living in a big world

a Janet Kuypers 07/17/07 performance art show

the tv On July 17, 2007 (07/17/07), Janet Kuypers performed the show “Living in a Big World” at The Cafe (5115 North Lincoln Avenue - just south of Foster - in Chicago). Unlike past shows, this show contained not only poetry, conversational stories and continuously running artwork from around the globe, but also music from a wide variety of musicians.
Charlie Newman, host of a weekly open mic at the Cafe, and a monthly 4-poet feature at DvA art Gallery, even commented on this show: “poet show-stopper par excellence...JANET KUYPERS, with a special set to go along with her special poetry!”... Well, that “special set” is a 60" wide “drawing” of a large chair she actually sits in, along with a projected “drawing” of a large TV showing artwork from around the world.

drawn chair to sit in when living in a big world Musicians and music with work from past CDs and projects will be included in this show, including The Bastard Trio (with music from their CD Survival of the Fist), material from the CD Seeing Things Differently, Pointless Orchestra, with music from Janet Kuypers’ Rough Mixes CD (with Mike Hovancsek playing the modified piano), music and altered effects from Order From Chaos’ CD The Entropy Project, music from 5D/5D’s CD Tick Tock, music from The DMJ Art Connection, music with the guitarist from the Second Axing (playing an original song from Mom’s Favorite Vase), and music from Rose E. Grier’s son Ben Grier. Music by elektroNarkoz (from Taking Out The Brain), music from Lem Roby (from the Cafe 04/26/05 during The Writing of my Life), music by Mark Clayton Graham (from Tribal Scream), and music from Square Waves will also be used during narratives in this show, as well as original background music from the 02/03/04 performance art show Dreams in the end of the live show.

Below you will find video displays as well as web pages of the projected art from this show, and even two different video camera views of each individual piece in this show. You can also check out audio tracks of the studio versions of pieces form this show, and live mp3 files, live Macintosh AIF files, live Linux AU files, and even live WAV files of the pieces from this live performance.

the full show

live 07/17/07 (26:06)

Watch the video
(26:13)
This film is from
the Internet Archive

Watch the video
(26:14)
This film is from
the Internet Archive

You can also see any YouTube video clips on emule.com.

projected art
of the “drawn” tv set
(Kuypers’ artwork was placed in this drawn tvand projected onto a 5' wide display on the wall for this live show)

click here for the web pages of the projected art images from live display show in Chicago.

Video highlights are coming shortly...

(6:09)

This film is from
the Internet Archive

Following are individual studio clips and writings from this performance.

the intro talk
before the music started

live 07/17/07 (:26)

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Watch this YouTube video
(:34)
See the above YouTube video on Watch Local Videos

Watch this YouTube video
(:33)

See the above YouTube video on stylem

Projected artwork during this show included:
the blank TV and
the intro TV image

Paranoia

live 07/17/07 (1:44)

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(live, low quality)

Watch this YouTube video
(1:54)

See the above YouTube video on Ganges

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(1:53)

studio release (1:47)
music originally from Bastard Seconds
from the band the Bastard Trio

The original writing
(written in 1994)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
the intro TV image

Man Who Talks Loud...
Say Nothing

live 07/17/07 (1:50)

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(live, low quality)

Watch this YouTube video
(1:58)

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(1:59)

studio release (1:49)
original music from
Taking out the Brain
with music by elektroNarkoz

The original writing
(written in 2007)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
Agrigento

Fighting I Can Do

live 07/17/07 (1:00)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

Watch this YouTube video
(1:06)

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(1:08)

studio release (2:22)
originally from Tick Tock, by 5D/5D

The original writing
(written in 1999)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
Arches National Park, Utah
Arbeit Macht Frei, Dachau Germany

I Want

live 07/17/07 (1:19)

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(live, low quality)

Watch this YouTube video
(1:30)

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(1:27)

studio release (:32)
originally from the CD
Seeing Things Differently

The original writing
(written in 1995)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
Arlington National Cemetery, VA
Bad Gastein, Austria
Bamboo Forest Oahu, Hawaii
Bruxerlles (Belgium) building

Adjusting Your Beliefs

live 07/17/07 (2:44)

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Watch this YouTube video
(2:43)

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(2:52)

studio release (2:40)
original music from Lem Roby, performing
music behind Kuypers’ live reading of
The Writing of my Life
4/26/05, live at the Cafe in Chicago

The original writing
(written in 2007)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
Castles in Rome
Chicago skyline (w/ buildings added)
the Colloseum, Rome
Mermaid Statuein Copenhagen, Denmark
the White Cliffs of Dover, England
the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
el Yunque Tropical Rain Forest, Puerto Rico

A Retired Policeman
Talks About Suicides
He’s Seen.

live 07/17/07 (1:37)

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(live, low quality)

Watch this YouTube video
(1:40)

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(1:43)

studio release (4:42)
originally from The Entropy Project,
from Order From chaos.

