Poems by Simon Pomery
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RHYTHMIC SPECTRUM
Poems inspired by Rana Begum’s exhibition ‘The Space Between’, in improvised collaboration, and live English/Bengali translation, with poet Shamim Azad and musician Yousuf Kahn, for tabla, tanbura, voice, contact mics, snare drum, and Korg Monotribe. Performance to be held at Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, 6.7.2016. 1. ‘mantras for no mouth’ I’m I’m not I’m not going I’m not going to I’m not going to add I’m not going to add anything not You you are you are hearing you are hearing this you are hearing this now you are hearing this now only now here here now here now seeing here now seeing that here now seeing that which here now seeing that which is here now seeing that which is not is 2. ‘slowed down in transparent media such as air’ light is the language which is a language lost the right outdoor equipment red for a reason a wasted energy combined from multiple passed through prism on titan opto super flux led light is ours by avabai wadia breaking vital nutrient actually made of an encryption/decryption activex component poorly timed wave line type out as if there were a niche perfect for western style homes shed on transfer of ownership issues in international lost when light is lost prologue chapter spent ghost of matter light is on titan opto super flux l.e.d.s. ordered motion of electrons in atoms and molecules nutrient much like food activex control that enables simple but powerful data encryption/decryption in independent of frequency within a factor memory and on disk independent of frequency 3. ‘real life and postcard use’ Europe, Endless I thought Brexit was a kind of Rye Bread Elegance and decadance Parks hotels and palaces Flarfs love hotels and grimaces Europe, Endless ‘tweeting makes something happen’ 4. ‘riff’ post-human beings cannot bear very much hyper-reality but what they can bear is too much is always and never enough sneazing panda kitten-stroking cafe pay by the hour in the love hotel there are no humans to greet you no lobby to meet you but there is a bell for summoning which as I am sure you agree is a whole other notion of interpellation kimono baseball pancake somewhere in the sediment-topped upward hour glass extra islands somewhere in the olympic mess of the megacities of this world there is a towel waiting for you free slippers 5. ‘pulse music’ insert drone duration insert collapsed timespace insert oscilloscope stereo image monitor insert stethoscope recording ‘if two men kissing then: procedural time-based pulse drone’ if if two if two men if two men kissing if two men kissing on if two men kissing on the tube if two men kissing on the tube then if two men kissing on the tube then his son if two men kissing on the tube then his son sees if two men kissing on the tube then his son sees so the father if two men kissing on the tube then his son sees so the father’s anger the father’s anger the father’s anger at two men kissing on the tube his son sees the father’s anger the son sees on the tube two men kissing the father’s anger sees his son on the tube two kissing men his son sees his son sees anger his son sees anger the father’s anger if / then |
About the poet
Simon Pomery is a text-sound artist releasing records and performing under the name BLOOD MUSIC (Diagonal Records, BMR), and publishing poetry widely in places such as 3:AM magazine, The White Review, and PN Review, with a pamphlet, The Stream, out with tall-lighthouse. He is the founder of Praxis, an experimental, interdisciplinary poetry performance series at Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, and is writing a PhD on experimental poetry and digital culture at Royal Holloway. His latest BLOOD MUSIC CDR is entitled ‘LIBATIONS AND SENSATIONS’. He has performed his music and text-sound works at festivals and venues such as Berlin Atonal, Elevate (Austria), UH (Budapest), Dalston Music Festival, Cafe Oto, Club Stomp (Osaka), and Soup (Tokyo), and was recently commissioned by SAVORR to make a work about sound to be exhibited at this year’s Wysing Polyphonic Festival. |
