Caroline Bergvall
Encyclopedia
Caroline Bergvall is a poet
of French
-Norwegian
nationalities who has lived in England
since 1989.
Bergvall has developed audio texts and collaborative performances with sound art
ists in Europe
and North America
; her critical work is largely concerned with emerging forms of writing, plurilingual poetry, and mixed media
writing practices.
Her most recent collection is FIG (Goan Atom 2), poetic and performance pieces (Salt Books, 2005). Recent installations with Ciaran Maher include Lidl Suga for TEXT Festival (2005) and Say: “Parsley” at Liverpool Biennial
(2004). A CD of her work, Via: poems 1994–2004 (Rockdrill 8), is available through Carcanet.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
of French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
-Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
nationalities who has lived in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
since 1989.
Bergvall has developed audio texts and collaborative performances with sound art
Sound art
Sound art is a diverse group of art practices that considers wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus. There are often distinct relationships forged between the visual and aural domains of art and perception by sound artists....
ists in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
; her critical work is largely concerned with emerging forms of writing, plurilingual poetry, and mixed media
Mixed media
Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed.There is an important distinction between "mixed-media" artworks and "multimedia art". Mixed media tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct...
writing practices.
Her most recent collection is FIG (Goan Atom 2), poetic and performance pieces (Salt Books, 2005). Recent installations with Ciaran Maher include Lidl Suga for TEXT Festival (2005) and Say: “Parsley” at Liverpool Biennial
Liverpool Biennial
Liverpool Biennial is a British international festival of contemporary art held in Liverpool. The festival comprises the International Exhibition, the John Moores Painting Prize, the Bloomberg New Contemporaries Exhibition and the Independents Biennial....
(2004). A CD of her work, Via: poems 1994–2004 (Rockdrill 8), is available through Carcanet.