Appropriations (IV): Five Sonnets in the Aftermath and Anticipation of a Financial Meltdown
Five Sonnets in the Aftermath and Anticipation of a Financial Meltdown “The world’s an ark wherein things pure and gross Present their lossful gain and gainful loss, Where ev’ry dram of gold contains a pound of dross” Francis Quarles: Emblems (Book II/vii, 1635) (i) Genesis What was brick is glass. What was solid glows with … Read more
A Swim Against The Tide
On Thursday Jean Fisher gave a lecture on Jack Goldstein’s work in The Space under the title A Swim Against The Tide – a reference to his own 7″ record featuring the sound of a swimmer trying to push against the current of an ocean. It proved an apt heading, partly because during Morgan Fisher’s … Read more
Appropriations (II): Zeropolis, or Shelley in Las Vegas
Zeropolis, or Shelley in Las Vegas “The sense of day and night, of false and true,/Was dead within me…” (The Revolt of Islam, Canto III, Stanza XXIV) (i) So now we come into the wide main street, the summer ended, the sun bright on every concrete wall, neon sleeping in its aluminium frames. Mary, … Read more
