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Name
  
Mike Schertzer


Role
  
Poet

Books
  
A personal dictionary, Peindicy, The House of Misfortune, A hand for the drowned, Short Films from the 14th Century

Mike Schertzer


Mike Schertzer (born May 27, 1965 in Brantford, Ontario) is a Canadian poet and artist.

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Schertzer graduated in 1987 from the University of British Columbia with a B.Sc. in biology, and lived for some time in Vancouver, Canada.

According to his personal homepage, he has worked as a research technician since 1987, and as of 2009 he was employed as a molecular biologist at the Curie Institute in Paris, France. Of his artistic work, he says

"I practice a unique form of collage, which I call 'Sublimage' (paper and acrylic on glass). I also create text-based art, mostly overpainted books (negatexts). I also do performances and interventions that typically run for at least 8 hours."

He claims to have devised the longest acronym in the English language, Acronymic in his book Cipher and Poverty.

Books

The following are some books by Schertzer:

  • The House of Misfortune (1994). Tonguenail Books.
  • Short Films from the 14th Century (1994). Exile Editions.
  • A Hand for the Drowned (1994). Ekstasis Editions.
  • A Personal Dictionary' '(1997). Tonguenail Books. Available online.
  • Cipher and Poverty (The Book of Nothing) (1998). Ekstasis Editions.
  • Absulation(1998). Self-published.
  • Devil's Wine (2003). Self-published.
  • Peindicy (2007). Exile Editions.

    • Performances and interventions

  • Opacity. Vancouver (2000) [1].
  • Biarritz 2015 (Mike Schertzer). Sur les sentiers des jardins du Phare de Biarritz [2][3].

    • References

    Mike Schertzer Wikipedia
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