#! (pronounced “shebang”) consists of poetic texts that are presented alongside the short computer programs that generated them. The poems, in new and existing forms, are inquiries into the features that make poetry recognizable as such, into code […]
If you search on references to Ron Silliman in Against Expression: An Anthology of Conceptual Writing, edited by Craig Dworkin and Kenneth Goldsmith (Northwestern University Press, 2011), you find the following: table of contents, pg. xv, Ron Silliman, 531, from […]
Featured in Poetry magazine, May 2014 “Exhilarating, daring, breathtaking. These words are not hyperbolic. This book is a head-rush! Language-mixing, genre-mixing, rhythm-dazzling. From Rosa Alcalà to a poet whose work she’s translated, Cecilia Vicuña, these Angels of the […]
On Friday, July 11, at 7 p.m., Counterpath hosted a a reading by Sarah Boyer, Julie Carr, Zachary Schomburg, and Mathias Svalina. Zachary Schomburg is the author of four books of poems including, most recently, The Book of Joshua (Black […]
Exactly a century ago, French author Raymond Roussel published Locus Solus. The book went on to influence some of the major figures of 20th century art and literature, including Marcel Duchamp, Alain Robbe-Grillet, John Ashbery, and Harry Mathews. Now […]
mUtter-bAbel, a graphic and textual exploration of ugly archaic feelings and their troubling social effects. It is a verbo-visual experiment integrating handmade drawings with computer-designed texts, exploring very early feelings babies have for their mothers. Whether because many people cannot […]
On Saturday, June 14, at 7 p.m., Counterpath hosted performance artist Leah Lovett, with a reading by David Buuck and a reading of a new translation of Leslie Kaplan by Jennifer Pap and Julie Carr. Lovett will perform Filter (2009), a […]
On Friday, June 6, at 7 p.m., Sawako Nakayasu presented “Insect Orchestra,” the latest installment in the Insect Country series. Insect Country is an ongoing investigation and tutelage under the auspices of the universe as lived by insects, mostly that […]
Counterpath hosted the opening of Elizabeth Leister’s “Strange Loop” on Saturday, May 17 at 7 p.m. The opening featured a performance by Leister (video above), and coincide with reading/performances by writers Divya Victor and Isaac Linder. “Strange Loop” will be […]
On Saturday, May 17 at 7 p.m. Counterpath hosted Divya Victor and Isaac Linder for a reading/performance. The evening coincided with the opening night performance by Elizabeth Leister in connection with her new exhibit at Counterpath. Divya Victor is the […]
On Friday, May 16, at 7 p.m. Counterpath hosted a reading by third-year students in DU’s Creative Writing Phd program. Readers include: Kanika Agrawal, Kameron Bashi, Patrick Kelling, Joe Lennon, Poupeh Missaghi, and Jesse Morse. Videos of some of the […]
On Saturday, May 3 at 7 p.m., Counterpath opens an exhibit of artist Sharon Brant’s recent work. The opening will also feature a reading by poets Noah Eli Gordon, Karla Kelsey, and George Albon. Brant’s exhibit will be on display […]
On Saturday, May 10 from 6 to 10 p.m. Heather Warren-Crow and Seth Warren-Crow performed 4-Hour Confession (Pity Party #2) at Counterpath. 4-Hour Confession (Pity Party #2) is a participatory sound performance in which Heather Warren-Crow and special guests will […]
On Friday, May 9 at 7 p.m. Rodney Koeneke, Aditi Machado, and Richard Froude gave a reading at Counterpath. Hosted by Jesse Morse. Rodney Koeneke is the author of the poetry collection Etruria (Wave Books, 2014), Musee Mechanique (BlazeVOX, 2006), […]
On Saturday, May 3 at 7 p.m. Counterpath hosted Noah Eli Gordon, Karla Kelsey, and George Albon for a reading. The reading will coincide with the opening night of artist Sharon Brant’s exhibition at Counterpath. A San Francisco resident, George […]
On Friday, May 2 at 7 p.m. Counterpath hosted scholar Stephen Voyce for a presentation that explored intersecting developments in experimental art, mapmaking, activism, and new media. Read an interview with Stephen Voyce about this event. The practice variously called […]
From Monday, April 28, to Tuesday April 29, Counterpath hosted London-based artist Teresa Albor for a performance work: Albor made 100 paintings in 24 hours. The paintings were then given away. The performance is part of the artist’s investigation of what […]
On Monday, April 28 at 7 p.m. Counterpath hosted a marathon reading of Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons, “a touchstone work of radical modernist poetry” and still influential a hundred years after its original publication. The reading, co-hosted and organized by […]
