Dmitri Prigovβs visual poetry
Dmitri Prigov (1940-2007) was a Russian conceptual poet, artist, and dissident. One of the things he is famous for is his ΡΡΠΈΡ ΠΎΠ³ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΌΡ (ΡΡΠΈΡ Β βpoemβ + Π³ΡΠ°ΠΌΠΌΠ° (βgramβ, a part of words like phonogram or program, from Greek Ξ³Οάμμα βrecordingβ))Β
I donβt understand much about poetry, and probably neither do you, but I mean look at thatΒ
ΠΠ°ΠΊ Ρ Π²Π΅ΡΠ΅Π»! ΠΠ°ΠΊ Ρ ΠΌΠΈΠ»! β How cheerful I am! How nice I am! Π‘ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΡ ΡΡΠ΄ΠΎΠΌ β Death is near
ΠΠ½ Π²ΠΈΠ½ΠΎ Π²Π΅ΡΠΈΡΠ°Ρ β βIn vino veritasβ (Latin), In wine there is truth Π Π² ΠΏΠΈΠ²Π΅ ΡΡΠΎ? β And whatβs there in beer?
Π Π½Π°ΡΠ°Π»Π΅ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΎ, ΠΈ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ Ρ ΠΠΎΠ³Π°, ΠΈ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠ²ΠΎ Π±ΡΠ»ΠΎ ΠΠΎΠ³Β (Ρentral circle) β In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was GodΒ Π ΡΠ²Π΅Ρ Π²ΠΎ ΡΡΠΌΠ΅ ΡΠ²Π΅ΡΠΈΡ β And the light shines in the darkness
ΠΡΠ»ΠΈ Π²ΡΠ°Π³ Π½Π΅ ΡΠ΄Π°Π΅ΡΡΡ, Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΡΠ½ΠΈΡΡΠΎΠΆΠ°ΡΡ β If the enemy does not surrender, he must be destroyed ΠΠ΅Ρ β No ΠΡΠ°Π³ β Enemy
Π Π²ΠΎΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΡΡ ΠΎΠ½ΠΈ Π²ΡΠ΅ ΠΈΠ· ΠΌΠΎΠ³ΠΈΠ» ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΡ , ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ·ΠΎΠ²ΡΡ Π½Π°Ρ Π²ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΊ ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅ΡΡ β And then they will all rise up from their graves and bring us all to justice
















