SILENT DIAGRAMS ALISON GIBB
NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS
Published in the United Kingdom in 2013 by The Knives Forks And Spoons Press, 122 Birley Street, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, WA12 9UN. ISBN 978-1-909443-19-8 Copyright â“’ Alison Gibb, 2013.
The right of Alison Gibb to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyrights, Designs and Patents act of 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. Acknowledgements: Many thanks to the Literary Arts Department at The Banff Centre, Canada and to the participants of In(ter)ventions 2013. I especially thank J.R Carpenter, Johanna Drucker, Emilie Nielsen, Emilie O'Brien, Baco Ohama, Steven Ross Smith, Neil Scotten and Fred Wah. And a very special thank you to Elaine Thomas.
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A NOTE ON THE TEXT Silent Diagrams are a series of pencil drawings over a poem.They document my process of visualizing poetic activity to create diagrams that illustrates and generate spaces for live performance. These diagrams were originated during the development process of Thus in the crossing, a poetic dance performance in collaboration with choreographer Elaine Thomas.
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