{"product_id":"the-allen-fisher-companion-robert-hampson-9781848616264","title":"The Allen Fisher Companion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a long-awaited collection of essays which gives a chance for Allen Fisher's many admirers to study his work in depth with a group of experts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays included here cover the range of Fisher's career. Redell Olsen and cris cheek discuss Fisher's relations to Fluxus and the documentary. Will Rowe approaches \u003cem\u003ePlace\u003c\/em\u003e in terms of the large-scale poem as a heuristic device, a 'practice of knowledge'. Pierre Joris addresses the important topic of health in Fisher's work. Will Montgomery considers Brixton as a 'sounded space' in the work of Allen Fisher and Linton Kwesi Johnson, while Steven Hitchins tackles one aspect of Fisher's significant engagement with science: fractals as a way of negotiating the discontinuity and noise of everyday life. Robert Sheppard discusses \u003cem\u003eThe Apocalyptic Sonnets\u003c\/em\u003e as the link between Fisher's two large-scale projects, \u003cem\u003ePlace\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGravity as a consequence of shape\u003c\/em\u003e; Scott Thurston offers a close-reading of 'Mummer's Shout' (from \u003cem\u003eGravity\u003c\/em\u003e) in terms of its compositional procedures; Clive Bush engages with 'Philly Dog' and the political limitations of Deleuze and Guattari; and Calum Hazell explores \u003cem\u003eSputtor\u003c\/em\u003e in terms of collage, quotation and poetic knowledge. The volume closes with two collaborative pieces: an interview between Fisher, Paige Mitchell and Shamoon Zamir, and a selection of documents relating to PhillyTalks #19 with Karen Mac Cormack (17 October 2001).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Hampson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848616260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848616264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Shearsman Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Robert Hampson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431421989119,"sku":"9781848616264","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a92059a-9301-4e95-9d39-ae2ad0a7d607.jpg?v=1735141275","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-allen-fisher-companion-robert-hampson-9781848616264","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}