NOVEMBER 19, 2015 — Heather Phillipson's installation at A+E Studios downtown was used as a stage for a series of poetry readings—new territory for the performance biennial.
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NOVEMBER 19, 2015 — The three readings are curated by Mark Beasley to explore the “distinct and peculiar motifs of language online.”
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NOVEMBER 13, 2015 — At A&E Studios, for the new Performa Poetry Series, titled What if someone told u you were significant?, there were beach chairs and free beer — and the added environment of an art installation by Heather Phillipson, whose videos channeling the experience of online shopping were apt for a reading dedicated to poets “whose works borrow the distinct and peculiar motifs of language online.”
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NOVEMBER 9, 2015 - Featuring Alt-Lit poets, a group of millennial writers brought together by an Internet connection to create poetry and prose using the very language of digital communication that both alienates and comforts us in everyday life.