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The voice of the artefact in Goran Sonnevi's "Burge, Oja; 1989"

Sandqvist, Mona LU (2002) International Conference on Cultural Functions of Interart Poetics and Practice, 2002 62. p.215-231
Abstract
Goran Sonnevi's poetry represents a vast network of associations to other texts and other works of art. Consequently, this poetry often initiates a conversation on the present with partners from different times, Places and arts. "Burge, Oja; 1989" is an interesting example of such an intermedial conversation, set in the middle of a dramatic period of our time, the year 1989. The central theme is the problem of change. The scene is the island of Gotland, where old-fashioned houses and tools speak of the impact of the past. The speaker reflects on the political changes on the other side of the Baltic Sea, with references to artefacts in the landscape and in our cultural heritage. These intertextual and intermedial reflections function as a... (More)
Goran Sonnevi's poetry represents a vast network of associations to other texts and other works of art. Consequently, this poetry often initiates a conversation on the present with partners from different times, Places and arts. "Burge, Oja; 1989" is an interesting example of such an intermedial conversation, set in the middle of a dramatic period of our time, the year 1989. The central theme is the problem of change. The scene is the island of Gotland, where old-fashioned houses and tools speak of the impact of the past. The speaker reflects on the political changes on the other side of the Baltic Sea, with references to artefacts in the landscape and in our cultural heritage. These intertextual and intermedial reflections function as a demonstration of an ethos: an openness to the Other, a willingness to respond to the world and to communicate with other voices in a boundless reciprocity, mediated by artefacts. (Less)
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Cultural functions of intermedial exploration
volume
62
pages
215 - 231
publisher
Rodopi
conference name
International Conference on Cultural Functions of Interart Poetics and Practice, 2002
conference location
Lund, Sweden
conference dates
2002-05-12 - 2002-05-14
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ISSN
0929-6999
ISBN
9789042014305
language
English
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  booktitle    = {{Cultural functions of intermedial exploration}},
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  issn         = {{0929-6999}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{215--231}},
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  title        = {{The voice of the artefact in Goran Sonnevi's "Burge, Oja; 1989"}},
  volume       = {{62}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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