Ive only got as far as the intro here. He also says >Karl Kempton published Kaldron magazine on paper between the years 1976 and 1990. This was the world's first regularly published magazine that strove to include all modes of visual poetry.
Now the operative word here is *regularly because I immediately think of Stereo Headphones and Kroklok - and grOnk was fairly wide in its range L ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Waber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 12:50 PM Subject: a new essay on Visual Poetry, by Karl Kempton > The minimalist concrete poetry site at: > > http://www.logolalia.com/minimalistconcretepoetry/ > > has been updated with a new essay by Karl Kempton, "VISUAL POETRY: A > Brief History of Ancestral Roots and Modern Traditions". > > From the Introduction, by Karl Young: > > "In surfing the web today, you have probably passed through at least a > dozen examples of word and image working together. Stated another way, > you have been observing the results of prophecies and examples from > the earliest petroglyphs to the visual poets who distributed their > work through the mail art network when other avenues of publication > were closed to them. Given changes in communications technology, it > seems unlikely that visual poets will ever again be shoved back into > the position of the Haitian boat people of American poetry. At the > present moment, the interaction of graphics and text is so pervasive > in society that you can find it in everything from warehouse tracking > systems to the most sophisticated medical diagnostic techniques. Given > the now ubiquitous interrelation of word and image, it would be absurd > to imagine that a new generation of poets could be kept from exploring > this interface of media. And it would be tragic if their predecessors > would continue to be excluded from serious consideration." > > Enjoy, > Dan >
