Why I don't want to fuck the semicolon

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I don’t want to fuck the semicolon. I like it when with language you can do things that everybody tells you you shouldn’t do. I like it when you use words or punctuation that everybody tells you you shouldn’t use. Ultimately, the problem is to make things work, of course.
I find idiosyncrasies interesting, but always disagreeable. I would love to read a story with only semicolons, for example. I have a special fondness for the parenthesis, hated by most people. There is a great book, The Watcher (La giornata di uno scrutatore, 1963) by Italo Calvino, in which parentheses are used constantly to give to the thoughts of the narrator a sense of discontinuity and precariety. Language interests me for what you can do with it, even when it seems that everything has been done. I am not interested in restrictions as much as in possibilities.

Voices of possessed children

I write about voices of possessed children on Big Other, here.

Big Other

A few days ago I was asked to contribute to Big Other, a new online forum discussing art, literature, music.
I am in the company of Leni Zumas, John Dermot Woods, Sean Lovelace, Michael Leong, Jac Jemc, Christopher Higgs, Greg Gerke, Molly Gaudry, Kim Chinquee, Ryan W. Bradley, John Madera. Threads already include The Flaming Lips, the semicolon, Nabokov, Poe, Edward Dahlberg, National Book Awards Nominees, Shakespeare's Sonnets in Morse Code, The Rose Metal Press Contest, and we're just getting started.
Read my first post here.

Films 2006 - 2010

A list of my films from 2006 to 2010.


FIHM (2010, video) Animation for The Understanding Campaign. Art and animation by Luca Dipierro. Music by the Nath Family. Watch it here.


WORDS (2010, video) Animation for the book WORDS by Andy Devine, published by Publishing Genius. Art and animation by Luca Dipierro. Words by Andy Devine. Music by Iannis Xenakis. Watch it here.


THIS FURNITURE (2010, video) Art and animation by Luca Dipierro. Words by Michael KImball. Music by Sin Ropas. Watch it here.


TEMPUS (2010, video) Art and animation by Luca Dipierro. A cut-out animation based on a sentence by Jenny Offill, commissioned by Electric Literature (www.electricliterature.com). Music by Sin Ropas. Watch it here.


BUTTER ON CANE (2010, video). Video for the song Butter on Cane by Sin Ropas, from the album Trickboxes on the Pony Line (2003). Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro. Music by Sin Ropas.


FINGER BONE (2010, video). Words by Brian Kubarycz. Art and animation by Luca Dipierro. Music by Father Murphy.


TABLE (2010, video). Words by Sasha Fletcher. Art and animation by Luca Dipierro. Music by Sin Ropas.


VENGO PER TUTTI (2010, video). Art and animation by Luca Dipierro.


FURTHER ADVENTURES IN THE RESTLESS UNIVERSE (2010, video) Art and animation by Luca Dipierro. Promotional video for the collection of short stories Further Adventures in the Restless Universe by Dawn Raffel. Watch it here.


IN THEIR GRAVES (2010, video) Art and animation by Luca Dipierro. Video for the song In Their Graves by Father Murphy, from their album ...And He Told Us to Turn to the Sun (Aagoo, 2009). Watch it here.


DIECI TESTE (2010, video) Words by Leni Zumas. Art and animation by Luca Dipierro. Music by Father Murphy. A full length cut-out animation film.


60 WRITERS/60 PLACES (2010, video) A film by Luca Dipierro and Michael Kimball. Produced by Little Burn Films. Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro and Michael Kimball. For stills, trailers and press go to www.littleburnfilms.com.


ALL THE DOGS HE LOVED MOST (2009, video) Ditected and edited by Luca Dipierro. Art by Luca Dipierro. A cut-out animation based on a Lydia Millet’s sentence, commissioned by Electric Literature (www.electricliterature.com). Watch it here.


I’VE TRIED TO WARN YOU AND YOU WON’T LISTEN (2009, video) Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro. Trailer for the literary magazine New York Tyrant (www.nytyrant.com). Watch it here.


