I meant to add this to the Related Projects section ages ago…but better late than never?
A group of 24 experimental poets in China altered books and planned to shopdrop 12,000 copies of 24 poems in stores, bookshops and shopping malls throughout Beijing during the Olympics. The general theme was “Olympics-related poetry” that avoided the usual propaganda. The group dubbed themselves “Team Wuzhuyi,” and while their original site has disappeared this blog (not in English) includes information and images:
http://shigongchang.blogspot.com/
A partial list of poets and their poem titles:
Chen Rang: This is All Just Ordinary Hay
Zhang Wanxin: Relevant Tomatoes and the Common Sense Regarding Beef
Liu An: Eliminating Trees
Jiao Shou: Cottonwool
Ren Xiong: The Proper Method for Eating Pond Snails
Chu Jiu: Reeds are Plants, too
Wu Meng: Chair
Ba Qianyi (8 Billion): The Map
Li Yao: Heavenly Stems: Dry Goods and Withered Skies
Yang Li: Write a Name Upon the Paper, Then Erase Her
Huazi: Digital Age
Shangxia Kaka: Diaolan’s Dead
Wu Huaiyao: Toothache
Xi Wei: In Connection With the Soil
