w. ‘dear lily…’ insert by Larry Wendt210 × 270mm, 36pp. + insertEdition of 350, ISBN 978-0-9956835-8-7published by BFTK, April 2024, London, St Leonards-on-Sea & New Haven ‘tendentious | neo-semantics’ is a collection of text-sound pieces by Lily Greenham transcribed and (re)typeset from a previously unpublished edition originally written in 1970. Reproduced and revocalised in dialogue with the Lily Greenham Archive at Goldsmiths, this new edition is bookended by excerpts of contextual writings by Greenham — ‘a few remarks’ (1970 / 71), ‘language and its uses: lingua tongue’ (1972) and a ‘post scriptum’ to the essay ‘lingual music’ (1977) — and also punctuated by ‘aphorisms’ and ‘50 words stories’ as structural beats between semantic poems. A tall format hole-punched insert contains a written remembrance by Larry Wendt and a photograph courtesy of Stephen Ruppenthal. Later in 2024 a vinyl record / catalogue co-published with the Badischer Kunstverein, featuring recordings of vocal performances by Anna Barham and Ute Wassermann, will follow.
