video, 1:10:52 – 2014
Miami Proper is the performance and documentation of a bilingual radio broadcast of Juan Gelman’s “The Poems of Sidney West” throughout the streets of Miami, Florida. Utilizing a FM radio transmitter made mobile via the artist’s pickup truck, Jordan Marty embarked on a course that disseminated the text of a fictional American cowboy’s laments – albeit fleetingly – to the listening audience within the city proper (performance image below).
created for – O, Miami Poetry Festival / Edgewater Poetry & Athletics Club / Miami, FL
readings by – P. Scott Cunningham + Jose Villar-Portella
created for – O, Miami Poetry Festival / Edgewater Poetry & Athletics Club / Miami, FL
readings by – P. Scott Cunningham + Jose Villar-Portella
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