The New Concrete Poetry: Object Poems by Geof Huth (Astoria, Queens, New York, USA) (NEW OBJECT POETRY Part 2)
Recent Object Poems by Geof Huth
By De Villo Sloan
In my previous New Concrete interview with visual poet Terri Witek, I provided a context by sharing my observations about what I believe to be the emergence of a new iteration of an age-old poetic practice: Object Poetry.
The New Object poem is likely to be three-dimensional and is often composed of randomly found, inexpensive materials. Various art, literature and music movements grounded in Neo-Concretism have had a powerful influence on recent developments in this postavant genre. Members of Fluxus exchanged Object Poems via their mail art network. Most New Object poems are shared in an environment of digital poetics.
"In the milieu of New Object Poetry, there is no mediating poetic text. Simply stated: The object IS the poem. Text might or might not be used."
In the milieu of New Object Poetry, there is no mediating poetic text. Simply stated: The object IS the poem. Text might or might not be used. Of course, numerous ingenious variants that defy my categorization have and will be created.
I also wrote Terri Witek and Geof Huth have captured my interest for several years with their innovative Object Poems. In this post, I offer what I hope you will find to be a compelling exhibit of Geof Huth’s recent Object Poems.
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