AustLit

This poem is in three titled parts.

Author's note: After Bill Evans

'In their performative essay, 'E Lit Jazz,' Sandy Baldwin and Rui Torres suggest that electronic literature - literature that is based in computer coding - can learn from jazz (Baldwin and Torres 2017). they draw attention to qualities that electronic literature has in common with jazz, such as a tendency towards collaboration and textual variability. But they also suggest that there are aspects of jazz that electronic literature could emulate further, such as its daring and vitality, thematic complexity and engagement with the body. Although jazz has many evolving harmonic, rhythmic and timbral features that distinguish it aesthetically and culturally from other musics, the essential distinguishing feature of jazz is improvisation. Therefore the most fundamental question Baldwin and Torres ask is 'can code improvise?'' (Introduction)

'What is a football team? A complex entity, I'm sure we'd all agree. It's a team of players of course, but also a team of coaching staff and their support system, a team of management, a team of administrators, a team of publicists, a team of corporate relations staff, and teams of supporters. All of these. I am going to be talking about the connection between the idea of the 'team' and Hölderlin, so please bear with me while I talk first about 'teams'.' (Introduction)