INDEX OF DAILY TRANSMISSIONS
Truck :: n. a self-propelled vehicle for carrying goods
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Mez Breeze
Mez reading "\oriGaM[e,]i[,+ U]/"
text online at http://netwurker.livejournal.com/155319.html
#[g]l'amour_storms#
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#[g]l'amour_storms+hor[e]mo[tio]n_darknesses #deSIre_tHorn[y]s_done_devi[De]lish ############################################
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tweet_transcript of Re[e|]ality_W[h]e[e|]al
["et_al petals". luverly. doesn't fit. (+ still i stretch it thRu{e} these layered|buttered wordshifts, again *sigh*)] 8:17 AM - 6 Apr 12
[...sometimes i fa[u]lter, a l'tle. "AWKward" will only be parsed by some, not all, of u. + aye, there's the (cipher) rub(blings) #musing..] 8:22 AM - 6 Apr 12
[fark. "Webb(R)e(|a)d()GesTuring". unpack heaven, there.] 8:38 AM - 6 Apr 12
["dRea(l)ms + tender (l)"if(t)s"....oooOoh:)] 8:46 AM - 6 Apr 12
[..like dropping small_sweet tweetdrips in2 an audiE(bony)nce void. + that sparks "Boney & Thornly" (a Diagon Alley residing law firm?);)] 8:52 AM - 6 Apr 12
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| |_Ur_ | |_Bone_ | |_Ceiling| |_
_| |_[clavi(sh)cle.sp(l)itting(les)] __| |_[wr(f)isting.flick(er{r})ing ___| |_[spine(lles)+spin(ozas)] __| |_ _| |_[blood.dRagging.thru.molten.vein.streets] __| |_[t(sl)enderness.in.ur.g(r)A(sp)p{e}ing.mouths]
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#whatif
#w _olves.in.damage[con.troll]
#h _aves.+.have.[k]nottings
#a _ttn:U>R>NO>LONGER>UNDA>CONTROL
#t _ime.4.shifterling.
#i _magine.unconstrained.[greed]free[zing]dom[ination]
#f _undaMentals. r.back, nOW[S].
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_sM[CLEAN]ALL[THE.THINGS]ness-es_
[THere r:
smAllnesses of the ca(|u)rved discrete
+ warm bUnd(er_fe)l(t)ed.]
[There r:
sMallnesses.of.plasticized.reaction.dI(n)R(eal)T(ime).
:of (p)ac(ts.of.displaced+exclusionary)he(art_hurt).
:of_powerlessness_mag(azine-fired_non-dig)nified
As(he{a}d+fatty)_implied_internalised_violen(ce)t. :of_frozen_helplessness_off.white.c(H)ur(le)dled.]
:::::::::::NOW WITH ADDED SNOWCLONE TRANSLATION!:::::::::::::::::
_Smallnesses [with additional Snowclone references: see "CLEAN ALL THE THINGS!"]_
[In here, there are smallnesses of the carved/curved discrete
plus warm bundled (under_felt).]
[Over "There", there are altogether meaner smallnesses.
Smallnesses reeking of the empty "Mall".
Of bastardised directives repeatedly jab-and-blind-beaten into categories of "The Dirty Uneducated Other(s)" with a sharp-ended ideologically rancid stick ("BLUDGEON-TELL ALL THE WRONGDOERS!"). Smallnesses that smart of pedestaled ideologues, all plasticized shouting within "In Real Time" reaction-dirt.
Smallnesses of sustained identity ache through the perpetual confusion of pair bond desire, of pacts of displaced and exclusionary hurt.
Of powerlessness magnified through implied and displaced and internalised violence, all ashen-and- fatty plus tarred-and-feathered heads and fire-when-ready-ness ("TAR ALL THE HEADS!").
Of off-white frozen helplessness turned curdled and hurled through twinned morality gates.]