Denver drone artist Radere took over Counterpath for an evening of light and sound, joined for this event by fellow Colorado sound artists offthesky and Cody Yantis, with whom he has recently begun a new collaborative project. ::: Radere ::: […]
On Saturday, April 26, at 7 p.m., Counterpath hosted Brenda Hillman for a reading. Brenda Hillman has published chapbooks with Penumbra Press, a+bend press, and EmPress; she is the author of nine full-length collections from Wesleyan University Press, the most recent of which are Practical Water (2009) […]
On Friday, April 25 at 7 p.m., Sam Truitt presented his most recently completed project: “Dick: An Oblique Kennedy Conspiracy Countdown,” a one-year project (22.Nov.12—22.Nov.13) of daily transmissions via youtube interacting chronologically through sound, images and motion with the text […]
On Sunday, April 20 at 7 p.m. Counterpath hosted poet and editor Vincent Katz for a talk on his recent volume on Black Mountain College, Black Mountain College: Experiment in Art (MIT Press). “Althought it lasted only twenty-three years (1933-1956) […]
On Saturday, April 12 at 7 p.m. Counterpath hosted an afterparty for Conor McGarrigle’s walking art performance, “Walking West.” Walking West is a durational performance involving walking the entire 26.2 miles of Denver’s Colfax Avenue. All are invited to participate […]
On Friday, April 11, 2014 at 7 p.m. Counterpath hosted poets Stephanie Strickland and Eric Baus. Stephanie Strickland read from her new book, Dragon Logic, which takes on Richard Feynman’s challenge to speak in terms of current science and explores […]
On Thursday, April 10, Counterpath hosted poet and artist Larkin Higgins for both a reading and the opening of her solo exhibit of logographic drawings and various visio-textual works. The exhibit will be on display through April 24. Larkin Higgins […]
Counterpath is excited to host filmmakers Lynn Sachs and Mark Street for a screening on Sunday, April 6, at 7 p.m. Mark Street will screen his 2012 film Hasta Nunca/See You Never, and Lynn Sachs will screen “Cuadro por cuadro” […]
On Saturday, April 5, Counterpath hosted digital image artist Isabelle Hayeur for a selected screening of her work, and a conversation with curator Jacquelyn Connolly. The evening also featured a performance by artist Philippe Moore. Isabelle Hayeur is known primarily […]
Counterpath hosted Lytton Smith and Sara Renee Marshall for a reading on Friday, April 4, at 7 p.m. Smith read from his recently published While You Were Approaching The Spectacle But Before You Were Transformed By It (Nightboat, 2013) Lytton Smith is […]
On Friday, April 4, at 7 p.m. Counterpath hosted the opening of Andrea Wolf’s Unsolicited Memories; Archival Exercises. Unsolicited Memories; Archival Exercises is an ongoing research and exploration of methods to physically represent this archive of memories as an embodied […]
On Saturday, March 29 Counterpath opened “Sound & Text,” an installation by artist Audra Wolowiec. Through scultpure, sound, text, and performance, Wolowiec’s work explores themes of communication in an attempt to create experiences that merge the sensory with the conceptual. […]
Counterpath hosted Alejandro T. Acierto and Roger Green on Saturday, March 22, at 7 p.m. Roger Green lives in Denver working as a musician and professor. He is a former guitarist for The Czars with whom he helped produce Goodbye […]
Part 1 On Friday, March 21, Counterpath welcomed Peter Hudis for a talk on Rosa Luxemburg. Part 2: Rosa Luxemburg (1870-1919) is widely considered one of the most creative figures of European radicalism, thanks to her theory of spontaneity and […]
Erin Manning’s Talk Counterpath hosted philosopher, dancer, and visual artist Erin Manning for a talk and discussion at Counterpath on Wednesday, March 19 at 7:00 P.M. Q&A: About Always More Than One (Duke University Press, 2013) “In Always More Than […]
On Friday, March 14, Counterpath opened Joanna Tam’s solo exhibit Oh Say Can You Act. Oh Say Can You Act explores the intersection of nationalism, cultural vernaculars and social rituals. The work in this exhibition looks at how patriotism is […]
On Saturday, March 15 at 6:30 Counterpath hosted film scholar Suranjan Ganguly for a celebration of Stan Brakhage’s work. Ganguly screened key films and took part in a Q&A following the screening. Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) is widely regarded as one […]
On Sunday, March 9 at 7:00 P.M. Counterpath hosted filmmaker Talena Sanders for a screening of her films Tokens & Penalties and Liahona. Tokens and Penalties, 2012, USA, 3:58, color, sound, HD 1. If the same dream occurs three times, […]
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