Future currently up at LACMA