Horizons The Poetics and Theory of the Intermedia

Written for the lay reader as well as for academic literary theorists, this book bridges the gulf between the artistic avant-garde in music, visual arts, and experimental literature and the general pub­lic. Higgins delves into multiple areas, but here is an example of one kind of poem he works with: those pieces that move like this those pieces i say are snowflakes i say those pieces that move like this those pieces Along with many other artists--John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Robert Rau­schenberg, and Jackson Mac Low come to mind--Dick Higgins has investigated and invented a variety of genres and forms, working especially in intermedia, the fusion of two or more discrete media. His poetics travel some distance from the poetry of the past. Here he uses the fu­sion of the "receiver's" and the artist's horizons, their knowledge, feelings, ex­periences, and imaginings to provide a vivid account of artistic experimentation over the last thirty years.Higgins, Dick is the author of 'Horizons The Poetics and Theory of the Intermedia' with ISBN 9780809311422 and ISBN 0809311429.