There's a theory that art must be confronting in ord er to be genuinely experienced. Like an evening news bulletin indulging a regular diet of death and destruction to attract and maintain its audience, art has frequently come wrapped up in an abrasive political covering. Ben John Smith, publisher of poetry online zine Horror Sleaze Trash , loves his confrontational poetic rhetoric. He's not sure, however, if art needs to be confronting to be heard.
"Not necessarily, but it sure as shit helps get an initial interest," Smith says. Author Koraly Dimitriadis, herself no stranger to a bit of challenging literature with her collection of Love And Fuck Poems, agrees. "I write lots of other things that aren't confronting," she says. "I think art has to be honest, that's what connects with people, and I never sugar coat, I always tell it like it is."
This month Dimitriadis and Smith come together for an evening of dialogue, discussion, debate and dialectic at Polyester Books on Brunswick Street. The writers' friendship came about after Dimitriadis' poems sparked a debate on the hazy line between art and exploitation. "Leading up to the launch of my poems, I posted an article on Overland about poetry and pornography and if a line exists between the two and it created a huge discussion amongst the academics," Dimitriadis says. "Some were defending us while others were saying that what we write isn't poetry and that Ben and his website is sexist because it depicts naked women. After the launch, Ben and I spoke about doing a photo for Overland, and his website, where the woman is in power," she says.
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"Not necessarily, but it sure as shit helps get an initial interest," Smith says. Author Koraly Dimitriadis, herself no stranger to a bit of challenging literature with her collection of Love And Fuck Poems, agrees. "I write lots of other things that aren't confronting," she says. "I think art has to be honest, that's what connects with people, and I never sugar coat, I always tell it like it is."
This month Dimitriadis and Smith come together for an evening of dialogue, discussion, debate and dialectic at Polyester Books on Brunswick Street. The writers' friendship came about after Dimitriadis' poems sparked a debate on the hazy line between art and exploitation. "Leading up to the launch of my poems, I posted an article on Overland about poetry and pornography and if a line exists between the two and it created a huge discussion amongst the academics," Dimitriadis says. "Some were defending us while others were saying that what we write isn't poetry and that Ben and his website is sexist because it depicts naked women. After the launch, Ben and I spoke about doing a photo for Overland, and his website, where the woman is in power," she says.
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"Drunk at the matinee" is a collection of candid poetry about stupid shit that we all experience from day to day.
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