Poetry books: Reading Books
25 January - 24 March 2007
Perhaps we should have called this a selection of ‘poetic’ books rather than simply poetry books. The books on show have been selected as a themed exhibition to accompany both poëzie week in Enschede; National Poetry Day in The Netherlands and National Book Week in The Netherlands, which all occur over this period. Students on the Poetry course at AKI (ArtEz) in Enschede, will be reading poems they have written, at the exhibition opening on 25th January.
The books in the exhibition are from the collection at CFPR, all of which have been chosen for their variety of texts, elements of poetry, experimental type and poetic imagery, in the hope that they may inspire your imagination.
Thomas A. Clark’s beautifully written pieces Evening and Morning; Twenty Blessings; In Praise of Walking and A Book Of Deer are classic poetic works from the Moschatel Press imprint. We also have subliminally altered poems: Sonnet 154 by William Shakespeare (FAHRENHEIT 451, OR HOW TO MAKE A BOOK BOMB, AUTHOR UNKNOWN), by Matt Lumby a wonderfully subversive set of instructions hidden inside a seemingly innocuous love sonnet.
John Bently’s Songs From the Shandy Valley; Paperback; Twenty Household Objects, Thirty People and One Hundred Books represent a very small portion of Liver and Lights publishing works from the last 22 years (see www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/jbliver.htm for a short history and archive images). Specimens; by playback tape and singinging composition by Colin Sackett are just three examples of his brilliantly considered text works exploring the English language and landscape.
Journey to the Centre by Katherina Manolessou and Otto, was inspired by Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth, screenprinted in an edition of 100, as a psychedelic voyage, written and illustrated by Manolessou and Otto (see www.ottobooks.co.uk). Mo Kramer – A few Lines for Paul Klee – is a small piece from the boxed installation: The Lost Life and Works of Mo Kramer (1920-1993), Meir Agassi, 1993. The poem was written by Agassi in the assumed character of his fictitious artist Mo Kramer.
Where Have You Been? is a recent addition to the collection from the new artists’ books and poetry publishing venture ignition books. Visit their website for images and information on their publishing projects www.ignition.ie
January 2007
The exhibition opening was held on 25th January. For the event, students on the Poetry course at AKI (ArtEz) in Enschede, read poems they had written for Poëzie Week in Enschede, and National Poetry Day in The Netherlands.
Photographs by Marion Bouwhuis
Books in the exhibition:
Mo Kramer – A few Lines for Paul Klee – from The Lost Life and Works of Mo Kramer (1920-1993), Meir Agassi, 1993
Evening;Morning, Thomas A Clark, Moschatel Press, 2004
A Book of Deer, Thomas A. Clark, Moschatel Press, 2003
Street Life in London Redeemed by Jaldaboath, Andrew Atkinson, 2003
Bio-autographic: sitting ruminations issue Mike Nicholson, 2006
Yearning, Lucy May Schofield, 2005
Night-Shining White, Andrew Eason, 1999
Emergency Exit, Joan Ainley, RGAP, 1997
Notebook 57, Jackie Batey, Edition 3, 2004
Steeplechase, Stuart Mugridge, 1993
In Praise of Walking, Thomas A. Clark, Moschatel Press, 2004
By Playback Tape, Colin Sackett, 1997
I have a dream... Gray Fraser, 2001
Thrift Store, The Past and Future Secret Lives of Things, Emily Larned, Ig Publishing, New York, 2006
Emitron 2, Borbonesa, 2005
La Princesa, Ral Veroni, 2002
Liver and Lights No 33, Twenty Household Objects, John Bently, 2004
Autumn Almanac by Mike Nicholson, Ensxiteen Editions, 2006
Journey to the Centre by Katherina Manolessou and Otto, 2005
Specimens by Colin Sackett, Axminster, 1998
What the Cleaners Found by Pavel Büchler, RGAP, 1996
One Hundred Books by John Bently, Liver and Lights No 23, John Bently 1999
Paperback by John Bently and Harvey Eagles, Magpie Press, 1997
Songs From the Shandy Valley, John Bently, Liver and Lights, Malice Aforethought Press, 1991
Real Men Use Guns, Chris Barker, RGAP
Twenty Blessings, Thomas A Clark, Moschatel Press, 1999
singinging composition, Colin Sackett, Axminster, 1995
Warsex, Mike Diana, 2000
On seeing Montgomery Clift drunk as he was, Elissa Joy, Pas de Chance, Toronto, 1996
Ode On The Death Of A Favourite Cat, Otto, Otto Free Press, 2006
Thirty People, Liver and Lights, No 30, John Bently, 2003
Penguin Pool, Anwen Williams, 2005
Where Have You Been? ignition books, EIRE, 2006
Sonnet 154 by William Shakespeare (FAHRENHEIT 451, OR HOW TO MAKE A BOOK BOMB, AUTHOR UNKNOWN), Matt Lumby, 2006
Character Weakness, Judy Radul, Knust Press, 1993
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