Mez is the Creative Director of @MezBreezeDesign, an Advisor to The Mixed Augmented Reality Art Research Organisation and Senior Research Affiliate with The Humanities and Critical Code Studies Lab.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Maja Jantar
HJALTEYRI
5-06-2014
how much we are marked by words uttered by others
they imprint themselves on our skin and instead of being shed grow in-words, deeper and deeper closer - pretending to be ours
21-09-14
schuimende spiegel oceaan, pollutie van de vulkaan filtert zonlicht tot melk - klank van golven, piep van een metalen object dat poogt te draaien - stilte in de ruis.
druk achter m'n ogen, licht branden aan de aanzet van m'n keel, jeuk aan de rechter zijkant van de linker hiel, geluiden uit de keuken, golven, golven, golven
niet alleen
naamachine met oordopjes kabel rond de spoel gedraaid, oranje klos en rode klos op kloshouder, witte verfspatjes naast de theekop, gebarsten schuimen boei, lader van tandenborstel en blauw nachtlampje op vensterbank.
sound of water from the front and from the left side, echoing, bouncing of the walls, seagull seemingly floating in the window frame, verdwijn-t, komt terug, slides into the picture.
24-9-14
the bear in the moon
drizzle on hot skin – méduse sur caillous noirs – clouds caressing the mountains – hills velvety eyed, green gentle stroke, soft curvy veloptous, enrobés – disrobed – tuesday
red owl raven koppel – partners
little balls of red yarn, rode wol in een triangulair schaaltje, twee paar oorringen, eine leere Tasse Kaffee, laires Wasserglass, a fine drill on it's charger, telephone, old singer machine, heater warming the lower part of my legs, blowing hot wind, tiny red boat on the ocean – twee duikers, memory of medusa washing up on the shore, gestrand, zwarte kiezels, op rode wol,
25-9-14
leaden waves come to shore, red wool in triangular bowl, amandels naast een kopje pomplemousse thee, een ring met peridoot, een amandel op de rand van de houten tafel, geen amandel op de rand van de houten tafel
landslag – landslag – landslag
26-9-14
tired, gevoel van naar beneden zakken, mal derière la nuque, donker, kaars is uitgegaan, small cup that used to contain red wine, empty now, big cup that contained water, empty now, cell phone, copper earrings in shapes of runes next to red half felted wool, earplugs on the sowing machine, old industrial singer, grijsgroen, with a metallic sheen, untying a mental knot, three flies on a black cast iron teapot waarvan twee aan het copuleren zijn, copulating. oranje nylon draad op de spoel, dunkel drausen, Kerzen auf dem Fensterbret – ausgebrennt, fingers getting cold, feeling my sitting bone and bladder, pressing against the jeans.
28-9-14
To dispel common cold - stop bleeding - foretell future
Pick 5 sprigs of yarrow (achillea millefolium - vallhumall) in the fields.
Tare of the leaves. Steep 8 leaves in hot water to help cure the flue, this will help you sweat it out.
If you have a cut, take a yarrow leaf rub it between your fingers to bring out the juices and rub this on the wound – this will stop the bleeding and facilitate healing
Use the 5 yarrow stalks for divination:
Hold them lightly in your left hand – concentrate on your question and cast them on the floor or a table. Look closely at the shapes they make and see if you can recognise rune shapes in them – if you can focus on the one that attracts you most – look it up – that is your answer
MÝVATN
7-7-11
rock – stem – sharp – stoom – steam – water – vatn -
sharp brittle grey
scented mossy grrr
purrrr cracked filled steamy sounded
hide nightly fall lightened woodlingd sleep rock bound breath fogged
language of rock
moss
water
les processus du corps
worlds unfurning inside
diluted white
9-7-11
how long is the story?
