#Poetry Nov 2017

[joy2paris]

Books/"Articles" to read - either for diss or in general (to be edited and continued. some descriptions taken from those who have recommended them):

Temporary - Hilary Leichter. A woman takes on a series of wild, impossible temporary jobs

Either/or - Elif Batuman. A college sophomore embarks on a quest for an interesting life

So Distant From My life - Monque Ilaboudo. A young West African man attempts to leave his home and migrate to Europe, only to find out the journey and his future isn't what he planned it to be. Set in Burkina Faso and explores imperialism, migration and the queer experience in Africa.

The Rooftop - Fernanda Trias. A paranoid narrator refuses to let her family (her sick father and her newborn child) outside of their house and tries to navigate life with minimal contact with the outside world. Set in Uruguay. Explores paranoia, motherhood and class struggle.

All your Children, Scattered - Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse. French. Story of 3 generations, torn apart by the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez. We often forget that bias is built into our environment as we often imagine social issues in their theoretical instead of physical manifestations.

Inflamed - Rupa Marya. Deep medecine and the anatomy of injustice.

Cane, Corn & Gully - Safiya Kamaria Kinsbasa. A collection of poems about Barbados, slavery, colonialism, patriarchy and oppression as a whole.

Autobiography of my Mother - Jamaica Kincaid

The Will to Change - Bell Hooks

Sula - Toni Morrison. Follows the life of a young black girl and the small town/settlement she lived in, exploring racism and female friendships.

Happening - Annie Ernaux. Autobiographical account of French feminist Annie Ernaux's experience with accessing abortion when it was illegal in France. Powerful and important. Will make you cry whilst also getting you to admire the myriad ways in which wmen resisted and continue to resist state violence.

Postcolonial Love Poem - Natalie Diaz. Collection of poetry exploring the experiences of Native Americans and how it feels to have your land taken from you and changed into something you no longer recognise.

Hey, Good Luck Out There - Georgia Toews

The Life of the Mind - Christine Smallwood

Blueberries - Ellena Savage

Post-Traumatic - Chantal V. Johnson

The Spirit of Intimacy - Sobonfu Somé

The Four Agreements - Miguel Ruiz

The Mysticism of Sound and Music - Inayat Khan

"A Face in the crowd" - Phillippe Le Goff, 22 Sept 2023. Marshall Berman, the celebrated political philosopher and urbanist died 10 years ago this month. His deep commitment to a Marxist humanism, a 'Marxism with soul' has still much to teach us.

"The Day Hip-Hop Changed Forever" - Ahmir Questlove Thompson

"[missing first few words]..Quiet?" The sound of gentrification is silence - Xochitl Gonzalez

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong. A touching memoir, beautifully lyrical

Post-Humous Memoirs of Brá Cubas - Machano de Assis. Perfect blend of beautiful writing and 'plot'.

Meltdown - ben elton

African Writers Series - Saqi and Banipal books

"What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men?" - Claire Dederer Nov 20th 2017. questioning the separation of the artist and art think piece

TED Youtube video - "Your elusive creative genius" - Elizabeth Gilbert. from the author of Eat, Pray, Love. talks about the creative process and the idea of "genius"

"How friendships change in adulthood" - Julie Beck, The Atlantic

"Ugliness is Underrated: In Defence of Ugly Paintings" - Katy Kelleher, July 31 2018 (The Paris Review)

"The Husband Did It" - Alice Bolin The Awl, Feb 2015

"Is Therapy-speak making us selfish?" - Rebecca Fishbein, Bustle

"You May Want to Marry my Husband" - Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Mar 3 2017

"The joy of sulk"- Rebecca Roache

"A thin line between mother and daughter" - Jennifer Egan, Nov 14 1997

The Unabridged Journals - Sylvia Plath

Flaubertian (comparative more Flaubertian, superlative most Flaubertian) Of or relating to Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880), influential French novelist in the style of literary realism.

