Harry Burke, A diminished poetry. An expanding (and contracting) writerly. Fragments, for Rindon Johnson. Before publication 1, brochure published in the Before Publication collection, which will gather the pre-publications — single booklet of 4 to 24 pages, 17.2 x 23.5 cm, offset, black/white, stapled binding, 250 copies — of authors’ texts or artists’ inserts, which will appear regularly and as a preview before the final publication, L’Effet papillon II (second volume of L’Effet papillon, 1989 – 2007, catalogue of the Centre d’édition contemporaine published in 2008). Graphic design: Niels Wehrspann, Lausanne. Edition of the Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, December 2019.
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A diminished poetry. An expanding (and contracting) writerly. Fragments, for Rindon Johnson is a text by Harry Burke about the immersive videos of American artist Rindon Johnson. It combines notes, quotations, recasts and even strikethroughs in a fragmentary, indirect response to Johnson’s work, video production, legacy and position in relation to expanded cinema, multimedia culture, the place of computers in creation and virtual reality. Harry Burke also offers a reflection on the opening up of media in the digital age, while evoking the political and personal aspirations of a new generation of artists and critics.
