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April 16, 2013 | Events & Programs, Uncontested Spaces

Mathieu Copeland This Week at MoMA

Posted by Kenneth Goldsmith, MoMA "Poet Laureate"

Une Chorégraphie Polyphonique & Une exposition à être lue, Geneva, 2011

This week, MoMA hosts the European-based curator Mathieu Copeland, who will stage interventions in the Museum and give a lecture on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. Read more

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March 5, 2013 | Events & Programs, Uncontested Spaces

Uncontested Spaces: 2013 “Laureate” Public Events

Posted by Kenneth Goldsmith, MoMA "Poet Laureate"

Kenneth Goldsmith intoning Russolo's "Art of Noise" manifesto in the <i>Inventing Abstraction</i> galleries, February 2013. © 2013 Star Black

There’s an insane amount of poetry and poetry-related stuff going on at MoMA from now until June. Some of the best poets, authors, and musicians will be descending into the galleries for guerilla readings. Below is a list that consolidates everything in one easy-to-reference place. Read more

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February 26, 2013 | Events & Programs, Uncontested Spaces

The Uncontested Space of Poetry

Posted by Kenneth Goldsmith, MoMA "Poet Laureate"

Catalog cover from 1969 Stockholm Moderna Musset's exhibition, "Poetry must be made by all! Transform the world!"

Catalogue cover from 1969 Stockholm Moderna Musset’s exhibition Poetry must be made by all! Transform the world!

“I’ve come to free the words.” — Brion Gysin, 1960

Poetry is like a perfume—or body odor—slithering between cracks in the wall, wafting under shut doorways, stealthily sneaking in the back door unnoticed. Read more