Though he is an iconic figure of the realist movement, Flaubert is equally well known for his imaginative Orientalist works of fiction.

"The Plight of the Eldest Daughter" - The Atlantic, by Sarah Sloat

"A Poet's Faith" - Life and Letters 11 Dec 2023 Issue, by Casey Cep, The New Yorker

(up to 12 May from scrolling through screenshots on camera roll)

[justzoethings4]

things i liked this year

- breaking things at work: why the luddites were right about why you hate your job by Gaving Mueller

- black tambourine self titled (2010)

- this sleater-kinney live video from new years eve 1997 i swear its either this one or another version where carrie gets off the stage for some sort of kissing booth related reason:

- blood bread and poetry: selected prose 1979 - 1985 by Adrienne Rich

- grass widow selft titled (2009)

- ladies and gentlemen the fabulous stains (1982)

- haunted by laura les (2021)

- this lentil stew:

- regarding the pain of others by susan sontag

- dark/gold by SOAR (2017)

- paris hilton l word promo from 2007 where she is very friendly with kate moennig:

- i hate suzie too (HBO, 2022)

- las ruinas by rico nasty (2022)

- these pickles:

- the purity you took from me cannot be replaced by MAIR (2022)

- it follows (2014)

- uses of the erotic: the erotic as power by audre lorde

- these cool people who did cool stuff episodes about baba yaga:

[writers-lack-of-craft]

Reference List/Works Cited

“65 Beautiful Love Poems Everyone Should Know.” Discovery, https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/love-poems.

Administrator, NASA Content. “The Butterfly Nebula.” NASA, NASA, 30 Mar. 2015, https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2526.html.

“Binge Worthy Books.” Goodreads, Goodreads, https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/binge-worthy.

Bustard, Denise. “25 Most Popular Lunch Meal Prep Ideas.” Sweet Peas and Saffron, 7 Jan. 2022, https://sweetpeasandsaffron.com/19-healthy-lunch-meal-prep-ideas/.

“Button Poetry.” YouTube, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/@ButtonPoetry.

Dobrogosz, Hannah. “15 Deep Thoughts That Are Messing with My Perception of Reality Today.” BuzzFeed, BuzzFeed, 10 June 2021, https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahdobro/deep-thoughts-to-break-your-brain.

Efrench. “Write a Sonnet.” Folger Shakespeare Library, 23 Apr. 2021, https://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-birthday-party-at-home/write-a-sonnet#:~:text=A%20sonnet%20is%20a%20poem,too%20much%20about%20all%20that.

“Heart Charge , Broken, HD Phone Wallpaper.” Peakpx, Peakpx, https://www.peakpx.com/en/hd-wallpaper-desktop-gfbev.

“How to Be More Organized & Productive: 10 Habits for Life Organization.” YouTube, 22 Jan. 2020, https://youtu.be/QZUQvIf301Y.

Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.ca/.

Pinterest, https://www.pinterest.ca/search/pins/?q=fluffy+dogs&rs=typed.

“Rhymezone Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus.” RhymeZone Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus, https://www.rhymezone.com/.

Sagan, Carl. “Carl Sagan Quotes (Author of Cosmos).” Goodreads, Goodreads, https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/10538.Carl_Sagan.

“Thor: Ragnarok.” IMDb, IMDb.com, 3 Nov. 2017, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3501632/.

“Unlimited Movies, TV Shows, and More.” Netflix, https://www.netflix.com/ca/.

“VINCENT VAN GOGH: STARRY NIGHT.” The Van Gogh Gallery, https://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starry-night.html.

“Yoga with Kassandra.” YouTube, YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/@yogawithkassandra.

