Bystander: An Irreality

by mIEKAL aND

Bystander, An Irreality by mIEKAL aND

130 pages, Paperback

First published June 23, 2008

About the author

mIEKAL aND is a longtime DIY cultural anarchist & the creator of an infoplex worth of visual-verbal lit, audio-art, performance ritual & hypermedia, all distributed by Xexoxial Editions. His hypermedia works reside at JOGLARS Crossmedia Broadcast. Recent books with Maria Damon include "eros/ion" (ntamo 2007), "pleasureTEXTpossession" (Zasterle 2004) & "Literature Nation" (Potes & Poets 2003). New books in 2009 include "How to Spell the Sound of Everything" written with Sheila E. Murphy (Xerox Sutra Editions) & "SEARCHIX: Spampo 2000-2004" (Xerox Sutra Editions) as well as "Anthology Spidertangle" visual poetry from members of the Spidertangle email group. With Camille Bacos, he has produced a number of visual-poetry digital films including "...entré pyrobiblios..." and "The Samsara Laundry" which have been shown at festivals at Harvard & Notre Dame.

Since 1991, he has made his home at Dreamtime Village, a hypermedia / permaculture village project, located in the driftless bioregion of southwestern Wisconsin. And devotes much time to creating edible wilderness indoors & out, growing such things as figs, citrus, cherries, grapes & chestnuts. 1998 marked the creation of THE DRIFTLESS GROTTO OF WEST LIMA, a permanent public grotto/park/installation which when finished will feature a bird-operated time machine in a 25 ft blue glass tower.

Reviews

[Jim Ivy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Somewhat frustrating, are words that come to mind. An interesting, but very difficult to follow, story made even more difficult by a very stylized pen. That said, there are times when that very same stylization of the story works well and enhances the experience of the book. Unfortunately, there were more occasions of befuddlement due to the particular phrasing of the writing. Then again, maybe it’s just me. Maybe you should give it a try and unlock the narrative. Let me know if you do.