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Angst voor babies

26 aug

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Marlene Dumas

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In het Kunstmuseum in Den Haag kwam ik in een bijzaaltje een gedicht tegen van iemand van wie ik dit niet verwachte namelijk de kunstenaar Marlene Dumas (1953). Dat zij naast schilderijen ook collages maakt, gecombineerd met afgeknipte foto’s, tekst en tekeningen, wist ik wel maar een gedicht (in het Engels en Nederlands) was nieuw voor mij. Het gedicht ‘Angst voor babies’ of ‘Fear of Babies’ hing naast drie schilderijen in waterverf, krijt en Oost-Indische inkt uit 1989 waarop het gedicht geïnspireerd is (of andersom, dat verteld het verhaal niet). Deze drie kunstwerken hebben titels als ‘Mother and Baby’ (tweemaal) en ‘Suggesting Murder’ en werden door Dumas in 1993 aan het museum geschonken. Het gedicht uit 1986 werd voor het eerst gepubliceerd in 1998 in ‘Sweet Nothings: Notes and Texts’ en voor de presentatie vertaald door AVB Vertalingen.

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Angst voor babies

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Hoe bestaan er dromen

Van slaapdronken vrede

Een ras van kleine wezens

Vult krochten van haat

En velden vol verveling

Kom

Deel maar mijn bed

Voor vruchteloze vrijers

En doe vooral niets

Wat de dichter zal dwingen

Haar krappe speeltjes te verkwisten

Voor het chaotisch gestoei

Van kinderen

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Fear of Babies

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How do we dream

our dreams of peace

a race of small creatures

populating the areas of hatred

or the spheres of boredom

so

Share my bed

you sterilized lovers

and feel free

to do nothing

that would cause

the artrist to give up

her aesthetic plaything

for the disorderly toys

of children.

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First Poem Piece

29 jun

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Bruce Nauman

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In het Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam is momenteel een tentoonstelling te zien van het werk van Bruce Nauman (1941). Deze tentoonstelling bestaat uit een dwarsdoorsnede van deze Amerikaanse kunstenaar. Nauman hoeft geen onbekende kunstenaar te zijn want werk van zijn hand is in verschillende Nederlandse musea (Kröller-Müller museum, Bonnefanten museum, van Abbe museum, Stedelijk museum) te zien. Hoewel er veel videokunst is te zien (aardig maar ik vond het niet bijzonder) is er ook voldoende beeldend werk te bewonderen, waaronder het werk ‘First Poem Piece’.

Bij ‘First Poem Piece’ staat als verklaring: “Dit werk bestaat uit een vierkante stalen plaat waarop Nauman in rasters en regels zinnen heeft geëtst, een eerste gedicht zeg maar. In elke nieuwe regel is een woord weggelaten, waardoor de betekenis van de zin verandert. De lichtheid van de tekst die steeds verdwijnt staat in contrast met de fysieke aanwezigheid van de meer dan 250 kilo zware plaat.”

De regel luidt: You may not want to be here, maar in de twee laatste regels verandert Nauman het woord here, voor hear (hier voor horen) waardoor het gedicht extra lading krijgt.

Het werk komt uit de collectie van Martin en Mia Visser. Zij hebben op basis van een tekening (zie hieronder) dit sculptuur door Nauman laten uitvoeren.

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Visuele poëzie

1 apr

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Warren Lehrer

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De Amerikaanse schrijver en ontwerper/kunstenaar Warren Lehrer (1955) staat vooral bekend om zijn zeer visuele boeken en multimediaprojecten. Hij kreeg bekendheid in de jaren tachtig en negentig vanwege zijn pogingen om de vorm van gedachten en spraak vast te leggen op de gedrukte pagina in zijn boeken en performance-partituren die worden gekenmerkt door polyvalente (veelzijdige) verhalen en expressionistische typografie. 

In november 2019 ontving Lehrer de Lifetime Achievement Ladislav Sutner-prijs in Tsjechië. voor ‘zijn baanbrekende werk op het gebied van visuele literatuur en vormgeving’. De jaarlijkse onderscheiding, genoemd naar de Tsjechisch-Amerikaanse designpionier, erkent individuele kunstenaars uit de hele wereld die uitmuntende prestaties leveren op het gebied van schone kunsten, met name toegepaste kunst en design.

In 2020 had Lehrer een tentoonstelling in de Center for Book Arts in New York waarin hij zijn benadering van het visualiseren van poëzie en proza ​​in projecten met meerdere vertakkingen door middel van boeken, typografie, animatie en performance weergaf. Uit deze tentoonstelling hier een paar voorbeelden van zijn visuele vorm van poëzie.