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 2.24

Holidays

Day of Stripes & Dots

Dia de la Bandera (Flag Day; Mexico)

Dragobete (Lover's Day; Romania)

Edwin Dickinson Baker Day (Oregon)

Engineer’s Day (Iran)

Flag Day (Mexico)

Forget Me Not Day (Disabled Veterans)

Gregorian Calendar Day

International EBM Day

International Family Drug Support Day

International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day

International SCN2A Awareness Day

Loud Shirt Day (New Zealand)

National Artist Day (Thailand)

National Dance Day

National Day for War Animals (Australia)

National Remembrance Day (Papua New Guinea)

National Trading Card Day

N'cwala (Thanksgiving; Zambia)

Nylon Toothbrush Day

Obnoxious Day

Showza-Shinzan International Yukigassen Tournament (Snowball Fight; Japan)

Sweden Finns Day

Twin Peaks Day

Ukrainian War Anniversary Day

Voice of America Day

World Bartender Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Caesar Salad Day

Defend the Donut Day

Gouden Carolus Cuvée van de Keizer Open Day

National I Hate Coriander Day

National Tortilla Chip Day

National Tortamali Day

4th & Last Friday in February

International Stand Up to Bullying Day [Last Friday] (Also 3rd Friday in Nov)

Katsuyama Sagicho begins (Japan) [Last Friday]

National CSA Day (Small Farm Central) [Last Friday]

National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend begins [Last Friday thru Sunday]

National Skip the Straw Day [4th Friday]

Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering begins [Last Friday]

Thank a Resident Day [4th Friday]

Yukon Heritage Day (Canada) [Last Friday]

Independence Days

Iseseisvuspäev, Independence Day of Estonia (from Russia, 1918)

Feast Days

Æthelberht of Kent (1st Christian Anglo-Saxon King) [original date]

Ascensión Nicol y Goñi (Christian; Blessed)

Ayyám-i-Há begins (Baha’i) [thru 2.28]

Beard Day (Pastafarian)

Carthaginian Ghost Spotting Day (Pastafarian)

Feast of Vartan (Armenia; Saint)

Friday after Shrove Tuesday (Western Christianity) [44 Days before Easter (a.k.a. ... 

Friday Fish Fry (Midwest US)

National Tartar Sauce Day

Kissing Friday

Nippy Hug Day (Westmoreland, UK)

Hammie Swinette (Muppetism)

Huey Newton Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lethard, Bishop of Senlis (Christian; Saint)

Lindel Tsen and Paul Sasaki (Anglican Church of Canada)

Lucan (Positivist; Saint)

Matthias the Apostle (Christian; Saint)

Modest, Bishop of Trier (Christian; Saint)

Montanus, Lucius, Flavian, Julian, Victorious, Primolus, Rhenus, and Donation, martyrs at Carthage (Christian; Saint)

Pretextatus, Archbishop of Rouen (Christian; Saint)

Regifugium (Flight of Kings; Ancient Rome)

Robert of Arbrissel (Christian; Saint)

Sergius of Cappadocia (Christian; Saint)

Sepandārmazgān (Women's Day; Zoroastrian Iran)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Chips Ahoy (Disney Cartoon; 1956)

Cocaine Bear (Film; 2023)

Fleetwood Mac, by Fleetwood Mac (Album; 1968)

Get Out (Film; 2017)

Help Me Rhonda, recorded by The Beach Boys (Song; 1965)

How to Ride a Horse (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Johnny Cash at San Quentin, recorded by Johnny Cash (Concert Album; 1969)

Kidnapped (Disney Film; 1960)

L’Orfeo, by Claudio Monteverdi (Opera; 1607) [1st Modern Opera]

My Life as a Zucchini (Animated Film; 2017)

Peer Gynt, by Henrik Ibsen & Edvard Grieg (Musical Play; 1867)

Philadelphia Freedom, by Elton John (Song; 1975)

Physical Graffiti, by Led Zeppelin (Album; 1975)

The Practical Pig (Disney Cartoon; 1939)

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Film; 1969)

Rinaldo, by George Frederic Handel (Opera; 1711)

Rock Dog (Animated Film; 2017)

