Poetry News

Bob Cobbing flexidiscs and the habit of arts organizing

Originally Published: February 25, 2011

Today's Resonance FM's Wavelength podcast features the sound poetry flexidiscs of Bob Cobbing. The podcast includes some rare poems not found on UbuWeb, along with a statement about his career in Cobbing's own words from the journal Ceolfrith Number 26: Bob Cobbing and Writers Forum explains:

"I was an arts organizer before I took myself seriously as an artist. From 1942, the date of the first work for which I still have an affection until 1964, I still regarded myself as an amateur in the arts. The ABC in Sound, 1964, lead me to believe I could become professional, which I did full time in 1967. The habit of arts organizing is still with me."

Collaborators on these pieces include Peter Finch, Hugh Metcalfe, Anna Lockwood and Jeff Keen.