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Yesterday at Salomon Arts in Tribeca Justin and Dave celebrated the closing of Ah Pook is Here: The Lost Art of William S. Burroughs and Malcolm McNeill with a reception and a presentation on found poetry in honor of Burroughs and his “cut-up method” of writing.  As proponents of a new kind of ‘cut-up’ method of found poetry using internet search results, we were extremely excited to demonstrate our craft in the presence of work by the cut-up’s most famous proponent, William Burroughs. Participants were invited to view the exhibition and participate in a discussion about found poetry and the new art of using internet search results to create poems.  

Click on pictures below for full images.

To read more about Malcolm McNeill’s project with William Burroughs, visit RealityStudio for an interview with McNeill.

Poegles would like to thank Rodrigo and Gigi Salomon for making this event possible- for welcoming us in off the street and allowing us to use their incredible space.

On Saturday, January 17th 2009, Salomon Arts and the founders of Poegles.com will celebrate the closing of Ah Pook is Here: The Lost Art of William S. Burroughs and Malcolm McNeill with a reception and a presentation on found poetry in honor of Burroughs and his “cut-up method” of writing.As proponents of a new kind of ‘cut-up’ method of found poetry using internet search results, we are extremely excited to demonstrate our craft in the presence of work by the cut-up’s most famous proponent, William Burroughs. Participants are invited to view the exhibition and participate in an interactive discussion about found poetry and the new art of using internet search results to create poems.

When and where is the event?

Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Wine reception 4 pm to 7 pm, Presentation at 5:30 pm
Salomon Arts- Tribeca
83 Leonard Street (between Broadway and Church), 4th Floor
New York, NY 10013

How do I RSVP?

Because of limited space anyone wishing to attend must RSVP to editor@poegles.com.

What is Ah Pook is Here?

The exhibition is made up of artwork and prints from the unfinished graphic novel Ah Pook is Here. This remarkable seven-year collaboration between Burroughs and the artist Malcolm McNeill has been rediscovered after more than thirty years and is now being publicly shown for the first time.

As Burroughs wrote in 1978, “over the years of our collaboration Malcolm Mc Neill produced more than a hundred pages of artwork. However, owing partly to the expense of full color reproduction, and because the book falls into neither the category of the conventional illustrated book, nor that of a comix publication, there have been difficulties with the arrangements for the complete work. The book is in fact unique…”

What will happen at the event?

Participants will be invited take in the exhibition, and then channel the spirit of Burroughs in their very own cut-up poems. We will demonstrate the poegling technique and discuss the history of found poetry from 19th century France through to today.

Friends, poeglers, we hope you can join us.

On Saturday, January 17th 2009, Salomon Arts and the founders of Poegles.com will celebrate the closing of Ah Pook is Here: The Lost Art of William S. Burroughs and Malcolm McNeill with a reception and a presentation on found poetry in honor of Burroughs and his “cut-up method” of writing.As proponents of a new kind of ‘cut-up’ method of found poetry using internet search results, we are extremely excited to demonstrate our craft in the presence of work by the cut-up’s most famous proponent, William Burroughs. Participants are invited to view the exhibition and participate in an interactive discussion about found poetry and the new art of using internet search results to create poems.

When and where is the event?

Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Wine reception 4 pm to 7 pm, Presentation at 5:30 pm
Salomon Arts- Tribeca
83 Leonard Street (between Broadway and Church), 4th Floor
New York, NY 10013

How do I RSVP?

Because of limited space anyone wishing to attend must RSVP to editor@poegles.com.

Dear Poeglers,

So, we come to the end of 2008 and the holidays are upon us. But we’re already looking forward to 2009 because, well, 2008 wasn’t all that great in the end, what with the economy at a virtual standstill. But take heart, Poeglers, for the New Year holds opportunity for change and merrymaking.

On Saturday, January 17th 2009, Salomon Arts and the founders of Poegles.com will celebrate the closing of Ah Pook is Here: The Lost Art of William S. Burroughs and Malcolm McNeill with a reception and a presentation on found poetry in honor of Burroughs and his “cut-up method” of writing.As proponents of a new kind of ‘cut-up’ method of found poetry using internet search results, we are extremely excited to demonstrate our craft in the presence of work by the cut-up’s most famous proponent, William Burroughs. Participants are invited to view the exhibition and participate in an interactive discussion about found poetry and the new art of using internet search results to create poems.

When and where is the event?

Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Wine reception 4 pm to 7 pm, Presentation at 5:30 pm
Salomon Arts- Tribeca
83 Leonard Street (between Broadway and Church), 4th Floor
New York, NY 10013

How do I RSVP?

Because of limited space anyone wishing to attend must RSVP to editor@poegles.com.

What is Ah Pook is Here?

The exhibition is made up of artwork and prints from the unfinished graphic novel Ah Pook is Here. This remarkable seven-year collaboration between Burroughs and the artist Malcolm McNeill has been rediscovered after more than thirty years and is now being publicly shown for the first time.

As Burroughs wrote in 1978, “over the years of our collaboration Malcolm Mc Neill produced more than a hundred pages of artwork. However, owing partly to the expense of full color reproduction, and because the book falls into neither the category of the conventional illustrated book, nor that of a comix publication, there have been difficulties with the arrangements for the complete work. The book is in fact unique…”

What will happen at the event?

Participants will be invited take in the exhibition, and then channel the spirit of Burroughs in their very own cut-up poems. We will demonstrate the poegling technique and discuss the history of found poetry from 19th century France through to today.

Friends, poeglers, we hope you can join us.

Now on to the poegles of the week. Our poegles contest turned out a great poegle from up north, “We Looked All Over“. Julian from Vancouver, you win this week’s prized jump rope. We also received a handful of submissions from elsewhere on other topics, including the fine ‘noir’-gle, “She Wandered the City” from Jamie B. in Brooklyn. Suzanne in Richmond treated us to “The Lightbulb Burst.”

Poeglers, we want to thank you for your contributions this year. Over the holiday break we’ll be updating the archive to include all the fine poegles you’ve shared with us in 2008. We’re taking a week off- so look for this email in your inbox again in 2009.

Happy Holidays,

The Editors

William Burroughs, a forefather of the poegle, teamed with artist Malcolm McNeill in 1970 on a seven year project to produce a word/image collaboration known as Ah Pook is Here. 

The art and examples of the text from the book are now on display at the Salomon Arts Gallery in Tribeca. 

Jan Herman writes on the Huffington Post: “Although their seven-year project was left unfinished because they couldn’t get it published — a text-only version eventually appeared — McNeill writes that the collaboration ‘changed my perception of many things, and now, many years later, continues to do so.’ He adds, ‘The one lesson above all that working with Bill Burroughs had taught me [is] that art is a magical process.’”

Burroughs read from Ah Pook is Here on his 1990 spoken word album, Dead City Radio.  You can seee a video version of the track, Ah Pook the Destroyer/Brion Gysin’s All Purpose Bedtime Story, on Youtube here.

The show at Salomon Arts runs through December 14th.