5 days wide and 3 nights deep
7-08-11
zon getik en een deur, krakelingen want koffie is lopende, neus ende spieren van de nek tiny tensed like rabbits on an early morning, bicycles and the sound of a washing machine rumbling, people passing by and munched on muffins and empty coffee cups that served for yoghurt, wasco's en een tomaat op een tupperware box with brown sugar
and endlessness lots of it always changing
they come look take a picture
stare into the wideness a bit longer then move on
salt on the table
and crumpled paper
somebody left tobacco crumbs all over the corner
happy people
stressed people
tired people
grateful people
curious people
demanding people
people in cars
people in jeeps
people in buses, bicycles motorcycles
hiking people
all pass the same rocks different every moment with light and moss and time growing here
time grows here abundantly
always fresh with it's purple flowers and tiny red leaves when the soil is too poor
8-08-11
empty glasess with coffee foam, a girl that is afraid to speak english, cables and left overs of three days old desert, still a tomato on a tupperware box with brown sugar, bottle of softdrinks packed in plastic, a card board box with more bottles, the smell of beer spilled on the floor, paper, white unwritten, a car parked with view
voices footsteps and the sound of the washing machine turning eternally, taste of coffee, sugar by numbers, smelling coffee on my lips, irritation for not finding a solution to the effect,
red candles and a fake rock,
a boy with two boxes containing pies,
sense of rush, sense of agitation, big truck and my king walking by,
breathing through my back, cracking noise,
cold draft from the open window
11-07-11
6 ravens without feet
they all were brothers
for their wings were black
and their call was sharp and filled with wind
their sister was fish
their uncle fox
and they knew who they were
as they dipped their wings in waterfalls
6 ravens without feet
they were all sisters
for their wings were black
and their call was sharp and filled with wind
their brother was fish
their uncle fox
and they knew who they were
as they dipped their wings in waterfalls
the fox had tea with crunchy biscuits when arriving at the lake
one crumb fell into the water and moss covered it and trees started to grow on it and as the moss sung a lullaby, it sung it's lullaby softly, and the waves curled like foxtail’s in hot sand all smooth and ripple free
and fish laid their eggs in the seaweed that surrounded the moss and they knew all was well and swam off to shore as the fog rose from the water
night fell in day
-woodlings risen from sleep-
and the fox shed it's white coat
golden coat of nine tales
hearing all after a thousand years,
speaking of feathers, collars, pieces, rings, names for milk, plants and more
gon gon, kon kon, kon gon gon kon gon, gon kon kon kon on gon gon gon, ko on go go go vulpes vulpes, gon gon gon gon gon, kon vul kon on gon gon kon pes kon kon gon gon gon kon on go go go go go vul kon pes vulpes vulpes es vulpes vulpes es vulpes vulpes on es gon es on gon gon on
Maja Jantar is resin washed up on the shore, a brief reflection, a texture of white, a vibration, an inhale.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Feliz Lucia Molina
from The Beginning
What they brought was a holy child or infant. After all, a baby could mean no harm. The twelve inch figure from Belgium was code for empire; the child armed in a velvet robe holding a gold globe in it's left hand and right hand raised in benediction as if to say "you can be saved by the monarchy if you let us destroy you." The tiny figure just kept multiplying from Prague and reached the Visayas. Just imagine Humaway, after being crowned queen, receiving this most sacred code meant to annihilate; a ticking bomb that would keep exploding for the next several hundred years in the form of feast days or quietly in the mind.
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They went to an underground river tour in Palawan to feel some finite darkness inside the earth. The feeling could be rented for 45 minutes with strangers. As the plastic orange canoe moved further into absolute darkness, reality stayed bright outside. The underpaid tour guide yelled from the back of the canoe and pointed out concrete projections as a way of communicating with the tourists; the ability to be relatable as a banana leaf motif of emotional labor. Stalactites and guano accumulated into bratty amorphous figures that resembled a food market, cathedral, movie star, hot dogs, Pegasus. Regardless of how far into the darkness they went, an audience remained inside them, wondering if they got their money's worth. When they returned to their Airbnb, they read philosophy and watched The Butler and Julia & Julie from the dvd library. "The thinking mind ... is that work which produces reality, that is to say work as projection" summed up the underground river perfectly.
