b i l l y c a n c e l
Billy Cancel is a Brooklyn-based
noise poet whose works have appeared in 6x6, Blazevox, Gobbet, Bombay Gin,
Streetcake, and Lungful! Magazine, amongst others. A 2011 Pushcart Prize
Nominee, he has consistently read at the New Year’s Day Poetry Marathon at St.
Marks and the New York Poetry Festival at Governor’s Island. In 2014, he was invited to the University of Illinois for a 30-minute recitation of his poem, “Find Some Wasteland Floodlit” at the Annual Theoretical Archaeology Group conference. His role as ‘Dissolver Indignant (barfly)’ in Marianne Vitale’s hallucinatory string of vignettes “The Missing Book Of Spurs” received wide praise when it premiered at Performa13. In Autumn 2015, he performed at RECESS Gallery in the first installment of the Poet Transmit series— a live taping and transmission of manipulated video feed curated by the experimental mobile television studio, ESP-TV— and his contribution to ‘4 WORDS’ was broadcast across Lime Street Station, on Europe’s largest motion digital screen, as part of the 2016 Liverpool Provocations Art Festival. His latest body of work, PSYCHO’CLOCK was released in Spring 2016 on Hidden House Press. Sound poems, visual shorts, and other aberrations can be found at www.billycancelpoetry.com A B B R E V I A T E D C V Published Writing (abbreviated) 2017 Gambling The Aisle, February 2017 Grey Sparrow Press, February 2017 Seven Circle Press, January 2017 Dark Matter, January 2017 2016 Other Rooms Press, December 2016 Skidrow Penthouse, November 2016 FRiGG Magazine, November 2016 Pretty Owl Poetry, October 2016 Intterrupture, October 2016 POST-Paper, September 2016 URGENT BARDS Anthology, September 2016 Tip Of The Knife, August 2016 Boog City, August 2016 Blazevox, July 2016 Maintenant, June 2016 Unlikely Stories, May 2016 Euphemism, May 2016 Tulane Review, April 2016 The Helio Mss, April 2016 West Wind Review, March 2016 Gobbet Magazine, February 2016 Streetcake Magazine, January 2016 2015 AndOr Magazine, November 2015 The New Post-Literate, October 2015 AltPoetics, September 2015 E-ratio, July 2015 Blackbox Manifold,June 2015 Maintenant, June 2015 Bombay Gin, May 2015 Futures Trading, May 2015 Gobbet Magazine, April 2015 Blazevox, April 2015 Hamilton Stone Review, March 2015 Caliban, January 2015 2014 ‘Pider, November 2014 Ex-Ex-Lit, November 2014 MiPOesias, November 2014 Soanyway, August 2014 AltPoetics, July 2014 Unlikely Stories, May 2014 Blazevox, May 2014 Futures Trading, May 2014 Maintenant, May 2014 TheThe Poetry, March 2014 AltPoetics, March 2014 Toad Suck Review, January 2014 Caliban, January 2014 2013 Futures Trading, November 2013 The Altered Scale, November 2013 The Altered Scale, October 2013 The Altered Scale, September 2013 Unlikely Stories, August 2013 Altered Scale, August 2013 Blackbox Manifold, July 2013 Caliban, July 2013 Infinity’s Kitchen, June 2013 Blazevox, May 2013. Cricket Online Review, March 2013 Other rooms press, March 2013 Soanyway, March 2013 Altered scale, February 2013
2012 BARZAKH, December 2012 Horseless, December 2012 Great Weather for Media, November 2012 Altered Scale, November 2012 Ditch, October 2012 Altered Scale, October 2012 Offcourse, October 2012 Altered Scale, October 2012 Altered Scale, September 2012 Unlikely Stories, July 2012 Cricket Online Review, June 2012 Counterexample Poetics, June 2012 Blazevox, Spring 2012 Soanyway, March 2012 Country Music, January 2012
2011 Dear Sir, September 2011 Moria Poetry, Autumn 2011 Strange Machine, Autumn 2011 E-ratio, July 2011 Haggard and Halloo, June 2011 GlitterPony, Summer 2011 Ditch, May 2011 Ravenna Press, May 2011 Unlikely Stories, May 2011 Shampoo, April 2011 Blue + Yellow Dog Press, Spring 2011 Abjective, January 2011 2010 Ditch, October 2010 Blazevox, Fall 2010 Hamilton Stone Review, Fall 2010 Dear Sir, September 2010 Blackbox Manifold, July 2010 Ravenna Press, May 2010 Offcourse, Spring 2010 Soanyway, March 2010 6x6, March 2010 Cricket Online Review, January 2010 Streetcake, Winter 2010 Oxford Magazine, Winter 2010 2009 – and prior Indefinite Space, December 2009 FactSimile, October 2009 aslongasittakes, September 2009 Haggard and Halloo, May 2009 Lungfull! Magazine, March 2009 Corresponding Society, February 2009
Split 180, November 2008
The Text, Summer 2006
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Chapbooks + Print Releases (abbreviated) PSYCHO’CLOCK, May 2016 GAUZE COAST, February 2015 Headless Multi Vs. Perpetual Interface, February 2013 INNOCENT TEETH, November 2013 Razzle Dazzle Transfiguration, August 2012 A Little Sweet’N’Now Upon The Knife’s Mouth? , March 2011 The Book Of Little Calm, January 2011 The Autobiography of Shrewd Phil, September 2010 (Blue + Yellow Dog Press) Arrow Pointing Left, September 2010 126 Scholes St, May 2010 A Series of Etchings Displayed, January 2010 New Charms, November 2009 Don’t You Open That Trap Door, July 2009 Scan Cluster Scan Scatter, November 2008 A Faster Stay, August 2008 Expecting the Hits, March 2008
Audio Releases LURE: Folktales Vol 1, Tidal Channel, October 2017 X Dressing At The Radar Base, Tidal Channel, May 2017 New Charms, Tidal Channel, December 2015 II, Tidal Channel, January 2015
Videopoetry ‘Blue Jab Because’. The Jivin’ Ladybug, October 2015. ‘x dressing at the radar base’. The Jivin’ Ladybug, May 2015. ‘Charged By A Black Knight’. Altered Scale, March 2013
Other ORNAMENT Reception, group show. New York, NY. November 24 – December 11, 2016. Digital Installation for Lime Street Station. Liverpool, UK. Alan Dunn’s ‘4 Words’ curated by Metal Liverpool. January 20, 2016. Videopoems “ALL OVERGROWN SHOULDER HIGH WEEDS” and “SPIRITUAL” for ESP-TV Broadcast in Marfa, TX. 2015. Work of Billy Cancel cited in Rutgers English Literature course: Guide To Multimedia Composition, October 2013. Work of Billy Cancel cited in Mythogeography by Dr. Phil Smith, pub. 2010 by Triarchy Press.