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Poem from a Bus Shelter

27 jul

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Clare Shaw en Louise Crosby

 

Al eerder schreef ik over poëzie in comics. Meestal waren dat komische plaatsjes waarin poëzie als onderwerp voor kwam en soms waren het gedichten verwerkt in een comic of stripverhaal. Dichter Clare Shaw en kunstenaar Louise Crosby hebben samen een project opgezet met als naam ‘Poem from a Bus Shelter’ waarbij Crosby een visuele interpretatie geeft van de woorden van Shaw. Hierdoor krijgt de tekst een extra laag of lading.

Op hun website http://seeingpoetry.co.uk/ staan verschillende voorbeelden van hun samenwerking. Poem from a Bus Shelter was het eerste minibook dat ze samen in 2014 uitgaven.

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Poëzie en kunst

6 feb

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Sophia Kemp

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Sophia Kemp  is afgestudeerd master Illustration aan het Camberwell College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London in 2011. Daarna studeerde ze af als Bachelor Illustration and Graphic Design bij het Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London in 2006.

Tegenwoordig schrijft en tekent ze een serie geïllustreerde gedichten in de hoop deze te kunnen publiceren in de nabije toekomst. Van haar hand zijn een aantal gedichten en illustraties die goed laten zien dat poëzie en beeld (grafisch, tekeningen, afbeeldingen e.d.) heel goed samen kunnen gaan.

Hieronder een aantal voorbeelden van haar gedichten op tassen en t-shirts.

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Meer voorbeelden van haar gedichten/illustraties vind je op http://sophiakemp.wix.com/skillustrations#!

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McDonalds is onmogelijk

24 jan

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McDonalds is impossible

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Op de website van poetryfoundation.org kwam ik het gedicht ‘McDonalds is impossible’ tegen van Chelsea Martin.

Chelsea Martin heeft een bijzonder aardige website http://www.jerkethics.com/writing.html waarop meer gedichten te vinden zijn maar ook video’s artwork en nog veel meer. De reden dat ik dit gedicht van Chelsea plaats is dat ik hier pas een gedicht met de titel Burger King heb geplaatst en dan mag de grote concurrent natuurlijk niet ontbreken. Tel daarbij op de bijzondere inhoud van dit boeiende gedicht en je snapt waarom ik jullie dit niet wilde onthouden.