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The screen was small enough to imagine actually being here. There were no photos of this island, only a nipa hut deep in Surigao del Sur surrounded by unrecognizable hues of green. On this mangrove beach, there's a white raft that could become a façade of a house. Local children play house on it. Who knows what they imagine. But without façades, in what direction would paranoia go? Would it go back home or to a grave? Between the screen and raft is a kind of heterotopia - not entirely here nor elsewhere too.
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A village shares a portable videoke machine. You must slip pesos into the coin slot to turn it on. You must pay to partake in a journey of culturally specific repetition and mimicry. No one can tell you which song to sing, only you can choose which one to lend yourself to. Like your Filipino father, you give yourself over to a distant yet present empire: Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, The Beatles. (Mimi)cry is maybe an intimate relation to an object, one step removed from becoming that object. This is why impersonators are so powerful; they get to marvel in the space between relation and becoming. Their becoming is continuous and meant to never be fulfilled which is why the machine is full of money.
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Here there are no communication machines to "assist relations" between family and friends but there's a sari sari store filled with decades old computers and television sets. Media relics undergo slow and continuous makeovers to unknown ends. Direct cognitive enslavement hasn't begun. Reflected from the dim and lifeless screens are young men hammering local trees into boats and those boats will have blue painted windows to imitate a reflection of the sky or sea.
What happens to the code of beheadings or dick pics that have been scrubbed into nothing? Does it disappear forever or take up foreclosed space in the mind of content moderators? Here is one kind of emotional labor. Here is a different kind of erasure. Human invisibility in the Philippines is a requisite for the production and flow of palatable images on US screens. Eat you green beans, it's good for you. Finish your rice, its a sin to waste food.
feliz lucia molina is based in los angeles.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Stacy Doris (1962-2012)
Reading "Love What You've Burned, Burn What You've Loved" at SUNY-Buffalo, October 30, 2001 (PennSound)
from Kildare
Bushwhack Sign Up Here
LETS UNCLE Input, capture, display
mix and produce
that's what friends are for.
A worry-free professional, finger tips -- easy in
overnight receipt.
TiK, attacker turned iffy
invites/ one hope to outwit
El Commandeer ('Dong').
Helpful explosive surprises clue TiK
(gritty back view)
CLOSER.
On loose in the COCONET
One little guy shaves off time
for the brawny.
A hug/smash combo
Midair teleport
fakes out of nothing
icky reptile device.
TiK-as-Valkyrie
pie-throw endeavors
jumps, lands senseless
(indigestion attached).
The flowers squirting contest.
from Conference, Part III, The Sheet-metal Tar
The sky is a ball. Also, the sky is pure excitement or incitement. It is what a dress is; flesh and its opposite. And the dress is good. When the dress is red. When ready. It is all that breathing is, including unanimous. Idealists see unanimous as continuous, and deity is invented thus.
I miss her.
The sky lives on water, meanwhile, on seas and lagoons and puddles. Swans nip at it for sustenance.
Poverty was their way of seeing wealth, so they believed and went with God. They were pirates, these idealists. They ply and walk away. They carry their odors and allures. But do we do so together or alone? Am I with her, in the air?
If my friend were here with me, we'd use this for music: antennae, grills of the House of Sens gables, fire escapes--we'd use them for strings. Is she?
I am always in bed. I have a friend on the rue de Paradis who calls and asks if I'm in bed. I think she calls just to ask and the answer is always yes.
Daily life is where the broken jar either gains or loses its purpose. I'm not the one to ask.
from Paramour
Never Sticky.
The best of all possible words's a luscious mouth
(the rest is dross).
The word-image of a luscious mouth cannot feather or stain
nor pass unnoticed.
The unforgotten mouth, plus high-color fidelity and stamina
break dramatically through
and on soft micro-layers glide.
That saw comfort. In any light, depend.
