Thursday, January 15, 2009

ExPo #1: Slow Reading

READ THIS WORD THEN READ THIS WORD READ THIS WORD NEXT READ
THIS WORD NOW SEE ONE WORD SEE ONE WORD NEXT SEE ONE WORD
NOW AND THEN SEE ONE WORD AGAIN LOOK AT THREE WORDS HERE
LOOK AT THREE WORDS NOW LOOK AT THREE WORDS NOW TOO TAKE IN
FIVE WORDS AGAIN TAKE IN FIVE WORDS SO TAKE IN FIVE WORDS
DO IT NOW SEE THESE WORDS AT A GLANCE SEE THESE WORDS AT
THIS GLANCE AT THIS GLANCE HOLD THIS LINE IN VIEW HOLD THIS
LINE IN ANOTHER VIEW AND IN A THIRD VIEW SPOT SEVEN LINES
AT ONCE THEN TWICE THEN THRICE THEN A FOURTH TIME A FIFTH A
SIXTH A SEVENTH AN EIGHTH


Vito Acconci, "READ THIS WORD" (1969). The UBUWEB Anthology of Conceptual Writing.

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