Futurepoem and ICA Philadelphia Speech/Acts Catalog Launch at Printed Matter on Saturday, April 7th
On Saturday April 7th, Printed Matter will host a launch event for Speech/Acts, a publication accompanying an exhibition by the same name (September - December, 2017) at the Institute of Contemporary at the University of Pennsylvania. The catalog is co-published by ICA Philadelphia and Futurepoem.
The event will include a conversation between Dan Machlin (Editorial Founder and Executive Editor, Futurepoem), Meg Onli (Assistant Curator, ICA Philadelphia) and the poet/scholar Amber Rose Johnson speaking about the Speech/Acts exhibition and the process of translating that into a publication.
The Speech/Acts exhibition catalog features reprints of seminal texts from Fred Moten and Harryette Mullen, and newly commissioned poetry by Morgan Parker, Simone White, and an essay from the exhibition curator, Meg Onli.
The exhibition features the work of Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Steffani Jemison, Tony Lewis, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Martine Syms. The artists in this exhibition use poetics as a tool to manipulate the conceptual and structural elements of language and the social contexts in which language is employed, appropriated, and abstracted.
Futurepoem will be a the AWP 2018 Conference in Tampa Florida from March 8-March 10th
Please join Futurepoem, Catenary and @xx_press @ #AWP2018 bookfair Table T1134. With a new book by Jerika Marchan and the #SpeechActs exhibition catalog co-published w @ICAPhiladelphia with work by Harryette Mullen, Fred Moten, Meg Onli, @simonefonsiba@morganapple + others.
Also Join BOAAT, Gramma, and UDP for early evening reading/revelry in C.1949's backyard. Accuweather forecasts "brilliance" and readings from:
Rosa Alcalá
Diana Arterian
Matthew Cooperman
Meg Freitag
Sarah Galvin
Brionne Janae
Aby Kaupang
Anastacia-Reneé
Jon Ruseski
Emmalea Russo
Catherine Taylor
Friday March 9th
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
C. 1949 Florida Beer Garden
6905 N. Orleans Ave., Tampa, Florida 33604