Two Equal Texts

Marie-Claude Langevin — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:08:19 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Lexier, Micah; Bök, Christian

Artwork creator(s):

Lexier, Micah

Bök, Christian

Text author(s):

Lexier, Micah; Bök, Christian

Text author(s):

Lexier, Micah

Bök, Christian

Installation year:

2007

Artwork description

Source: Photo provided by Micah Lexier

Description:

Text posted in the show windows of an art gallery

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

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

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.

Dimensions

Other information

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

Source:

1. Micah Lexier 464 W23rd St. Apt.#5F New York, NY USA 10011 Phone (212) 243-4028, Fax (212) 243-4032 mail@micahlexier.com 2. A A Bronson, directeur Printed Matter 195 Tenth Avenue New York, NY 10011 T: 212 925 0325, F: 212 925 0464 aabronson@printedmatter.org 3. MKG127, galerie d’art 127 Ossington Avenue Toronto, Ontario Canada M6J 2Z6 (647)435-7682 MKG127@rogers.com

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Happy Birthday &amp; Friendly Greeting

Two Equal Texts

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Happy Birthday & Friendly Greeting