An Excerpt From Vince Tinguely’s New Novella:
“Fortunately, I had a rich inner life going on at the time. Richer than most, I’d have to say; so rich that it had begun to rupture the membrane between inner and outer. What’s called ‘losing it’. I was going crazy, and I knew I was going crazy, but I was finding it all so interesting that I had decided to let it happen, let it all hang out, let it breathe – the most pernicious sort of craziness, this, a knowing, clever craziness that operated within its own unique paradigms, that remained aware enough of itself and its inherent difference from the rest of the world to avoid manifesting itself to the point where the rest of the world notices and then takes steps to suppress it. Thanks to this interesting state of affairs, it didn’t much matter where I lived, or where I worked – it was only temporary – I’d soon enough be somewhere else. Where, exactly, wasn’t important. For now, I had some serious living to do.”
Launch party –
Casa Del Popolo, 4873 St-Laurent
Wednesday, August 31, 2005.
8 p.m. (show starts 9 p.m.)
With readings by:
Vince Tinguely
Dana Bath
J. R. Carpenter
Scott Duncan
Plus an exclusive musical performance by The Sally Fields.
$5 at the door (w/o book)
$10 at the door (if you buy a book)
PERFORMERS’ BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Dana Bath, originally from Newfoundland, has lived and worked in various places around the world and now calls Montreal home. She’s published a novel (Plenty of Harm in God) and two collections of short stories (What Might Have Been Rain and Universal Recipients.) She teaches English Literature at Vanier College, and is at work on a second novel.
J.R. Carpenter is a visual artist, poet and fiction writer originally from Nova Scotia, now living in Montreal. Her fiction has been published in Carte Blanche, Nth Position, Blood & Aphorisms, Postscript and the Knight Literary Journal. Her short story “Precipice” won the CBC/QWF Quebec Short Story Competition, 2003. Her web art projects have been exhibited internationally and can all be found at http://luckysoap.com.
Scott Duncan is a video artist, performer and writer. He’s pleased as punch to be on the same slate as the Ting.
The Sally Fields is the solo effort of Scott W. Gray, an art-rock / indie-rock songwriter living in Montreal. At turns melancholy and bittersweet, The Sally Fields features hooky vocals and rich guitar work over pre-programmed sounds. www.thesallyfields.com <http://www.thesallyfields.com>
Vincent Tinguely is a Montreal writer and performance poet. He is the co-author (with Victoria Stanton) of Impure ‹ reinventing the word, a book about the Montreal spoken word scene, published by conundrum press in 2001. He writes regularly on spoken word and lit events for the free weekly Montreal Mirror. His latest work is the three chapbook set SEX, POWER, MYTH, launched in January 2005, and the mini-CD Flying Under The Radar, produced by Wired on Words in April 2005.
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