Lenin, on arrival at the Finland Station in Petrograd, speaks:
Barnsley / Utopia
Verse for the versifier, the Beefheart of Barnsley
See the town there in the middle – Utopia
We recognize no theory
Barnsley Dada, it’s as easy as one two three;
The Jackson 5 shimmy down Eldon Street
Past the NHS Yorkshire Smokefree
Choose what works for you: A, B, C.
Non-art REALlTY to be grasped by all peoples
Hannah Hoch in the Alhambra Shopping Centre
Admiring McGuinn’s Rickenbacker and Marvin’s Fender.
“Apache” on a Sunburst ’57 Stratocaster, so tender.
Dada; abolition of memory
Dada; abolition of archaeology
Barnsley Beefheart purges the world of dead art,
Revolutionary Poet in a state of
constant transformation,
The business and purpose of poetry? Barnsleyfication!
Helene Abelen humming “Blame it on the Boogie”
Dada means nothing, Barnsley means everything
Barnsley buildings, concrete poetry and grapefruit.
Kurt Schwitters holds back the water, a Merz Canute
Les chiens sont amicaux mais les voies ferrées ne convergent pas
Das Meer ist blau
Unter der Linden
In der Ecke
Kartoffeln
See, ART DADA, see, BUILDING DADA:
Marc Quinn – Barnsleyfied
Jala Wahid – Barnsleyfied
Mark Wallinger – Barnsleyfied
Niki de Saint Phalle – Barnsleyfied
Chris Ofili – Barnsleyfied
Cornelia Parker – Barnsleyfied
Tony Cragg – Barnsleyfied
Rachel Whiteread– Barnsleyfied
David Nash – Barnsleyfied
Maya Derren – Barnsleyfied
Whisper it, “And the beat goes on”.
