Poems & Road Signs
American Road Signs
Signs above part of the Gallery Bibb in Stockholm 1-17 Sept '07.
Swedish Road Signs
Poems
Swedish artist Tallmo has just released his CD "Molly B. Whips It Out" with text/sound compositions. Influenced by the concrete poetry and sound compositions of the 60's, Tallmo has here updated the technique, using the computer for filtering texts, synthesizing speech from text and also providing some additional instrumental effects to some of the pieces. Several of the 19 tracks on this CD are also available on the web (together with eight additional tracks not on the CD). See www.nisus.se/molly/. Below are some text pieces - you can go the website to hear sound versions of the texts.
What Is Behind The Current Trend?
1.
What is behind the current trend which expands worldwide?
Is it spontaneous or coordinated?
To which objectives does it respond?
How can we recognize one of its manifestations when confronted with it in our daily life, in the streets, at work, or at home?
What significance does it have - and what significance does it have that we are aware of it?
What is behind the current trend which expands worldwide?
And what can we do?
Is it spontaneous or coordinated?
What is behind the current trend which expands worldwide?
Should we do something?
To which objectives does it respond?
Is it spontaneous or coordinated?
What is behind the current trend which expands worldwide?
Is there a protectional aspect involved or are we merely to understand what is happening?
How can we recognize one of its manifestations when confronted with it in our daily life, in the streets, at work, or at home?
To which objectives does it respond?
Is it spontaneous or coordinated?
This is probably only the beginning.
What significance does it have - and what significance does it have that we are aware of it?
How can we recognize one of its manifestations when confronted with it in our daily life, in the streets, at work, or at home?
To which objectives does it respond?
Forecasts are always extremely difficult to execute during an initial phase of a process.
And what can we do?
What significance does it have - and what significance does it have that we are aware of it?
How can we recognize one of its manifestations when confronted with it in our daily life, in the streets, at work, or at home?
One danger is that we rather than bring to light whereto a certain progression is heading, are replicating our knowledge of that which already is present.
Should we do something?
And what can we do?
What significance does it have - and what significance does it have that we are aware of it?
So, will this trend continue unchanged, or will the curve bend steeper?
Is there a protectional aspect involved or are we merely to understand what is happening?
Should we do something?
And what can we do?
Will the development seek another trail, will it furcate?
This is probably only the beginning.
Is there a protectional aspect involved or are we merely to understand what is happening?
Should we do something?
Since this is nothing we can know, hardly even guess, we must work with several possible outcomes simultaneously.
Forecasts are always extremely difficult to execute during an initial phase of a process.
This is probably only the beginning.
Is there a protectional aspect involved or are we merely to understand what is happening?
It is much talk about scenarios these days, but once this trend has really settled and become customary, it will no longer be fictitious.
One danger is that we rather than bring to light whereto a certain progression is heading, are replicating our knowledge of that which already is present.
Forecasts are always extremely difficult to execute during an initial phase of a process.
This is probably only the beginning.
And reality is hard to rewrite.
So, will this trend continue unchanged, or will the curve bend steeper?
One danger is that we rather than bring to light whereto a certain progression is heading, are replicating our knowledge of that which already is present.
Forecasts are always extremely difficult to execute during an initial phase of a process.
Will the development seek another trail, will it furcate?
So, will this trend continue unchanged, or will the curve bend steeper?
One danger is that we rather than bring to light whereto a certain progression is heading, are replicating our knowledge of that which already is present.
Since this is nothing we can know, hardly even guess, we must work with several possible outcomes simultaneously.
Will the development seek another trail, will it furcate?
So, will this trend continue unchanged, or will the curve bend steeper?
It is much talk about scenarios these days, but once this trend has really settled and become customary, it will no longer be fictitious.
Since this is nothing we can know, hardly even guess, we must work with several possible outcomes simultaneously.
Will the development seek another trail, will it furcate?
And reality is hard to rewrite.
It is much talk about scenarios these days, but once this trend has really settled and become customary, it will no longer be fictitious.
Since this is nothing we can know, hardly even guess, we must work with several possible outcomes simultaneously.
And reality is hard to rewrite.
It is much talk about scenarios these days, but once this trend has really settled and become customary, it will no longer be fictitious.
And reality is hard to rewrite.
2.
Is it spontaneous or coordinated?
Is what it is spontaneous?
Is it behind or spontaneous?
Is the what coordinated or spontaneous?
Current what or coordinated?
Or trend is what coordinated?
Which behind is what expands;
the behind is worldwide
3.
So, simultaneously seek these work to once should which how something?
Recognize scenarios nothing but knowledge days, execute even during rewrite
beginning, present, streets
danger progression this present
fictitious curve possible certain trail
unchanged, heading, we these that respond?
Reality seek light even involved
spontaneous objectives initial another will always do
a bend which even of phase with execute bring
merely be this danger longer current daily
will seek but expands to curve
development always continue knowledge our do?
Simultaneously. Customary, understand whereto unchanged, worldwide?
Progression certain work scenarios furcate
current curve customary, daily danger days
development difficult do-do?
Hardly has heading, home
knowledge life, light longer manifestations
should significance talk unchanged?
Understand what whereto will work
settled coordinated confronted involved
bend trend behind respond hard.
We recognize nothing happening during replicating
objectives manifestations scenarios guess streets, its forecasts
spontaneous days always at will
How know already extremely daily customary reality?
Forecasts confronted another happening?
When do, when it so?
What?
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Good Morning
God ring rod moor non ongoing morn groin
morn groin din nom moron dog norm do
norm do dim on gong gin morning grog
morning grog minor nor don grid doom dig
doom dig rind no good grin goo grim
goo grim mind gird rim moon or rid
or rid moo go ion in id donor
id donor grind inn room noon dorm nod
dorm nod gig rig groom mood
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I Saw Me So
I saw me so
a now I can
a a a you
be be so be
be be up be
be be be be yeah
yeah you, yeah lost
your when it's told
what says know that
yes, know ooh! said
hurt lost mind said
know kind says know
that yes, know ooh!
you, yeah with love
like that know glad
it's you, it's only
hurt you, too, know
that yes, yeah with
love like that know
glad with love like
that know glad with
love like know yeah
yeah yeah
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Mrs. Lonely Run-On
Stroll here's it lonely turns just like going mrs will hide about
you've debate joe hiding heaven it's sitting sunday stroll here's
it lonely gone until learn are turns just like going stroll
here's it lonely those ever has bless mrs will hide about turns
just like going stroll here's it lonely left a way god you've
debate joe hiding mrs will hide about turns just like going from
at little one heaven it's sitting sunday you've debate joe hiding
mrs will hide about candidates home yourself goes gone until
learn are heaven it's sitting sunday you've debate joe hiding
your shout of choose those ever has bless gone until learn are
heaven it's sitting sunday see jesus sofa sympathetic left a way
god those ever has bless gone until learn are shout loves holds
those from at little one left a way god those ever has bless
bless holds candidates home yourself goes from at little one left
a way god hey hey hey your shout of choose candidates home
yourself goes from at little one see jesus sofa sympathetic your
shout of choose candidates home yourself goes shout loves holds
those see jesus sofa sympathetic your shout of choose bless holds
shout loves holds those see jesus sofa sympathetic hey hey hey
bless holds shout loves holds those hey hey hey bless holds hey
hey hey.
You can see more work by Karl-Erik Tallmo in the Poetics & Visuals sections.
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