Public Artwork
Two Equal Texts
Artwork creator(s):
Lexier, Micah; Bök, Christian
Text author(s):
Lexier, Micah; Bök, Christian
Installation year:
2007 Description:
Text posted in the show windows of an art gallery
Text of the artwork:
THIS TEXT AND THE ONE
BESIDE IT ARE EQUAL.
I WROTE THIS ONE FIRST,
AND THEN I GAVE IT TO MY
FRIEND CHRISTIAN BOK
AND ASKED HIM TO
GENERATE A NEW TEXT
USING EVERY LETTER AND
EVERY PUNCTUATION
MARK THAT I USED IN MINE.
THE OTHER TEXT IS HIS.
--- MICAH LEXIER REQUESTED
IN ADVANCE THAT I
REINVENT HIS TEXT. SO
I UNKNOTTED IT AND
REKNITTED INTO THIS
VERY FORM, BUT THEN I
BEGAN TO THINK THAT HIS
MESSAGE HAD ALREADY
RESEWN A TOUTED ART
OF GENUINE POETRY. HIS
EERIE TEXT WAS MINE.
Artwork theme:
Poetry, pun
History:
Exhibited at Printed Matter, New York, USA, February 2007.
Exhibited at the Happy Birthday & Friendly Greeting exhibition at the MKG127 Gallery, June 30-September 1, 2007, Toronto, Ontario. Presented in the commercial show window
Presented as part of the ARTery exhibition at the Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie, Alberta, January 2008. Presented in the commercial shop windows downtown.
Note(s):
This show window project marks a collaboration between Canadian artist Micah Lexier, who lives and works in New York City, and Christian Bok, an experimental poet who works in Calgary.
Artist's biography:
Lexier, Micah
Author's biography:
People. Department of English. Christian Bök 
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