‘A palindrome is a pal indeed’ (1991), book of poetry by Eugene Lesser
Composition
Laurence Hamburger
Laurence Hamburger, ‘Frozen Chicken Train Wreck‘ (co-published by Chopped Liver Press and Ditto Press 2013)
“I began collecting South African tabloid posters in 2008 with no other purpose than to preserve them. I thought they were funny, clever and true. Composed in a local vernacular of shebeen English, these statements are part of the texture of our urban fabric; so familiar as to almost disappear. The newspapers themselves were not keeping an archive, and however ephemeral they might seem I thought there was a relevance in them that was not being recognised; something uniquely South African.”
Melle Smets & Joost van Onna
‘Turtle 1‘ (2013) a project by Melle Smets & Joost van Onna.
In Ghana 200,000 artisans, in 12,000 workshops, stores and factories are working round the clock to repair, adjust and re-invent European scrap yard cars. Melle Smets and Joost van Onna traveled there to build an African concept car out of discarded car parts, in collaboration with the local community.
Michael E. Smith
Michael E. Smith, ‘Sleep’ (2013)
exhaust pipe, taxidermied chicken, 139 x 16 x 29 cm, installation view CAPC, Bordeaux
William Basinski
William Basinski, ‘The Disintegration Loops’, performed live by The Wordless Music Orchestra, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY (2011)
Sol Lewitt
Sol Lewitt, ‘Wall Drawing #797’
Instructions: The first drafter has a black marker and makes an irregular horizontal line near the top of the wall. Then the second drafter tries to copy it (without touching it) using a red marker. The third drafter does the same, using a yellow marker. The fourth drafter does the same using a blue marker. Then the second drafter followed by the third and fourth copies the last line drawn until the bottom of the wall is reached.
