Tribute to the Abeceda!

 Tribute to the Abeceda!

Friday, June 3, 6:30-8:30pm

Tribute to the Abstract Poetic Object: the Letter.

In 1922, Czech Surrealist writer Vítezslav Nezval challenged poetic form by rejecting the meaning of language altogether, looking instead to the aesthetic formalism of the printed word. He generated twenty-four poems, which were then interpreted by Avant Garde dancer Milka Mayerová --“She was thus the poems’ poetic medium.” Karel Tiege, (l’enfant terrible of the Czech modern avant-garde, ] designed the scenography using Constructivist typographic symbols as motifs for dynamic compositions. The 1926 publication, Abeceda, celebrates the simple, graphic beauty of the letter which, Nezval suggests, is a pretext for gymnastics of the mind. 

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Semantic Deviation: Simultaneous Poetry, Performance, Cocktails

Semantic Deviation: Simultaneous Poetry, Performance, Cocktails

Thursday, May 26, 6:30-8:30

The Absurdist presents-
Semantic Deviation: Simultaneous Poetry and Performance

Within words we are found. Without words what is left? Prepare for an evening of semantic excursions. By speaking everything all at once, we say nothing at all. Join The Absurdist and the The Dead Alleys in a simultaneous poetry recitation punctated with startling performances intent to rip the veil of meaning from the grunts and bleatings we label as human language.

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Broadcast From The Soundscaped Cocoon: Side B

Broadcast From The Soundscaped Cocoon: Side B

Looking for something to get you through the week? The daily grind got you down in the dumps? Why not mainline some pure auditory liquid crystalline bliss? We hosted a two day long experimental ambient sound festival at StoreFrontLab last month as part of Sound+Consciousness, and if you missed it, you missed out. Luckily, however, we were able to capture the entire event for posterity, and present it here for you free and uncut. Put it on in the background, tune in, turn up and slowly dissolve into the cosmic aether.

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Broadcast From The Soundscaped Cocoon: Side A

Broadcast From The Soundscaped Cocoon: Side A

Looking for something to get you through the week? The daily grind got you down in the dumps? Why not mainline some pure auditory liquid crystalline bliss? We hosted a two day long experimental ambient sound festival at StoreFrontLab last month as part of Sound+Consciousness, and if you missed it, you missed out. Luckily, however, we were able to capture the entire event for posterity, and present it here for you free and uncut. Put it on in the background, tune in, turn up and slowly dissolve into the cosmic aether.

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