The original writing
(written in 1996)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
Tallinn, Estonia
Gettysburg, PA
a Gondola in Venice, Italy
a post-Katrina home, New Orleans, LA

Technology
and Communication

live 07/17/07 (3:33)

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(live, low quality)

Watch this YouTube video
(3:55)

See the above YouTube video on clipzo.net

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(3:42)

studio release (3:26)
original music from Mark Clayton Graham
for Kuypers’ poem Tribal Scream (5:28)

The original writing
of parts of “Communication ‘05”
(written in 1998)
The original writing
(of the full piece, written in 2007)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
the Great Wall of China
Hollywood, CA
Senate Square Cathedral, Helsinki Finland
Hot Springs, WY
highrises in Shanghai, China
Las Vegas, NV
The Louvre, Paris France
Michael Stipe of R.E.M. in Urbana, IL
Luxembourg
Montreal, Canada

The Carpet Factory,
The Shoes

live 07/17/07 (1:32)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

Watch this YouTube video
(1:43)

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(1:29)

studio release (2:53)
originally from the CDRough Mixes
with music from Pointless Orchestra,
modified piano: Mike Hovancsek

The original writing
(written in 1995)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
the Parthenon replica in Nashville, TN
a Pagoda near Beijing, China
San Francisco, CA

Differences in China...
children & trains

live 07/17/07 (1:29)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

Watch this YouTube video
(1:43)

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(1:46)

studio release (1:12)
original music from In Love I Abide,
by The Second Axing

The original writing
(written in 2007)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
a Human Egyptian Statue in France
a church-front Globe Statue in Omaha, NE
Surviving Art Ruins in Pompeii
the Seattle Space Needle, WA

Private Lives 2005

live 07/17/07 (1:03)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

Watch this YouTube video
(1:12)

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(1:16)

studio release (1:16)
original music C Jam Blues
(Duke Ellington, played by Rose E. Grier’s son
Ben Grier on the tenor sax & John Binello
with bass piano, Seahound Studios)

The original writing
(written in 2005)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
Pyramid of Cestius, Rome
the Space Shuttle, Cape Canaveral
the Reischtag, Berlin Germany

Passport To Outer Space

live 07/17/07 (1:43)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

Watch this YouTube video
(1:54)

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(1:54)

studio release (1:49)
originally from the tracks
New To Chicago and Packing, both
off the CD Seeing Things Differently

The original writing
(written in 2007)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
the Statue of Liberty New Jersey
Stockholm, Sweden
Olympic Natl. Park Temperate Rain Forest, WA
Temple of Vesta, Rome
Zurich Switzerland

(portions of) In The Air

live 07/17/07 (2:32)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

Watch this YouTube video
of the most popular video Kuypers has ever released (1:54), 07/17/07 from Living in a Big World
this video is also on Kid Mercury Blog
You can also see this above video at technorati
& this is the lead video (of many Kuypers videos) on
World News Network

See the above YouTube video on Spoems
as well as Lebanese Restaurants (really)...

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(2:40)

studio release (full poem, 8:28)
originally from the DMJ Art Connection
(Off the CD Manic Depressive or Something)

The original writing
(written in 1993)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
Stop Sign in Mexico
Siberia
St. Petersburg, Russia
Tiananmen Square Beijng, China
video stillSkydiving, Longmont CO
the Vatican

On An Airplane
With A Frequent Flyer

live 07/17/07 (1:44)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

Watch this YouTube video
(1:53)

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(1:53)

studio release (1:52)
original music from Square Waves
and originally performed 09/20/02
with Kuypers Live In Alaska

The original writing
(written in 1996)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
Airplane Naples, FL
Air Force One w/ Pres. Bush, Pease Air Force Base
Downed Airplane in Juliet, IL

Around the World,
& sweet home Chicago

live 07/17/07 (2:56)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

(live, low quality)

Watch this YouTube video
(2:44)

← Click the TV image
to see the above video
on Poetry Visualized^™

Watch this YouTube video
(2:45)

in this live performance,
the music morphed from previous
Square Waves music to
background music from the show
Dreams, 02/03/04

The original writing
(written in 2007)

chapbook link: or print download:

name
address

Projected artwork during this show included:
the title TV image

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the full show
live 07/17/07 (26:06)
Watch the video (26:13) This film is from the Internet Archive	Watch the video (26:14) This film is from the Internet Archive