contribution # 1 | INTRODUCTION
the rotterdam visual artist / writer jozef van rossum introduced the evenings.
hi arnold,
i've got it: my introduction will be about jan arends, jan j. arends, j. ahrend and arend-jan. the latter will be the subject in an audience participation, so that visitors can attend the theatre show like a refreshed pillow. _and more: as a self declared pacemaker i send you this lyrical submission for the post programme:
what thinks of it?
what thinks of it?
that typewriter
adler
with its sticker ‘i just mess around’ was part of the show
now rejected,
shall i put it outside
in the hallway
so one can still see it
after all?
yes
no
nothing
crap
no karel appel
good painter but
granny smith is a better plan
and further
a spot in limburg
ticks in the backhead
of my brain
people discuss whether apples
roll from a conveyor belt or
are being conveyed by a rolling belt?
See,
this way i can make it through the day
in the street people point their fingers at me:
that man is a poet,
he mutters now and then.
[jvr]
(source: e-mail by jozef van rossum, march 14, 2013)