Performed at ROMA POESIA
Rome, Italy. 2003
Sprinzak performed Lion (text by Antonin Artaud and Josef Sprinzak); Mouse (poem by e.e. cummings); and Maggie and Milly and Molly and May (poem by e.e. cummings).
Tupu Tlaka Tlapa
Sound Piece, 1996.
This poetry, which is made of sound, not sense, can be traced to Dadaist sound and poetry experiments. Like those performances, Sprinzak’s syllables create a feeling of narrative generated through the patterns of sound, rather than through conventional language. The result is a kind of music played by the instrument of language. It forces us to rethink how sense and language are made, and reinforces our attention to sound, which is our capacity to listen.
