Thirteen Million Pillars of Grass: An Ashbery Gathering

348 Warren Street,Hudson NY 12534

31 July, 2022

Description

On the 60th anniversary of the publication of Ashbery’s The Tennis Court Oath and what would have been Ashbery’s 95 birthday, The Flow Chart Foundation is hosting an inaugural GATHERING at its Flow Chart Space (348 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534). We've invited poets, scholars, and performers to take a new look at The Tennis Court Oath, and at how Ashbery at 95 continues to inspire, confound, and entrance. We'll look at how Ashbery’s work continues to be relevant and inspirational in this moment and beyond. Presenters include: Madhur Anand & Bruce Andrews & Dara Barrois/Dixon & Charles Bernstein & Antonio Sergio Bessa & Lee Ann Brown & Mandana Chaffa & Stephen Cohen & Todd Colby & Brandon Downing & Rachel DuPlessis & Marcella Durand  & Justin Geyer & Melissa Ginsberg & Michael Gottlieb & Susannah Hollister & Elisabeth Joyce & Vincent Katz & Ann Lauterbach & Lesle Lewis & Meghan Mercier & Tracie Morris & Charles North & George Quasha & Anna Rabinowitz & Evelyn Reilly & Joan Retallack & Eugene Richie & Eléna Rivera  & Emily Setina & Chiara Shae & Ravi Shankar & James Sherry & Sally Silvers & Emily Skillings & Sparrow & Patricia Spears Jones & Adriana Tampasis & Deborah Thomas & Edwin Torres & John Emil Vincent & Bernard Welt & Rebecca Wolff & . . . Free registration for the day includes coffee & bagels and a vegan boxed lunch. Because space capacity is extremely limited, if you register and then can't attend, we ask that you please cancel your reservation so that someone else may. More information can be found here. A detailed schedule will be posted soon. Toward opening new possibilities, The Flow Chart Foundation explores poetry and the interrelationships of various art forms as guided by the legacy of American poet John Ashbery and promotes engagement with his work. Poetry is a powerful conduit to exploration, questioning, and resistance to the status quo. The Flow Chart Foundation offers new ways to engage with it and its interplay with other artistic modes. We feature art and artists who help us challenge assumed perceptions of thinking about ourselves, one another and the world. We love artistic work often thought of as “difficult,” and work to offer inviting means for productively engaging with it. By showcasing the widest possible diversity of artists working now—from a variety of cultural, ethnic, gender-identified, and aesthetic backgrounds and viewpoints representing a breadth of generative, exploratory work that defies simple consumption—we expand our ability to question, to speak, to think, to dream, to accomplish. Through programs for both general and scholarly audiences showcasing innovative work by a diversity of artists of various kinds, we celebrate Ashbery and his art as an inspirational and generative force, and feature work being created today that reflects and engages transformative values. We also maintains the Ashbery Resource Center to provide opportunities for deep exploration and scholarship, and presents a variety of programs and exhibits through its Flow Chart Space (currently closed due to the pandemic), and with partner organizations, focused on serving our local community. The Flow Chart Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, raising funds to support its programs, with contributions tax-deductible to the full extent provided by law.