I WILL SMASH YOU (2009, video) A film by Luca Dipierro & Michael Kimball. Produced by Little Burn Films. Concept and interviews by Michael Kimball. Directed by Luca Dipierro. Edited by Luca Dipierro & Michael Kimball. For stills, trailers and press go to www.littleburnfilms.com.


UNPLUGGING PHILCO (2009, video) Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro. Promotional trailer for Unplugging Philco, a novel by Jim Knipfel. Watch it here.


I NEED SOME INTERVENTION (2008, video) Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro. Promotional interview with cartoonist David Heatley.


MY BRAIN IS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN (2008, video) Animated and edited by Luca Dipierro. Art and music by David Heatley. Short film for the song/CD/graphic novel by David Heatley.


MADCAP (2008, video) Made by Luca Dipierro. Cut-out animation celebrating 5 years of the music label Madcap Collective. Music by Gomma Workshop. Watch it here.


THE THING’S HOLLOW (2008, video) Made by Luca Dipierro, music by Blake/e/e/e. Cut-out animation video for the song The Thing’s Hollow by Blake/e/e/e. www.blakeeee.com. Watch it here.


DEAR EVERYBODY (2008, video) Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro. A promotional short film for Dear Everybody, a novel by Michael Kimball. www.michael-kimball.com. Watch it here.


THE LIFE OF ONIONS: SIX SILENT FILMS (2007, video) Contains: THE LIFE OF ONIONS, TAPE, TURNTABLE, VIAGGIO IN ITALIA, SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME, SPOT OFF. Six silent films inspired by the work of Francis Ponge and by the films of Charles and Ray Eames. Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro.


SO SAD (2007, video) with Luca Mazzieri, Massimo Colucci, Clams Casino. Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro. Documentary about USA tour of the band Wolther Goes Stranger. Watch the trailer here.


24 WEEKS, 3 DAYS (2007, video) With John Grider. Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro. Music by Buck 65 and Riccardo Wanke. The making of a mural by Minneapolis artist John Grider. A film about art as work and time. Watch the trailer here.


I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY CHANGED MY SHIRT (2006, video) Contains THE EYE OF THE READER, with Jonathan Lethem, OH GOD MY HEART IS READY, with David Heatley, I WANT TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A WHOLE BAND, with Chris Brokaw, FIND MY FUCKING FINGERS, with Brent Green, SCRAMBLED EGGS, with Ben Katchor, IT SUCKS TO HAVE DAY OFF, with Chris Leo, THE BEHAVIOR OF THE FISH, with David Greenberger, WHY THE HULK IS IN THE BATHROOM, with Nick Bertozzi, THE EASIEST WAY TO PISS PEOPLE OFF, with Jim Knipfel. A collection of interviews with writers, cartoonists and musicians. Watch trailers here and here.


THE FUTURIST (2007, video) Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro. A promotional video for the novel The Futurist by James P. Othmer.


NORA AND THE OMBRE/NORA AND THE SHADOWS (2007, video) Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro. A short film about Nora e le ombre, the debut novel by Claudio Morandini. Watch it here.


SANTI: LIVES OF MODERN SAINTS 2 (2007, video) Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro. Second book trailer for the anthology of short stories Santi: Lives of Modern Saints.


SANTI: LIVES OF MODERN SAINTS 1 (2007, video) Directed and edited by Luca Dipierro. Book trailer for the anthology of short stories Santi: Lives of Modern Saints.

In Marshall today

If you happen to be in Marshall, North Carolina today, I have a table at the Mad Friday Flea Market where I sell some of my art.

I WILL SMASH YOU on Director's Notes

Director's Notes, the best podcast ever about independent filmmaking, posted an interview with me and Michael Kimball, where we speak in depth about our film I WILL SMASH YOU and about our next project 60 WRITERS/60 PLACES.
You can listen to it directly on the website or save it on your computer and listen to it later.
www.directorsnotes.com