Mechanophilia

Description

Product ID:	9781772142198
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Mechanophilia
Authors:	Author: Sarah Burgoyne, Vi Khi Nao
Page Count:	112
Subjects:	Poetry, Poetry, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry by individual poets
Description:	Using the numerical structure of pi (3.1415), Mechanophilia is a collaborative epic poem by the American poet Vi Khi Nao and Canadian poet Sarah Burgoyne that follows the omniscient voluble conversations and complaints of ad hoc biblical characters as they attempt to make sense of themselves on an ordered, disordered planet. Nao and Burgoyne, who have never met, began this project after discovering a mutual love of math and unending collaborations. This book, the first of four volumes presently completed, represents the first 1,000 digits of pi. Anachronistic in proportion, this work attempts to queer and rewrite myths in precise, restrictive numerical pi chronology, yet its verses remain free and ludic, time-travelling at will and often looping in present-day figures (Elon Musk, Lady Gaga, Cai Guo-Qiang, Phoebe Philo, Virgil Abloh, Donald Trump) and concerns. Feministic, irreverent, and supremely loquacious, Mechanophilia presents infinity as something reachable yet unrelated to linear time.
Imprint Name:	Anvil Press Publishers Inc
Publisher Name:	Anvil Press Publishers Inc
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2023-11-30

Weight	146 g
Dimensions	134 × 211 × 12 mm