The Old King in his Exile Rosemarie Rowley

The Old King in his Exile Rosemarie RowleyWhat makes us who we are? Arno Geigers father was never an easy man to know and when he developed Alzheimers, Arno realised he was not going to ask for help. As my father can no longer cross the bridge into my world, I have to go over to his. So Arno sets out on a journey to get to know him at last. Born in 1926 in the Austrian Alps, into a farming family who had an orchard, kept three cows, and made schnapps in the cellar, his father was conscripted

unlike the Mobley book

meaning “I play the fox

Art Farmer

who died unexpectedly on 22 October

amidst the turmoil and trauma

the first text of the feature

has compiled a fascinating selection of material from the project: including seabird poems

the philosophical

There is also a brief selection from his collaborative book/performance project with the New York-based artist John Digby: The Arches

The age-old association of food and sexuality is inscribed with the sacred connotations of a 'holy sin'

he is forced to choose between becoming one of the drones who passes through life without making any mark on it

an essay and four prose poems