Silk Stockings (Broadway Musical; 1955)

Wanderlust (2012)

When You Wish Upon A Star, recorded by Frances Langford (Song; 1940)

Working Class Dog, by Rick Springfield (Album; 1981)

Today’s Name Days

Matthias (Austria)

Goran, Modest, Montan, Sinerot (Croatia)

Matěj (Czech Republic)

Mattias (Denmark)

Madi, Madis, Mäido, Maido, Maidu, Mait, Mati, Matis, Mats, Matti, Mattias (Estonia)

Matias, Matti (Finland)

Modeste (France)

Matthias (Germany)

Elemér (Hungary)

Edilberto (Italy)

Diāna, Dina, Dins, Gatins, Gatis, Kurbads (Latvia)

Gedmantas, Goda, Motiejus (Lithuania)

Mats, Mattias, Mattis (Norway)

Bogurad, Bogusz, Boguta, Bohusz, Lucjusz, Maciej, Piotr (Poland)

Ioan (Romania)

Matej (Slovakia)

Modesto, Sergio (Spain)

Mats, Mattias (Sweden)

Taras (Ukraine)

Maddison, Madison, Madisyn, Madyson, Mateo, Mathew, Mathias, Matt, Mattea, Matthea, Matthias, Mattias, Mattie, Matty, Modesto (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 55 of 2023; 310 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 8 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 6 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Yi-Mao), Day 5 (Gui-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 3 Adar 5783

Islamic: 3 Sha’ban 1444

J Cal: 25 Xin; Foursday [25 of 30]

Julian: 11 February 2023

Moon: 25%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 27 Homer (2nd Month) [Lucan]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 66 of 90)

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 5 of 29)

Calendar Changes

Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Half-Month 5 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 3.10)

[thegeeseweardocs]

i used to write poetry

nov. 14, 2017

UP SO HIGH

what if i fall down

i think i will survive though

the view is pretty

[thoughtroomba02]

To add, I did some digging.

Atticus made their first post in Nov 2013, which fits the Cory Monteith timeline. Also, the VSFS was Nov 13 2013, for context…

After Big Sur March 2013

The posts get more romantic from November on.

Other notable things— THE EYE after rep release….. granted it was a while after, since rep was released in Nov 2017… BUT STILL. @9w1ft

This one is November 2019, several months after masters heist and failed coming out.

I dunno man. The timeline is so wild. It very well may not be her, but…. What the hell? And all the Karlie Kloss likes?

I also can’t help but continue to think about the scene of her and post with type writers, her literally titling an album the tortured poets dept - is it bc if she IS Atticus, she is hiding behind a male identity to write about her love.

I also keep getting hung up on the last line from the recent post, “take the mask off and you’ll sell a million books.” Re the first book deal.

If Atticus was just some rando writing his first book why would removing a mask help sales….?? Unless… you know… it was someone famous…

Seems like poetry is the one thing they don’t want tainted by fame or a brand…. 🤔

Anyway, as always, just following the dopamine and have no insider info, just thoughts 🤷‍♀️

Sweet Jesus.

“It starts a few years ago when someone I knew died in a hotel room in Vancouver”

…….

[stocky2016]

"Armistice11.00 AM. Remembering Armistice"

Another resurrected oldie but still I think resonates years later.

London

the city paused at 11 as

Big Ben's resurrected chime

requested silence, respect.

any normal rush halted,

questioning why?

Those trenches,

Those killing fields were stained with blood,

Littered with limbs,

Bodies broken

and left.

And now we try to remember,

Re-inventing their ghosts

Seeking the displaced souls,

Wearing the poppy

eases the conscience, yes..

But isn't this "convenient" symbolism?

It does not embrace

nor address

the lesson, the waste,

"The pity of war." *1

The bugle sounds its melancholy tune

And finishes....

Another year slips by and into the annals of time

History repeats....and.....

Politics "trumpets" new threats.

Fake news proliferates,

Just who can we believe?