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McDonalds is impossible

Eating food from McDonald’s is mathematically impossible.
Because before you can eat it, you have to order it.
And before you can order it, you have to decide what you want.
And before you can decide what you want, you have to read the menu.
And before you can read the menu, you have to be in front of the menu.
And before you can be in front of the menu, you have to wait in line.
And before you can wait in line, you have to drive to the restaurant.
And before you can drive to the restaurant, you have to get in your car.
And before you can get in your car, you have to put clothes on.
And before you can put clothes on, you have to get out of bed.
And before you can get out of bed, you have to stop being so depressed.
And before you can stop being so depressed, you have to understand what depression is.
And before you can understand what depression is, you have to think clearly.
And before you can think clearly, you have to turn off the TV.
And before you can turn off the TV, you have to free your hands.
And before you can free your hands, you have to stop masturbating.
And before you can stop masturbating, you have to get off.
And before you can get off, you have to imagine someone you really like with his pants off, encouraging you to explore his enlarged genitalia.
And before you can imagine someone you really like with his pants off encouraging you to explore his enlarged genitalia, you have to imagine that person stroking your neck.
And before you can imagine that person stroking your neck, you have to imagine that person walking up to you looking determined.
And before you can imagine that person walking up to you looking determined, you have to choose who that person is.
And before you can choose who that person is, you have to like someone.
And before you can like someone, you have to interact with someone.
And before you can interact with someone, you have to introduce yourself.
And before you can introduce yourself, you have to be in a social situation.
And before you can be in a social situation, you have to be invited to something somehow.
And before you can be invited to something somehow, you have to receive a telephone call from a friend.
And before you can receive a telephone call from a friend, you have to make a reputation for yourself as being sort of fun.
And before you can make a reputation for yourself as being sort of fun, you have to be noticeably fun on several different occasions.
And before you can be noticeably fun on several different occasions, you have to be fun once in the presence of two or more people.
And before you can be fun once in the presence of two or more people, you have to be drunk.
And before you can be drunk, you have to buy alcohol.
And before you can buy alcohol, you have to want your psychological state to be altered.
And before you can want your psychological state to be altered, you have to recognize that your current psychological state is unsatisfactory.
And before you can recognize that your current psychological state is unsatisfactory, you have to grow tired of your lifestyle.
And before you can grow tired of your lifestyle, you have to repeat the same patterns over and over endlessly.
And before you can repeat the same patterns over and over endlessly, you have to lose a lot of your creativity.
And before you can lose a lot of your creativity, you have to stop reading books.
And before you can stop reading books, you have to think that you would benefit from reading less frequently.
And before you can think that you would benefit from reading less frequently, you have to be discouraged by the written word.
And before you can be discouraged by the written word, you have to read something that reinforces your insecurities.
And before you can read something that reinforces your insecurities, you have to have insecurities.
And before you can have insecurities, you have to be awake for part of the day.
And before you can be awake for part of the day, you have to feel motivation to wake up.
And before you can feel motivation to wake up, you have to dream of perfectly synchronized conversations with people you desire to talk to.
And before you can dream of perfectly synchronized conversations with people you desire to talk to, you have to have a general idea of what a perfectly synchronized conversation is.
And before you can have a general idea of what a perfectly synchronized conversation is, you have to watch a lot of movies in which people successfully talk to each other.
And before you can watch a lot of movies in which people successfully talk to each other, you have to have an interest in other people.
And before you can have an interest in other people, you have to have some way of benefiting from other people.
And before you can have some way of benefiting from other people, you have to have goals.
And before you can have goals, you have to want power.
And before you can want power, you have to feel greed.
And before you can feel greed, you have to feel more deserving than others.
And before you can feel more deserving than others, you have to feel a general disgust with the human population.
And before you can feel a general disgust with the human population, you have to be emotionally wounded.
And before you can be emotionally wounded, you have to be treated badly by someone you think you care about while in a naive, vulnerable state.
And before you can be treated badly by someone you think you care about while in a naive, vulnerable state, you have to feel inferior to that person.
And before you can feel inferior to that person, you have to watch him laughing and walking towards his drum kit with his shirt off and the sun all over him.
And before you can watch him laughing and walking towards his drum kit with his shirt off and the sun all over him, you have to go to one of his outdoor shows.
And before you can go to one of his outdoor shows, you have to pretend to know something about music.
And before you can pretend to know something about music, you have to feel embarrassed about your real interests.
And before you can feel embarrassed about your real interests, you have to realize that your interests are different from other people’s interests.
And before you can realize that your interests are different from other people’s interests, you have to be regularly misunderstood.
And before you can be regularly misunderstood, you have to be almost completely socially debilitated.
And before you can be almost completely socially debilitated, you have to be an outcast.
And before you can be an outcast, you have to be rejected by your entire group of friends.
And before you can be rejected by your entire group of friends, you have to be suffocatingly loyal to your friends.
And before you can be suffocatingly loyal to your friends, you have to be afraid of loss.
And before you can be afraid of loss, you have to lose something of value.
And before you can lose something of value, you have to realize that that thing will never change.
And before you can realize that that thing will never change, you have to have the same conversation with your grandmother forty or fifty times.
And before you can have the same conversation with your grandmother forty or fifty times, you have to have a desire to talk to her and form a meaningful relationship.
And before you can have a desire to talk to her and form a meaningful relationship, you have to love her.
And before you can love her, you have to notice the great tolerance she has for you.
And before you can notice the great tolerance she has for you, you have to break one of her favorite china teacups that her mother gave her and forget to apologize.
And before you can break one of her favorite china teacups that her mother gave her and forget to apologize, you have to insist on using the teacups for your imaginary tea party. And before you can insist on using the teacups for your imaginary tea party, you have to cultivate your imagination.
And before you can cultivate your imagination, you have to spend a lot of time alone.
And before you can spend a lot of time alone, you have to find ways to sneak away from your siblings.
And before you can find ways to sneak away from your siblings, you have to have siblings.
And before you can have siblings, you have to underwhelm your parents.
And before you can underwhelm your parents, you have to be quiet, polite and unnoticeable.
And before you can be quiet, polite and unnoticeable, you have to understand that it is possible to disappoint your parents.
And before you can understand that it is possible to disappoint your parents, you have to be harshly reprimanded.
And before you can be harshly reprimanded, you have to sing loudly at an inappropriate moment.
And before you can sing loudly at an inappropriate moment, you have to be happy.
And before you can be happy, you have to be able to recognize happiness.
And before you can be able to recognize happiness, you have to know distress.
And before you can know distress, you have to be watched by an insufficient babysitter for one week.
And before you can be watched by an insufficient babysitter for one week, you have to vomit on the other, more pleasant babysitter.
And before you can vomit on the other, more pleasant babysitter, you have to be sick.
And before you can be sick, you have to eat something you’re allergic to.
And before you can eat something you’re allergic to, you have to have allergies.
And before you can have allergies, you have to be born.
And before you can be born, you have to be conceived.
And before you can be conceived, your parents have to copulate.
And before your parents can copulate, they have to be attracted to one another.
And before they can be attracted to one another, they have to have common interests.
And before they can have common interests, they have to talk to each other.
And before they can talk to each other, they have to meet.
And before they can meet, they have to have in-school suspension on the same day.
And before they can have in-school suspension on the same day, they have to get caught sneaking off campus separately.
And before they can get caught sneaking off campus separately, they have to think of somewhere to go.
And before they can think of somewhere to go, they have to be familiar with McDonald’s.
And before they can be familiar with McDonald’s, they have to eat food from McDonald’s.
And eating food from McDonald’s is mathematically impossible.
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