September 17th through October 17th, 1998
Opening Thursday, September 17th from 6 to 8 pm.
GELATIN's Suck & Blow
( I believe this act comprises of Gelatin members
getting vacuum packed en to to. )
@ Spencer Brownstone Gallery
39 Wooster Street
NYC 10013
Phn: 212.334.3455
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IN XOCHITL IN CUICATL, Nahuatl for poetry.
Literally it means Flower Song,
or flowers and songs;
a double metaphor to name poetry,
which is essentially a metaphor.
OMETEOTL (OME, two, TEOTL, god):
"Two Gods," or "Two-God" was the Supreme Being,
conceived as the Masculine-Feminine principle.
And poetry was the manifestation of God
on earth and a means to reach Him/Her,
the Supreme Metaphor, the Supreme Poetry ...
... Poets: give up the pulque of war !
by Ernesto Cardenal (b. 1925)
Translation from the Spanish by Carlos & Monique Altschul.
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" A naked lunch is natural to us,
we eat reality sandwiches.
But allegories are so much lettuce.
Don't hide the madness. "
-- Allen Ginsburg (1954)
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