The new breed of "politics"

The threats - or their potential threat of....

Oblivion.

G.P.S. Nov 2017 ( re-edited 11th November 2023

Graphic courtesy of Google Images.

*1 Wilfred Owen - preface to his War Poetry

[theredtours]

Taylor Swift Just Revealed Her New Album—And We've Got Never-Before-Seen Content, Only At Target

A Bullseye View | August 24, 2017

Still spinning from this week’s big new-album news from Taylor Swift? We’re with you—we can’t wait to play reputation on repeat when it drops Nov. 10! But before you hit that pre-order button, you’re gonna want to hear this: Taylor curated two unique, collectable magazines that include her new album reputation—and you’ll only find them at Target.

Whether you pre-order or buy one or both magazines at Target, you’ll get an exclusive peek into Taylor’s world like you’ve never experienced before—72 pages of her personal poetry and photos, artwork, hand-written lyrics, a behind-the-scenes glimpse at her “Look What You Made Me Do” video and more. (Can’t decide? Get both volumes—each is unique and just $19.99 per volume).

“Target’s guests love Taylor Swift. In fact, she’s one of our best-selling artists of all time,” said��Mark Tritton, executive vice president and chief merchandising officer, Target. “Our guests also love that they can always count on us for exclusives they can’t find anywhere else, and we’re thrilled to offer two incredible, Target-exclusive collectible magazines when Taylor’s latest album arrives, giving guests yet another reason to choose Target this fall.”

Ready for a sneak peek?

Go behind-the-scenes with Taylor:

*Note: Video no longer works

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[brookston]

Holidays 2.24

Holidays

Day of Stripes & Dots

Dia de la Bandera (Flag Day; Mexico)

Dragobete (Lover's Day; Romania)

Edwin Dickinson Baker Day (Oregon)

Engineer’s Day (Iran)

Flag Day (Mexico)

Forget Me Not Day (Disabled Veterans)

Gregorian Calendar Day

International EBM Day

International Family Drug Support Day

International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day

International SCN2A Awareness Day

Loud Shirt Day (New Zealand)

National Artist Day (Thailand)

National Dance Day

National Day for War Animals (Australia)

National Remembrance Day (Papua New Guinea)

National Trading Card Day

N'cwala (Thanksgiving; Zambia)

Nylon Toothbrush Day

Obnoxious Day

Showza-Shinzan International Yukigassen Tournament (Snowball Fight; Japan)

Sweden Finns Day

Twin Peaks Day

Ukrainian War Anniversary Day

Voice of America Day

World Bartender Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Caesar Salad Day

Defend the Donut Day

Gouden Carolus Cuvée van de Keizer Open Day

National I Hate Coriander Day

National Tortilla Chip Day

National Tortamali Day

4th & Last Friday in February

International Stand Up to Bullying Day [Last Friday] (Also 3rd Friday in Nov)

Katsuyama Sagicho begins (Japan) [Last Friday]

National CSA Day (Small Farm Central) [Last Friday]

National Girl Scout Cookie Weekend begins [Last Friday thru Sunday]

National Skip the Straw Day [4th Friday]

Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering begins [Last Friday]

Thank a Resident Day [4th Friday]

Yukon Heritage Day (Canada) [Last Friday]

Independence Days

Iseseisvuspäev, Independence Day of Estonia (from Russia, 1918)

Feast Days

Æthelberht of Kent (1st Christian Anglo-Saxon King) [original date]

Ascensión Nicol y Goñi (Christian; Blessed)

Ayyám-i-Há begins (Baha’i) [thru 2.28]

Beard Day (Pastafarian)

Carthaginian Ghost Spotting Day (Pastafarian)

Feast of Vartan (Armenia; Saint)

Friday after Shrove Tuesday (Western Christianity) [44 Days before Easter (a.k.a. ... 

