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THE WEEK: Nov 28-Dec 2.

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MONDAY:

TALK SERIES: Poetry After the White House Jam: A Panel Discussion on the nature and Role of the Avant-Garde
This talk will focus on poets Alison Knowles (founding member of Fluxus) and Kenneth Goldsmith (Conceptual Writing figurehead) and their inclusion in the 2011 White House Poetry Jam. Specifically, thinking about Knowles and Goldsmith as “avant-garde” figures: whether there can be an avant-garde that is current and representative, and how that impulse affects/is affected by an institutional context such as the White House. Panelists include: Rod Smith,Sandra Simonds, and Steven Zultanski.

AN INTERVIEW WITH LUCAS GROLLEAU.

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by Matt Mowatt
LISTEN TO Show your love By Lucky Joy
LISTEN TO ahahaaahaaaha by Blind Horse

Matt Mowatt: What projects are you working on currently?

Lucas Grolleau: I have several projects. One of my projects is my company (Sounds Good Music) which is involved with music, sound design and various multimedia applications and websites. I played bass in a band called Rex Machine. I used to have a band called Lucky Joy, which was active in Switzerland in 2008-9 and now it’s a bit…not over, but…

MM: On a hiatus?

LG: Yeah, exactly. It’s [Lucky Joy] more like an electronic funk band, which is sort of on stand-by because my partner has a second kid now and artistically it can be difficult to organize.

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