EXTENDED TECHNIQUE:
poetry as a site of intermedial experimentation

In 1909, Arnold Schoenberg composed Drei Klavierstücke Op. 11, a set of pieces for solo piano with an unusual set of instructions: certain keys were to be silently depressed, raising their dampers to allow the strings to vibrate sympathetically when others were struck. This extended the technique of the instrument, applying unorthodox methods to generate new sounds, timbres, and possibilities.

What would it look like to extend the technique of poetry? To intersect the poetic with repertoires of visual, sonic, and digital media in performance? What sympathetic resonances might emerge from these overlaps and interstices?

Join invited poet Jay Ritchie and guests for EXTENDED TECHNIQUE, an event exploring poetry as a site of intermedial experimentation.

Jay Ritchie

Jay Ritchie is a poet, critic, and teacher. He holds an MFA in Poetry from UMass Amherst and a PhD in English from McGill University. His most recent poetry collection, Listening in Many Publics (Invisible Publishing, 2024), was a finalist for the A. M. Klein Prize for Poetry, and he teaches courses in literature and creative writing at various universities. Creative and critical work has appeared in Chicago Review, Jacket2, Maisonneuve, SAND, The Fiddlehead, and elsewhere.

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