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'Speed Factory is experimental writing at its most inventive - a game of words played with a partner and a set of rules, each player developing a thread, or two, of another's ideas. The result is an exhilarating, playful, and sometimes contradictory reflection on the speed of contemporary life.'(Publication summary)
Notes
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'Speedfactory is a many-genred collaborative work about war, AIDS, love, sex, untiring capital, cricket, dancing, toothache, border-crossings, books, writing and erasure.'
(Source: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, publisher blurb.)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Fremantle,
Fremantle area,
South West Perth,
Perth,
Western Australia,:Fremantle Press
, 2002 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Game #1, single work short story (p. 7-26)
- Game #2, single work short story (p. 27-49)
- Game #3, single work short story (p. 50-75)
- Game #4, single work short story (p. 76-83)
- Game #5, single work short story (p. 84-100)
- Remix #1, single work short story (p. 103-114)
- The Shifters, single work short story (p. 115-120)
- The [Thing], single work short story (p. 121-124)
- For, single work short story (p. 125-133)
- Against, single work short story (p. 134-140)
- Witness- Semi-Remix, single work short story (p. 141-148)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Palimpsestuous Voices : Difference, Distance, and Collaboration in 'Speaking Geographies' and 'Speedfactory
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , vol. 6 no. 1 2016; 'How do multiple poets speak at once, and what purpose can it serve? Poetry collaborations can involve sophisticated layerings of voice and impositions of meaning, depending on the intentions of the poets involved. In this article, a theory of ‘palimpsestuous’ poetic voices will be substantiated in the case of poetry collections where these voices fluctuate and come together to selectively promote certain ideas or issues. Two poetry collaborations—Speedfactory by Bernard Cohen, John Kinsella, McKenzie Wark, and Terri-ann White, and Speaking Geographies, an on-going poetry project by this article’s authors Siobhan Hodge and Rosalind McFarlane—will be examined in detail. In the case of these two collections, environmentalist concerns are particularly highlighted by their engagements with poetic voices. As this article will demonstrate, collaborations offer poets unique opportunities to set up contrasts between the personal and the communal, coming together with great effect to promote or condemn issues or values.' (Publication summary) -
Speeding into Oblivion
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 171 2003; (p. 97-99)
— Review of Speedfactory 2002 anthology short story -
Love, Death, War and Speed
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 October 2002; (p. 13)
— Review of Speedfactory 2002 anthology short story -
In Short
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 September 2002; (p. 15)
— Review of Speedfactory 2002 anthology short story -
Soft Covers
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 July 2002; (p. 8)
— Review of Speedfactory 2002 anthology short story
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Speeding into Oblivion
2003
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 171 2003; (p. 97-99)
— Review of Speedfactory 2002 anthology short story -
Soft Covers
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 13 July 2002; (p. 8)
— Review of Speedfactory 2002 anthology short story -
In Short
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7-8 September 2002; (p. 15)
— Review of Speedfactory 2002 anthology short story -
Love, Death, War and Speed
2002
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 12 October 2002; (p. 13)
— Review of Speedfactory 2002 anthology short story -
Palimpsestuous Voices : Difference, Distance, and Collaboration in 'Speaking Geographies' and 'Speedfactory
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , vol. 6 no. 1 2016; 'How do multiple poets speak at once, and what purpose can it serve? Poetry collaborations can involve sophisticated layerings of voice and impositions of meaning, depending on the intentions of the poets involved. In this article, a theory of ‘palimpsestuous’ poetic voices will be substantiated in the case of poetry collections where these voices fluctuate and come together to selectively promote certain ideas or issues. Two poetry collaborations—Speedfactory by Bernard Cohen, John Kinsella, McKenzie Wark, and Terri-ann White, and Speaking Geographies, an on-going poetry project by this article’s authors Siobhan Hodge and Rosalind McFarlane—will be examined in detail. In the case of these two collections, environmentalist concerns are particularly highlighted by their engagements with poetic voices. As this article will demonstrate, collaborations offer poets unique opportunities to set up contrasts between the personal and the communal, coming together with great effect to promote or condemn issues or values.' (Publication summary)
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