Friday Fish Fry (Midwest US)

National Tartar Sauce Day

Kissing Friday

Nippy Hug Day (Westmoreland, UK)

Hammie Swinette (Muppetism)

Huey Newton Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lethard, Bishop of Senlis (Christian; Saint)

Lindel Tsen and Paul Sasaki (Anglican Church of Canada)

Lucan (Positivist; Saint)

Matthias the Apostle (Christian; Saint)

Modest, Bishop of Trier (Christian; Saint)

Montanus, Lucius, Flavian, Julian, Victorious, Primolus, Rhenus, and Donation, martyrs at Carthage (Christian; Saint)

Pretextatus, Archbishop of Rouen (Christian; Saint)

Regifugium (Flight of Kings; Ancient Rome)

Robert of Arbrissel (Christian; Saint)

Sergius of Cappadocia (Christian; Saint)

Sepandārmazgān (Women's Day; Zoroastrian Iran)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Chips Ahoy (Disney Cartoon; 1956)

Cocaine Bear (Film; 2023)

Fleetwood Mac, by Fleetwood Mac (Album; 1968)

Get Out (Film; 2017)

Help Me Rhonda, recorded by The Beach Boys (Song; 1965)

How to Ride a Horse (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Johnny Cash at San Quentin, recorded by Johnny Cash (Concert Album; 1969)

Kidnapped (Disney Film; 1960)

L’Orfeo, by Claudio Monteverdi (Opera; 1607) [1st Modern Opera]

My Life as a Zucchini (Animated Film; 2017)

Peer Gynt, by Henrik Ibsen & Edvard Grieg (Musical Play; 1867)

Philadelphia Freedom, by Elton John (Song; 1975)

Physical Graffiti, by Led Zeppelin (Album; 1975)

The Practical Pig (Disney Cartoon; 1939)

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Film; 1969)

Rinaldo, by George Frederic Handel (Opera; 1711)

Rock Dog (Animated Film; 2017)

Silk Stockings (Broadway Musical; 1955)

Wanderlust (2012)

When You Wish Upon A Star, recorded by Frances Langford (Song; 1940)

Working Class Dog, by Rick Springfield (Album; 1981)

Today’s Name Days

Matthias (Austria)

Goran, Modest, Montan, Sinerot (Croatia)

Matěj (Czech Republic)

Mattias (Denmark)

Madi, Madis, Mäido, Maido, Maidu, Mait, Mati, Matis, Mats, Matti, Mattias (Estonia)

Matias, Matti (Finland)

Modeste (France)

Matthias (Germany)

Elemér (Hungary)

Edilberto (Italy)

Diāna, Dina, Dins, Gatins, Gatis, Kurbads (Latvia)

Gedmantas, Goda, Motiejus (Lithuania)

Mats, Mattias, Mattis (Norway)

Bogurad, Bogusz, Boguta, Bohusz, Lucjusz, Maciej, Piotr (Poland)

Ioan (Romania)

Matej (Slovakia)

Modesto, Sergio (Spain)

Mats, Mattias (Sweden)

Taras (Ukraine)

Maddison, Madison, Madisyn, Madyson, Mateo, Mathew, Mathias, Matt, Mattea, Matthea, Matthias, Mattias, Mattie, Matty, Modesto (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 55 of 2023; 310 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 8 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 6 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Yi-Mao), Day 5 (Gui-Chou)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 3 Adar 5783

Islamic: 3 Sha’ban 1444

J Cal: 25 Xin; Foursday [25 of 30]

Julian: 11 February 2023

Moon: 25%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 27 Homer (2nd Month) [Lucan]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 66 of 90)

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 5 of 29)

Calendar Changes

Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Half-Month 5 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 3.10)

[svetlanamirchevaworks]

BIO

SVETLANA MIRCHEVA Artist

I’m an interdisciplinary artist working with ideas of possibilities, randomness, imagination, chance meetings with things, sounds and words, imaginary narratives, transformations of image, language and sound, with main interest is in the grey zones between reality and imagination. My works are sculpture installations, large scale drawings, sound installations, prints, digital images, found images, visual poetry, video works, computer animations.

