Petra Kuppers
(upon performing as part of Full Pink Moon, Opera Povera in Quarantine: an international durational livestream performance of visionary composer Pauline Oliveros’s open-form The Lunar Opera; Deep Listening For Tunes, April 7th 2020)
Paper crinkles from Sweden: maps of world click
Elder couple tells the story of a lesbian composer
expands the realm of sonic possibility
Deep gong roams in golden-green metallic flow
Butoh moon boom
artist of considerable breadth
Tuning: moan wind through the other ether
Lips pull into coherence
creative chameleon who would love to collaborate
Percussive violin ticks in pink light
México City compress needle rip
Feminist Autonomous sensory meridian response
Reverb: echo old stories flow till the rhythm picks up
Spank an open hole, drape softer sheets
“Walking With The Disappeared”
Washtenaw morning roar cuts through trees
Susurration sand from Byron Bay
multiplied view of the characters’ gestalt
sharp red blur streaks across the garden’s pitch
Semi release. Train hoot. Arrivals.
citizenship makes moral and ethical claims upon our bodies
Petra Kuppers is a disability culture activist, a community performance artist, and a Professor at the University of Michigan. Her books include the ecosomatic poetry collection Gut Botany, the queer/crip speculative story collection Ice Bar, and multiple academic books. She lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she co-creates Turtle Disco, a somatic writing space.
