Kenneth Goldsmith, author of Fidget, founder of UbuWeb and senior editor of PennSound, gives a talk in Toronto at Mercer Union, A Centre for Contemporary Art. His exhibition Street Poets & Visionaries: Selections from the UbuWeb Collection will be on view at Mercer Union from January 9 to February 14, 2009.
Artist Talk by Kenneth Goldsmith
Friday, January 9, 2009
The Bronx Museum hosts STREET/LANGUAGE, an exploration of 'the sounds, vernaculars and visuals that populate our cities' streets,' featuring Christian Bok (Eunoia, Crystallography), Kenneth Goldsmith (Fidget) and sound artist Kabir Carter. Performances by the artists will follow a discussion on the role of street culture in their work.
Kenneth Goldsmith, author of Fidget, a book that documented every movement of the author's body on Bloomsday (June 16) 1997 from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., blogs this week at the Poetry Foundation about conceptual poetics, uncreative writing.
Coach House will, as of February 14, offer free digital downloads with the purchase of any print edition (provided, of course, the book currently exists in e-format). You buy one of our print books, the electronic book is yours for the taking.
Sounds great, but how does it work? One of two ways:
Coach House founder and master printer Stan Bevington is this year’s recipient of the Robert R. Reid lifetime achievement award for excellence in book art. The award is given annually by the Alcuin Society, a non-profit dedicated to preserving and celebrating Canadian contributions to print culture.
Previous Robert R. Reid recipients include former Coach House typesetter and designer Glenn Goluska.
In a two-part interview with Coach House founder and master printer Stan Bevington, Nigel Beale, from the Biblio File podcast, delves into the intriguing combination of factors that inspired Bevington's passion for print culture and took Coach House to the forefront of Canadian book design.
The interview is both a journey through the history of technologies and typefaces, as well as an advice manual for collectors seeking rare pieces of Canadiana.
