Manfred Werder and Mark So continue their longterm collaboration of the desiring-production of mutual transcription and inscription of the world.
Manfred Werder’s presence has been made possible by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.
Mark So works at the cusp of experimental music and poetics. Recent readings, performances, installations, listening rooms, and streetwork have taken place in L.A., Portland, Marfa, New York, and Mexico City, including collaborations with Manfred Werder, Eileen Myles, and others. His work in print appears in Word Events (eds. John Lely & James Saunders), Walking from Scores (ed. Elena Biserna), Peripheries Journal, The Open Space, and with poet Tim Johnson, Pathetic Literature (ed. Eileen Myles). Marfa Book Co. published A Box of Wind, collecting nearly 300 scores from his Ashbery series. Recordings have been released on caduc., editions wandelweiser, winds measure, The Open Space, Motor Image, and his own death-spiral. He lives in and out of Los Angeles.
Manfred Werder is wandering through the abundance in which he traces all possible enunciation regarding the world. His recent works [ the inscription of the sun ] and [ the music of history ] continue the practice of reflection and inscription of both found materials through the sun and typewriter and the public space through dérive. Earlier works include stück 1998 and performer series (1999- ), ten 4000 page scores whose nonrecurring and intermittent performative realizations have been ongoing since December 1997. Lives in situ.