APRIL 2013
JOHN M. BENNETT – USA
FOR A WISH FOR GREECE
From
Wikipedia
Writing and publishing
As well as steadily producing and
distributing his own work, Bennett, through "Luna Bisonte Prods", a
small press founded in 1974, has published thousands of limited edition items
by writers who compose visual poetry, word art, and other experimental
fiction/art/poetry. Bennett's papers, and published works, as well as the
results of his own publishing activities (including 30 years of "Lost
& Found Times" magazine), are collected in several major institutions,
including Washington University in St. Louis,
SUNY Buffalo,
The Ohio State University and The Museum of Modern Art. Bennett has won
the attention of critic Richard Kostelanetz and other commentators on
the avant-garde.
Bennett himself is the curator of the "Avant Writing Collection",
"The William S. Burroughs Collection", and
"The Cervantes
Collection" at the Ohio State University Libraries. More
information about Bennett's career, publishing activities and artistic
endeavors can be found at his website.
Performances and sound works
Bennett's collaborations with
sound poet/performance artist Rod Summers began in the late 1970s.Bennett has
performed solo and worked together with numerous musicians (for instance Jorge
Luiz Antonio, Jim Leftwich, Andrew Topel, Scott Helmes, Kommissar
Hjuler und Frau (both members of Boris Lurie's
NO!Art
Movement), Martín Gubbins, Ivan Argüelles,
Tom Cassidy,
F. A. Nettelbeck and other poets, often with the collaborative sound poetry
group THE BE BLANK CONSORT, which has released a recording titled SOUND
MESS. This group was founded as a result of a symposium organized by Richard Kostelanetz at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in 1999. The
members of THE BE BLANK CONSORT include Scott Helmes, Carlos Luis, and Kathy Ernst, among others.
Recent publications
THE PEEL (Anabasis,2004) rOlling COMBers (Potes
& Poets Press) CHAC PROSTIBULARIO (with Ivan Arguelles) (Pavement
Saw Press, 2001) MAILER LEAVES HAM (Pantograph Press, 1999) LOOSE WATCH
(Invisible Books, 1998) GLUE (xPress(ed), 2005) INSTRUCTION BOOK
(Luna Bisonte Prods, 2006) CANTAR DEL HUFF (Luna Bisonte Prods, 2006) LA M AL (Blue Lion Books, 2006) SOUND DIRT
(with Jim Leftwich) (Luna Bisonte Prods, 2006)
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