And along with the dazzling truth is
you'll want more than one.
They tear into the wood, pass into the high reeds of underbrush.
Trees hide them, they disappear behind a curtain of leaves.
Thus sty in This chest, hairs pool, voice melt This rouse Thus, the drift, infinite burn, This gnaws This, course in blood, slop over, wind, Thus hand swoon to hoof between, behind, the edge open and Thus This rip, root, a-rage, This Thus plunders center of plunder, ring. This wrench to shreds, convulse gnaw, Thus grunt.
"When I think of Stacy, I think of water and of her way with it, how completely at home she was in its suspension and its depth. That quality of "at-homeness" seems emblematic of her entire relationship to the world—she was utterly comfortable with the suspensions it demands and with its uncanny depths. She had the rare ability to remain metaphorically at sea, comfortable there in that wide-open uncertainty. She had what Keats called negative capability, and she had it in abundance—she made uncertainty and doubt occasions for invention and exploration."
—Cole Swenson (from An Homage to Stacy Doris 1962-2012 edited by Laynie Browne)
—Cole Swenson (from An Homage to Stacy Doris 1962-2012 edited by Laynie Browne)
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Orchid Tierney
Haret el Wasser
after Te Whiti
& Tohu
were taken away
the people
remained sitting
on the marae
I was called
by a woman
at no. 9
she had
4 soldiers there
the first time
we were paid
the second time
they refused
they left the house
the woman
banged the door
& she swore
soldiers entered
my quarter
I saw furniture
thrown
men
threw her
out of the window
forced removals
began 2 days later
men were removed
their houses
torn down
women were raped
& molested
it was just
like drafting sheep
references
“Red Blind Street.” The Battle of the Wazzer. Accessed 10 December 2014. http://user.online.be/~ snelders/wozzer/woztest.htm.
“The Taranaki Report-Kaupapa Tuatahi.” 1996. WAI 143. Muru me te Rauapatu-The Muru and Raupatu of the Taranaki Land and People. Waitangi Tribunal Report. Accessed 12 December 2014. http://www.justice.govt.nz/tribunals/waitangi-tribunal/Reports/wai0143.
Zealandia boasts
1 million yrs ago
God save the Queen!
our king
Tuitonga
died—
England
earth-hungry
insatiable
took
13 years
to send the flag
of Britainnia
we are
afraid
lest some other
powerful
nation
should take
possession
of our island
but why doesn’t noo zilind
take the whole bloomin lot!
the island
without fruit
the rock
stuck
& could not
be raised
it is thus
with things
done wrongly
at the present day!
yet 1100 yrs ago
Niuē has yielded
almost no return—
20 members
of Parliament
for a country
of 600
—an abuse
& responsibility
there is no realistic
possibility of Niuē
becoming a self-
sustaining economy
all hail Zealandia!
we blunder
into Empire
& somehence
1 trillion yrs
1,256 Niueans convicted
bones unchanged by moss
brave
Folitolu
Latoatama
Tamaeli
rid the land
of the tyrant
he who growls at
prisoners & warders
who growls at Tatu
to fix up
the golf holes
in Foniakula
but Noo Zilind
will help Niuē
her private sector
will grow as large
as possible
the climate is excellent
& retirees bring
a steady flow
attracting
a retirement
village operator
is a good
place to start
references
“Inquiry into New Zealand’s relationships with South Pacific countries.” Report of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee. December 2010.
“Our New Possessions. Something About the Islands We Have Annexed.” Evening Post. 25 October 1900, 2.
Scott, Dick. 1993. Would a good man die? Niue Island, New Zealand and the late Mr. Larsen. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton.
Smith, Percy S. 1903. Niuē-Fekai (or Savage) Island and Its People. Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs.
Thomson, Basil C. 1902. Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niuē and Tonga. London: John Murray.
Orchid Tierney is a New Zealander living in Philadelphia where she attends the University of Pennsylvania. She is an enthusiast of antique furniture.