In the poetry world, Flarf has had a, um, "very mixed reception."

Not that that is a bad thing, of course...

But there is a lively, unfolding discussion centering on the group's somewhat fraught history here, for those interested:

http://www.possumego.blogspot.com/

Kent

Flarf is some of the most interesting poetry I have had the pleasure to hear. It is of our time, for our time; that is, for the now. Will it last? Will Google last? Mining Google is a wonderful art tool here is another example.
This is made with a chanced selection from John Cage's and David Tutor's Indeterminacy. The videos were chosen with a chance operation system which utilized 90 words presented to me by 9 friends. The chanced word was put into an Internet search engine for videos. Videos were then selected by chance. The editing too was all done with a chance operation which relied on dice.

http://www.archive.org/download/to_be_watched_in_a_state_of_confusion/cageconfustion.m4v

http://www.archive.org/download/to_be_seen_laying_on_your_back/layingonyourback.m4v

http://www.archive.org/download/to_be_watched_while_enjoying_mushrooms_For_John_Cage/cage.m4v

http://www.archive.org/download/to_be_watched_drinking_water/towatchwhiledrinkingwater.m4v

Ira- indeed it does. We're creating poetry with internet search results over at www.poegles.com, as well; slightly different approach than the flarfsters, but with a similar basic thought.

Flarf seems to share inherent characteristics of audio sampling/remix. Doesn't it? Perhaps there's an English or Philosophy thesis buried somewhere in this notion. . .