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Simon Taylor

Simon Taylor

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6687-4647

recoil—a kind of record: in 31 weeks*

recoil—a kind of record: in 31 weeks*

I. we all looked and could see nothing what are we supposed to see what are we supposed to see the inexhaustible the inexhaustible horizon torn from our hands Valéry said I cannot repeat don’t be so dramatic the sun fell in time the sun fell we spoke of

1984 - 1998

1984 - 1998

catachronological clearing-house cry all you want (c. 1998) cry all you want when the stars plough like cars into the Pacific cry all you like for the long machines hanging like canals and candle- flames and pale arms search in the long searing lines of traffic and the sunset look

theatre manifesto from the 90s

theatre manifesto from the 90s

(1) Theatres don’t make money. Don’t expect them to. (2) Theatres are patronised, not patronising. (3) Theatres are compromised – in this town, in this country, in this economy, in this culture – not compromising. (4) A company shares responsibility, not liability. (5) A company subsidises its artform artistically, not

Slavoj Žižek & Mr. Kežiž

Slavoj Žižek & Mr. Kežiž

fragment {Feb 22, 2013} Slavoj Žižek's idea revolves around the negative disavowal. His thought turns on the negative disavowal. You say, Sometimes I feel life is going on somewhere else without me; I think that life is elsewhere. Slavoj Žižek says, Life is not elsewhere; life is not

theatre | . . . : first half in epistolary form

theatre | . . . : first half in epistolary form

Dear Visitor to Square White World 2009

Dear Visitor to Square White World 2009

Dear Visitor, You are saying something to me. But I can't hear you over the roar of the river. We are in fact at a place where rivers meet: a river of ink, where we have met before, now in flood, and threatening to overcome its banks, as

AFTER ASH

AFTER ASH

is the title, begun in Hong Kong and continued in Türkiye, of a series, to a greater or lesser extent and more or less directly, in conversation with John Ash, reading whom over the past several months has proven very fruitful. Some of the pieces collected for this series draw