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"Context of Champions" by Andrew Choate

1/4/2013

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Here in Mingus' hometown
the LA Philharmonic 
etc.
is celebrating the centenaries 
of Lutoslawski
and Cage.
But all I hear is Mingus
like a baby brother
rambunctious from the jump
rattlin' and stompin' for his.
Because what Cage did 
for silence and Zen and chance
Charles was on 
for the kind of swing
that defines nations.
Some nations don't like
their definitions
or their origins
or their history of atrocities
but he put 
swing in.


Antibes, 
O
"Folk Forms" - 
Doesn't that…
Isn't that…
?
Accurate.
What would Luto do
or say or raise or hand
this younger Mingus
 - worthwhile outburst -
for the sake of hell in school
and other places.
Paraphrasing a bandmate
from the bandstand
at UCLA
1965
Mingus notes 
"all of a sudden you find yourself 
trapped 
but you blame it on other people".

Dissect, transcribe and melodize
The place of unconfinement.
His music is
What music does
Let's go out
and in
and find it.





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Andrew Choate was born and raised in South Carolina and studied music and literature at Northwestern University and the California Institute of the Arts. His first book, Langquage Makes Plastic of the Body, was published by Palm Press in 2006. His most recent book is Stingray Clapping, published in 2012 by Insert Blanc Press. He has been publishing his writings on music and art since 1999; these have appeared in Urb, Coda, The Wire, Signal to Noise, Art Ltd, d’Art International and Facsimile. His writing has been translated into Spanish, French, Hungarian and Czech. His radio plays and sound works have been broadcast on WDR in Germany, Radioarte Mobile in Italy, Hipersônica in Brazil, Resonance FM in England and various outlets in the US. His visual work has been exhibited at the Yerevan Center for Contemporary Art, the Torrance Art Museum, Pomona College Museum of Art, Barnsdall Art Park, High Energy Constructs and the Overca$h Gallery.  He has given lectures at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles ("Picturing Language"), CalArts ("Writing for Video Performance") and Hofer's Studio Roof ("I'm Turning Sideways In This Crowded Train So You Can More Easily Pass Me By"). His current projects include a graphic novel made of photographs and narration called 260 Aquariums and a series of stress balls in the shape of desktop computers painted with text and installed and photographed in domestic interiors.  

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After Mingus' "Better Get Hit in Your Soul" -- lithographs by Deborah Meadows

4/26/2012

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Deborah Meadows created a series of four lithographs entitled After Mingus' "Better Get Hit in Your Soul." The four lithographs are non-representative writing in response, or written along with Mingus' masterpiece "Better Git it In your Soul." They are each 8x11 and were printed as a collaboration of poet Deborah Meadows and the late master printmaker Patrick Merrill. A "stacked" set of these pages form the cover art of Meadows' recent collection of poetry, Saccade Patterns.
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    Charles
    Mingus
    at 90


    The great jazz artist Charles Mingus would have been 90 this year. Throughout 2012 the Borderbend Arts Collective is presenting programs that celebrate Mingus' life and work. Charles Mingus at 90 is a multidisciplinary celebration -- with music, visual art, writing, and other art forms. Borderbend has opened a call for contributions; click here to find out more.   

    Click here to read the Charles Mingus at 90 table of contents (so far). 




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