Lives and works in Sofia, Bulgaria Email svetlana.mircheva@gmail.com

EDUCATION 2003 Olafur Eliasson Class Faculty of Arts and Design, IUAV, Venice 2000 Multimedia Class National Academy of Art, Sofia 2000 National Academy of Art, MA in Industrial Design, prof. Shoshev, Sofia 1995 Art and Design High School, Kazanlak, BG

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 ADS FOR HAPPY DAYS - WORKING TITLES, 17 June-28 June 2024, Dom concept space, Sofia 2022 PICTURE THE BOOK IN THE ROOM WITH THE PIANO, 27 Oct-18 Nov 2022, UniArt Gallery, New Bulgarian University, Sofia 2021 POSSIBLE EXHIBITIONS 2021, National Gallery, Sofia Arsenal-Museum of Contemporary Art, 10 June–11 July, curator Nadezhda Dzhakova, SAMCA, Sofia 2019 STATE OF APPARITION, 23–31 May, two artists exhibition — with Stela Vasileva, Ӕther Haga, The Hague 2018 SOUNDS OF SEA, HEART AND SUN, 6 Feb.–6 Mar., Contemporary Space, Varna, with the support of Gaudenz B. Ruf Award 2014 MAGES OF THE WORD, 20 Nov.–Dec., curator Olivier Boissiere, Un Cabinet D’Amateur / Olivier Boissiere, Sofia 2012 103 MISTAKES, 17 Oct.–18 Nov., curator Olivier Boissiere Un Cabinet D’Amateur / Olivier Boissiere, Sofia 2012 POSSIBLE EXHIBITIONS, 13 Jan.–10 Feb., curator Marco Antonini, NURTUREart Gallery, Brooklyn, New York NURTUREart Open Call Winner 2011 SHOW, 20 May–12 June, curator Vladiya Mihaylova, VASKA EMANOUILOVA Gallery, Sofia

AWARDS 2023 Creative Residency at 1646 Experimental Art Space, The Hague Award by Art Corridor/Structura Gallery, Sofia. Selected by 1646, The Hague. 2022 Art Residency at Cité internationale des arts, Paris 2017 Gaudenz B. Ruf Award for Contemporary Art, Sofia 2017 KulturKontakt (KKA), Artists-in-Residence Programme, Vienna 2012 11th Henkel Art Award/ Bulgarian Nomination, in cooperation with MUMOK, Vienna 2011 NURTUREart Gallery, Brooklyn, Open call Winner, New York 2010 3th BAZA Award for Young Contemporary Art / Nomination, Sofia 2004 International Media Art Award 2004 by SWR and ZKM Karlsruhe / Best 50, Karlsruhe 2004 RADAR Creative Human Lab in European Cities, European Residency, Venice, London

COLLECTIONS National Art Gallery Collection, Sofia Collection Cyclone le studio, Paris Allianz Bulgaria Collection, Sofia BT Bulgaria Collection, Sofia Private collections in Sofia, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt

ART FAIRS / BIENNIALS 2015 vienna contemporary 2015 - Vienna Austria 2004 Generations on the Move - Viper - Basel Switzerland ARTFACTS https://artfacts.net/artist/svetlana-mircheva/132311

