Karl Holmovist: What's My Name (Book Works, 2009) GRAY followed by blaxploitation films

followed by blaxploitation films

Monika Baer

Essay by Kathryn Nixon

identifying and liquidating apparent dichotomies of grace and awkwardness

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Karl Holmovist: What's My Name (Book Works, 2009) GRAY followed by blaxploitation films128 pages 24 x 17 cm Softcover ISBN: 978 1 906012 18 2 "Inspired by T. S. Eliots The Waste Land, Karl Holmqvist uses a writing method mainly based on quotes, which now includes a diverse range of sources, from beat and concrete poetry, to cut up lines from films and popular songs often quoted in their entirety. When performed live as spoken word readings by the artist, the use of reversals, word games, and not least endless repetition, reveals a