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aus der tiefe, wie ein stein, unerwartet

aus der tiefe, wie ein stein, unerwartet
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    • aus der tiefe, wie ein stein, unerwartet
  • 1974/1992
  • 3 sheets, typewritten text on handmade paper
  • 30 × 20,5 cm
The selection of words in Jiří Valoch’s conceptual poetry is rather limited, and he seems to prefer nominal language: nouns, adjectives, and possibly adverbs. Of what character are these? Some of them represent basic natural or landscape-related elements: a tree, a cloud, a stone. Others represent colors, and he often also uses temporal terms or terms defining a place of destination, a location, or a relationship. In cases of pairs, they are often opposites of a specific or abstract nature that express negation—frequently oppositeness in terms of space and time. J.P.