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2022 Open Studio, Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France 2021 Wittgenstein 2021, Castelnuovo Rangone, Modena, Italy 2021 Poetics of Space, Art Center Bankya, Bankya, Bulgaria 2020 Mach deine eigene Ausstellung, Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland 2020 Wittgenstein, Art Quarter Budapest AQB, Hungary 2018 The Gift, ICA-Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria 2018 Wittgenstein 1918-2018, Haus Wittgenstein - Bulgarisches Kulturinstitut, Vienna, Austria 2017 Shifting Layers, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2017 Forms of Coexistence, Structura Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2017 Polyphonia, Goethe-Institut Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria 2016 Toyphilia And Toy Phobia, ICA-Sofia - The Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria 2016 Summer Summary,Credo Bonum Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2016 Space Audience, Sofia Arsenal Museum of Contemporary Art (SAMCA), Sofia, Bulgaria 2014 Un Cabinet D’amateur. 2 Years After. Un Cabinet D’Amateur, Sofia, Bulgaria 2013 Usual Suspects, Un Cabinet D’Amateur, Sofia, Bulgaria 2012 Magnet And Antimagnet, ICA-Sofia - The Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bulgaria 2012 Winter Group Show, Un Cabinet D’Amateur, Sofia, Bulgaria 2012 “Who Left/What Behind?”Cankaya Belediyesi Cagdas Sanatlar Merkezi, Ankara, Turkey 2012 A Beautiful Summer, Un Cabinet D’Amateur, Sofia,Bulgaria 2010 YOU FAIL! - Zu Erfolg und ScheiternKunstraum pro arte - Tennengauer Kunstkreis, Hallein, Austria 2010 There Has Been No Future, There Will Be No Past, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)New York City, NY, United States 2010 Baza Award For Contemporary Art Nominees, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria 2006 Mobile Spaces, Goethe-Institut Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria 2005 Infrastructure, Studio Voltaire, London, United Kingdom 2004 inVISIBLE - Medienkunstpreis 2004, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe, Germany 2004 Blind Date, temporarycontemporary, London, UK

ONLINE ART ARCHIVES

VVORK.COM Curated by Aleksandra Domanovic, Christoph Priglinger, Georg Schnitzer and Oliver Laric

OPEN ART FILES https://openartfiles.bg/en/people/1000-svetlana-mircheva

[bjgaulton]

Smorgasbord by Blair Gaulton

Smorgasbord Sound smorgasbord tantalizes ears. (C)BJG(Blair Gaulton)Nov 2017

[tremblingwarsong]

november is a girl, too afraid. too afraid to stop counting the pills in her mouth. too afraid to make sure the door is locked, three times in one night. too afraid to look at herself naked in the mirror. too afraid to wear dresses. too afraid to be seen. november is a girl, too afraid- she makes maps out of old photographs and dead flowers and sticks them to her paint-chipped walls for the sake of not getting lost. she writes poetry on the back of her hand before bed, so she remembers; some nights, she wants to forget. she holds your hand like its the ledge of every bridge in the city, and she's not ready to jump. she’s trying to keep you from jumping too, but she’ll never know that, no matter how many times you tell her. november is a girl with stars falling out of her mouth, but she only sees them as dust; you tell her she’s beautiful every chance you get- she mutters ‘i wish’ under her breath. the both of you fill your lungs with tiny lakes. neither of you knows how to swim- you’re both trying to learn; neither of you sees survival in all this. inspired by this piece by @julykings

[jacobg3ck0]

Suicide note: No, this isn’t one of them Not in the literal sense I will be killing the parts of myself I cannot love I am bathing my personality in sulfuric acid to kill the person I once was Call me Jacob: A hearkening to Melville Like Ishmael I chase that which I cannot become Honor those who are not worthy of me and place them in the highest esteem Ishmael, uncle to Jacob I have inherited more from him than from my mother Ishmael, uncle to Jacob Intwined in me your desire for the chase So begot from Ahab: Ishmael takes up his quest Thus Jacob inherits the love of the hunt but in the most biblical sense A note, a letter to myself: Jacob, there is no happy ending here Jacob, breathe deep now, the white whale is never coming Jacob, it’s okay. put your soul to rest.

a conflation of literature

[mothric]

your heart is heavy and my hands full;

and my heart, too, amid the toll

of solemn church bells' serenade,

is draped in contemplation, dulled

and dark before the cavalcade.

[purryproductions-art]

• Ignorant Reality •

[zombknotts]