Categories of cultural activity in which I've tried to work, may i hope with some distinction, regarding none of them as necessarily more important to me than the others, but wishing that the sum of them, as well as this summary, can be regarded as unique and perhaps prophetic for others:
"American writer, artist, critic, and editor of the avant-garde who is productive in many fields." Encyclopedia Britannica (since 2000).
Straight Prose
Journalism
Intellectual Portraiture
Alternative Exposition
Autohistoriography
Memoir
Political Commentary
Public Intellectual
Critical Policeperson
Literary Demolition
Arts History
Curating Exhibitions
Social History
Urban Studies
Intellectual History
Literary History
Book Reviewing
Music Criticism
Literary Criticism
Music Journalism
Musicology
Music Criticism
Extended Interviews
Film & Video Criticism
Visual Arts Criticism
Performance Studies
Avant-Garde Criticism
Thematic Dictionaries
Polyartist Criticism
Sports Writing
Grants Criticism
Investigative Reporting
Numerical Art
Photolinens
Book Art
Book Composition
Art Prints
Hörspiel (German Ear-Plays)
Radio Scripts
Radio Features
Audio Documentary
Theatrical Scripts
Drawings
Electro-Acoustic Composition
Texts for Composers
Video narration
Multiplex Holography
Transmission Holography
Documentary Photography
Creative Photography
Performance Texts
Verbal Poetry
Numerical Literature
Visual Poetry
Verbal Fiction
Minimal Literature
Scenarios
Visual Fiction
Numerical Fiction
Sound Poetry
Acoustic Fiction
Simultaneous Translation
Collective Translation
Satire
Travel Writing
Taste-Making Anthologies
Abridgement
Literary Journal Editing
Video Poems & Stories
Randomly Accessed DVDs
Organizing Assemblings
Alternative Publishing in Books & New Media
Cameraless video
Audiovideotapes
Public Art Proposals
Documentary Film
Video Documentary
Exhaustive Narrative Film
Abstract Film
Jewish Art
Experimental Prose
Text objects
Kinetic installations
Internet Correspondence
Live media presentations
Building an Artful Website
Alternative "Poetry Readings"
MiddleDistance Competitive Swimming
Humor
Inventing Categories
Thematic collecting
Workshops in Innovative Writing
Musical Composition
What Else?
Some say that the many important activities of mine cannot be so facilely encapsulated with any of the terms itemized above. In no respect did I become what is commonly called a "category writer" whose activity could be easily defined with a fashionable epithet.
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Richard Kostelanetz
PO Box 444, Prince St., SoHo
New York, NY USA 10012-0008
www.richardkostelanetz.com