Friday, October 26, 2012

Writing as performative: Making poetry out of spam and news articles in a text/messaging epoch



These two pieces of writing, while not directly performance writing, embody my current interest in the territory of the performativity of writing for me and how writing has very much taken over our world through the internet, through our use of texting and messaging. The conversational function of writing is to me performative. In the first piece I took 3 spam emails and turned them into 'poetry'... for the second I took 2 news articles online from within Germany where I am currently living and did the same. I'm interested in how different trajectories of language take on a direct or indirect performative function of manipulating our senses and perceptions, playing on our emotions, appealing to our humanity and trying to sell an idea or political ideology to us. I am also interested in the poetry of actions, as suggested by Alejandro Jodorowsky's notion of Psychomagic.

1
love and invite scientific research respect of their business diet there are exercises adjust their activities in response. Let's dive deep and really neurons (nerve cells) in the brain (attached to this email) to reply on this complaint in their environment. True Healing & Lasting Transformation has been filed the above mentioned lifestyle and certain neuroplasticity which plays before they expire get downloads of this issue and inform us about your opinion GO FOR IT TOGETHER! Beloved discovery where the keys are…joining no matter what age you are! the consumer's concern amazing healing to strengthen and rework inspiration and bonus gifts. Better Business Bureau to ROCK Living A Course in Miracles series Imagine being able to bookmark this page now! Thank you. Please help share COMPLAINT REPORT with certain simple techniques. we are focusing on the bottom prompt response brain health spiritual growth mentioned complaint you can find information injury or disease & links in the right stay tuned! connection to compensate.You can too!


2
German flags over their breasts after stabbing himself security ushered protesting for a knife, but they cannot be ripped up,” she added hundreds of tourists. Passersby notified setting himself on fire where women have regularly watched for ten minutes In the toilets entered the furniture store ruled the case a suicide,to boycott the company's products. 30 minutes for the world community A 32-year-old man daubed feminist messages at Reichstag on the Femen website. a statement cutting women out at the Hamburg branch Man dies and equality for Ikea," graphic designer Irina, 32, told the paper. repression and violence, after finding a goodbye letter It added that activists colours because the Berliner first Police ruled early Saturday afternoon. “Our bodies are painted like posters, then poured a flammable liquid topless fully clothed. Taking a stand chest with a knife,“You can remove us because we are protesting for women,” “Allah made me visible,” to resuscitate the man, said another.Saudi Arabian catalogue,scene from his injuries. The reasons "Islamist dollars are more important according to the Ikea police over himself and lit himself on fire. aged 32, 23 and 22, said a placards. were personal, liberty and equality for Passersby in Ukraine, they removed their tops in Germany's newspaper products.Man dies Staff and shoppers have regularly staged nude protests.