Ariel Riveros
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The Information
A calculator of cans and string Looped on a roll of paper Frozen in ink A surface mechanism Whose depth paperwise is 6 or 16 sheets behind or 22 or 4 or 2 pages ahead She is a piece of… Continue reading
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Archioptic
A window and its frame blinks observes states, events and figures It views us its walls and building examine us as jeweler to the gem the flaws run A window and its frame sees us clearly as oxygen is breathed… Continue reading
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When Slavoj Zizek Died on Stage
There wasn’t a doctor in the house or Mary Mary quite contrary to chuckle at the obligation to correct excess and the recitatives of mucus arias of perspiration and the shabby chic of the germinal embed of negation as difference… Continue reading
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Five Easy Venoms
I Sleeping till the sex has completely left me the minutes turn to hours days incestuous as ants The tick of a second rolls over like a machine that makes hot headaches the change of time scalps peace II waiting… Continue reading
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Poem 3 of The Gamut
(Small) In a wide flat field a porcelain cup with a crack on the lip where a blade of grass peeps through from a fold at the end of the blade and the crease is at a slight angle three… Continue reading
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Poem 2 for The Gamut
From a commission by Gilbert Grace artist and convenor of The Gamut social change project (link to The Gamut’s blog) – this is the second poem in the poetic tryptych. The second poem is meant for viva voce – spoken word… Continue reading
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Poem 1 for The Gamut
Sydney-based artist, Gilbert Grace, has commissioned three poems of me for his social change art project “The Gamut” (link to The Gamut’s blog) to be showcased at INDEX. art space, Sydney. Poem 1 for “The Gamut” (Medium) The geometry of eking… Continue reading