Anechoic Chamber Episode 5 - Enzo Minarelli

Our guest for Episode 5 of Anechoic Chamber is Enzo Minarelli, who, since the early Seventies, has been active in the field of linear and visual poetry, performing several one-man shows while also editing and releasing records, CDs and DVDs. He is the main theorist of Polypoetry - whose first Manifesto was published by Minarelli in 1987 - and the publisher of the vinyl series 3ViTre Records, producing about twenty records both on 7” and LP. He has also founded the 3Vitre Archive of Polypoetry which can now be consulted permanently at Lincoln Center in New York and at Bologna University. As a scholar and researcher about orality and poetry, his essays and books are a well-known reference on the subject. His sound and visual works are in the collections of national and international musea, libraries and archives. As a video-poet, he has produced many video-poems and video sound poetry installations since the early 80s. For this discussion, Minarelli provides a valuable primer on sound poetry in general, dispelling numerous myths about the form while also touching upon its most essential qualities. Discussion topics: Is technology essential to sound poetry? / not “performance art” or music / Henri Chopin, Bernard Heidsieck: two different poetic perspectives on language / relationship to the “avant-garde” + being comfortable with tradition a la Dick Higgins / Can sound poetry be comedy? / Losing control of the audience / different meanings of silence in performance: beyond John Cage / “Urloh” + “Howl”: an example of art meeting life Sounds used in this episode: Enzo Minarelli “Urloh (1984)” (previously appeared in Polipoesia mon Amour [2005] and Voice Studies London [2015]) / "Voci Nell Italia di Fine Secolo" / "Gran Amor Platonico" / Additional atmospheric sounds created by TBWB exclusively using interview footage from this episode as a sound source. Cover image: “Urloh” schematic by Enzo Minarelli. Anechoic chamber links: Artist web links: http://www.3vitre.it https://www.enzominarelli.com donate via Paypal: tbwb@protonmail.com all other queries: core@tbwb.net