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27.5.2011-2011-08-16 Like half dimensional poems 2009-2011 cement 2011 and weißer neger (white nigger), concrete party is prose poetry, written in English and German. In style and sense these are concrete poems, a collection of jumbled abstract thoughts, misunderstood conversation and misread text, which, reflect the daily life and temperament of the Jewish artist. This edition, like the previously mentioned poetry consists of 28 poems, each of 4 pages being presented as typographically designed sides. |
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Tanya Ury’s written poetry may be regarded as “concrete” because of its visual design, and unconventional aural effect when spoken - the texts thereby gain in dimension beyond accepted meaning. Ury has also created other artworks that might be considered visual poetry. Moving Message 1992, incorporates an LED sign displaying the words: you are why; wrestlewithyourangel 2001, is a neon sign produced together with the neon sign neonazi 2001; the title of a double photo portrait lesser is me more or less 2003 plays on the name of the German Post-Impressionist Lesser Ury, as does the title of a further double portrait or else 2007, which refers to the German writer Else Ury. The title of a third photo-portrait Beelzebularin 2005 reveals itself to be an anagram of the biblical Bezalel Ben Uri. half dimensional - semi detached 2010 combines the first of the half dimensional poems with the photograph semi detached. Concrete poetry in the series: femiNINIty – femininiation 1984 & 2011 |
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