YouTube Challenge!
Videographer Jonathan VanBallenberghe built this YouTube video for the Conceptual Poetry and Its Others Symposium. We are struck by the endless possibilities of the form, and so have decided to create a challenge for you, the audience, to create your own video to answer the question, "What is conceptual poetry?" The only constraint is that somewhere in the video, this text should be included:
"Conceptual Poetry and Its Others. May 29-31, 2008. www.poetrycenter.arizona.edu."
Upload a video to YouTube by May 21 and let us know about it. Top videos will be featured on the Conceptual Poetry webpage (and may be screened at the Symposium keynote address) and the winner will receive a $150 dollar cash prize (or a $200 dollar gift certificate), provided by Book Stop Used Books, Tucson's oldest bookseller.
Featured Artists
Previous Symposium:
- Native Voices: Indigenous Language and Poetry,
June 14 - June 16, 2007
Conceptual Poetry and its Others
with keynote speaker
Marjorie Perloff
May 29-31, 2008
KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY MARJORIE PERLOFF
WITH FEATURED ARTISTS
CAROLINE BERGVALL, CHARLES BERNSTEIN, CHRISTIAN BÖK, CRAIG DWORKIN, PETER GIZZI, KENNETH GOLDSMITH, SUSAN HOWE, TRACIE MORRIS, COLE SWENSEN
The forthcoming publication of Craig Dworkin and Kenneth Goldsmith’s Anthology of Conceptual Poetry (based on the online Ubuweb Anthology of Conceptual Writing) is only one sign of the recent interest in the “tensions between materiality and concept” (Dworkin), in a “new new formalism,” based on constraints, both the Oulipo and Cagean variants, on citationality and found text, on sound play, and visual device. Is such “non-expressivist” poetry too extreme? Conceptual Poetry and Its Others brings together a variety of leading poets to debate the issue.
ROUNDTABLE REPSONDENTS
Charles Alexander, CHAX Press, Tucson; Laynie Browne, UA Poetry Center; Graca Capinha, University of Coimbra, Portugal; Barbara Cole, SUNY, Buffalo; Wystan Curnow, University of Auckland, New Zealand; Michael Farrell, University of Melbourne; Australia; Jesper Olsson, OEI Magazine, Sweden; Vanessa Place, Les Figues Press, Los Angeles; Brian Reed, University of Washington, Seattle; Linda Reinfeld, Rochester Intstitute of Techonology; Marie Smart, University of Southern California; Jonathan Stalling, University of Oklahoma
VISPO
What would a Conceptual Poetry Symposium be without a nod to Vispo – the visual poetry movement that seems to be exponentially expanding its definition by constantly incorporating new, or if not new, at least more types of media, including digital, video, film, sculpture, typography, theater and book/e-zine arts? Some exciting work will be on display at the Poetry Center during the symposium including, including works by Peter Ciccariello, Julia Willms, and Turner Davis. Find out more here.
REGISTRATION
Registration: $105 general $60 student
Mail-in Registration Form
HOUSING
Four Points Sheraton, within walking distance of the UA Poetry Center, offers a group rate of $79 per night for Conceptual Poetry and Its Others symposium participants. Reservation deadline has been extended to April 14, 2008. Prices will go up to full price after this date. Click here for online registration.
SCHEDULE
THURSDAY, MAY 29
4 p.m. – READING with COLE SWENSEN, CHARLES BERNSTEIN, CHRISTIAN BÖK
7 p.m. – KEYNOTE ADDRESS with MARJORIE PERLOFF
FRIDAY, MAY 30
9 a.m. - Poetry Rules!: The Concept of Poetry with Charles Bernstein
10:15 a.m. - Black Conceptual Poetics: Examples for Crafting with Tracie Morris
1 p.m. - Panel Discussion with featured poets moderated by TENNEY NATHANSON
3 p.m. - Forms of Social Engagement with Caroline Bergvall
4:15 p.m. - ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSON
5:30 p.m. - Uncreative Writing Workshop with Kenneth Goldsmith
8 p.m. - READING with CRAIG DWORKIN, PETER GIZZI, SUSAN HOWE
SATURDAY, MAY 31
9 a.m. - The Visible World: Writing the Visual Arts with Cole Swensen
10:15 a.m. - Poetics of Assemblage with Peter Gizzi
1 p.m. - Two Dots over a Vowel with Christian Bök
2:15 p.m. - ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
4 p.m. - Class Session with Susan Howe
5:15 p.m. - The Politics of Conceptual Writing with Craig Dworkin
8 p.m. - READING with KENNETH GOLDSMITH, CAROLINE BERGVALL, TRACIE MORRIS
Volunteers: All slots are currently filled. Thank you.
FAQs
1. How do I get to/from the Poetry Center? (answer)
2. Where can I park at the Poetry Center? How much does parking cost? (answer)
3. What is the Poetry Center? (answer)
4. Is there a group discount rate? (answer)
5. What is the weather like in Tucson at the end of May? (answer)
6. What types of clothes should I bring? (answer)
7. Where can I eat? (answer)
8. Where can I stay? (answer)
9. What types of things are there to do on campus? (answer)
10. What types of things are there to do in the community? (answer)
11. Are there other literary resources in Southern Arizona? (answer)
12. Are there discounts for southern Arizona K-12 educators and/or journalists? (answer)
DEADLINES AT-A-GLANCE
March 4, 2008 Postmark Deadline for Roundtable Applications
April 4, 2008 Postmark Deadline for Early Bird Registration
April 4, 2008 Reservation Deadline for Group Rate at Four Points Sheraton
May 1, 2008 Volunteer Application Deadline
May 23, 2008 Last Day to Pre-Register for Symposium