Performances (abbreviated)
ARTS FOR ART Series. 6 BC Garden, New York, NY. October 4, 2016. IDIO Gallery. POST-paper Launch Party. September 29, 2016. URGENT BARDS reading release. New York, NY. September 10, 2016. Unnameable Books for Boog City 10 reading release. Brooklyn, NY. August 5, 2016.. 6th Annual NYC Poetry Festival, for Hidden House Press, at Governor’s Island, NY. July 30 + 31, 2016. Wombat Cabaret. New York, NY. July 21, 2016. Torus Porta Closing Marathon. Brooklyn, NY. July 1, 2016. Le Poisson Rouge. Maintenant 10 release reading. New York, NY June 7, 2016. The Old American Can Factory. ‘PSYCHO’CLOCK’ release + reading. Brooklyn, NY. May 27, 2016. Torus Porta. Brooklyn, NY. April 29, 2016. Sauvage Gallery, for Et Al Readings. Nashville, TN. April 10, 2016. Duke University. Brickside Festival. Chapel Hill, NC. April 9, 2016. Muse Collective/Muse Exchange. Bay Shore, NY. March 8, 2016. BC Studios. BC35 Recording + Performance. Brooklyn, NY. January 17, 2016. The 8th Floor. Clifford Owens performance. October 17, 2015. Pacific Standard. Brooklyn, NY. September 30,2015. Recess Gallery. Poet Transmit, for ESP-TV. September 3, 2015. 5th Annual NYC Poetry Festival at Governor’s Island, NY. July 25 + 26, 2015. The People’s Garden. July 26, 2015. Cornelia St. Café. Maintenant 9 release reading. New York, NY June 5, 2015. The Sidebar. Infinity’s Kitchen release. Baltimore, MD. May 14, 2015. Cornelia St. Café. Neuronautic Institute Presents. New York, NY. April 17, 2015. Rough Trade Records. For Frogbelly + Symphony record release. Brooklyn, NY. March 18, 2015. Word Bookstore. GAUZE COAST release reading. Brooklyn, NY.February 18, 2015. Babycastles Gallery, for Triptych Readings. New York, NY. February 12, 2015. Zinc Bar for Lungful! Magazine. New York, NY. February 1, 2015. Mellow Pages Library. Brooklyn, NY. January 29, 2015. 41st Annual New Year’s Day Poetry Marathon. St Mark’s Church. New York, NY. January 1, 2015. Magnet Theatre for Kiss Punch Poem. New York, NY. November 29, 2014. Conlin Barn. October 18, 2014. Deep Tanks. Staten Island, NY. October 5, 2014. MV Studio. Long Island City, NY. September 25, 2014. The Silent Barn for EXPERI-MENTAL FEST 6. September 28, 2014. Suburbia for Hatchet Job XXIII. Brooklyn, NY. August 26, 2014. The Studio. Staten Island, NY. August 24, 2014. Poets House. INNOCENT TEETH reading + release. New York, NY. August 16, 2014. 4th Annual NYC Poetry Festival at Governor’s Island, NY. July 26, 2014. Parkside Lounge. Great Weather For Media Presents. New York, NY. June 22, 2014. University of Illinois, TAG14: Theoretical Archaeology Group. Champaign- Urbana, IL. May 25, 2014. Cornelia St. Café. Maintenant 8 release reading. New York, NY. May 7, 2014. Pomegranate Gallery for 3PO3TRY NYC. New York, NY. April 12, 2014. Parkside Lounge for GREAT WEATHER FOR MEDIA release. New York, NY. August 28,2013. The Old American Can Factory, for Infinity’s Kitchen release, New York, NY. June 13, 2013. Tompkins Square Park, for the 10th Annual HOWL! Festival. New York, NY. June 1st, 2013. Yes! Series. February 22, 2013. Manitoba’s. GREAT WEATHER FOR MEDIA release. New York, NY. November 28, 2012 |
