The Cosmic Event of the Body
The Cosmic Event of the Body is a collection of poems and other writing that are meant to be felt and performed. They come from bodily situations that include dance, therapy sessions, and attempts to connect the body to narratives, structures, and environments. Cory situates a cosmic dramaturgy as a dismantling tool that can activate dynamic, erotic experience; a way to prepare a body for the penetration of metaphors that catalyze movement. The contents are multivalent in their usage. The poems can inform choreographic scores, somatic rituals, dramaturgical processes, or embodied horoscopes. They can also be enjoyed as poems.
These art books were hand-bound by humans and printed on a risograph printer. Each book is slightly different, bearing the marks of the natural variety that is inevitable and uniquely unrepeatable when working with the body.
This is a limited edition. A second printing is scheduled for 2024.
The Cosmic Event of the Body (2023 Cosmic Doghouse Press) $25 +S/H
Cory is available for poetry readings and workshops. Inquire here.