Plural, artist, critic and poet
Chris Stackhouse's first collection of poetry, is now out from
Counterpath (November 2012), and tonight he launched the book at
This Red Door, the experimental arts collaborative, now running for a rich and exciting month at
Kunsthalle Galapagos, in
DUMBO, Brooklyn.
Chris's book encompasses his interests in visual art and theory, engaging with the likes of
John Cage, Alain Badiou, Barnett Newman, Beauford Delaney, and many other mages, as well as deeply personal poems that conjure daily life in Brooklyn. It also includes one in the lyric genre that famous so confounded the critic
Joan Houlihan she had to call it out online.
As part of the launch Chris invited a number of friends--artists, poets and writers in other genres, filmmakers--to read from the book after he did, and to read other poems or texts they brought, if they so choose. Below are some photos from the event. You can purchase a copy of
Plural here, on
SPD's site, or
here, directly from Counterpath.
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| Chris Stackhouse reading (Zane Stackhouse behind him) |
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| The crowd gathering, before the event |
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| Jomar Statkun introducing the event |
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| Jared Friedman reading |
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| Zane Stackhouse reading |
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| Tonya Foster reading |
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| Aram Jibilian reading |
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| Tisa Bryant reading |
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| George Positive reading |
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| Panoramic photo of final reading, by Robert Galinsky, at photo's center |
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| Group photo (Chris, Erica Doyle, Tyehimba Jess, Tisa, me, Tonya) |
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