Concrete poetry is … “somewhere between image and language … between art and poetry … between order and chaos”. These definitions – and a number of others - appear on the blog of Victoria Bean and Chris McCabe, editors of The New Concrete, an anthology of visual poetry since 2000 which is being launched at London’s Whitechapel Gallery later this month.  

The anthology is described as “a long-overdue survey of the rise of concrete poetry in the digital age. The accessibility of digital text and image manipulation, modern print techniques and the rise of self-publishing have invigorated a movement that first emerged in an explosion of literary creativity during the 1950s and 1960s.” The launch will be on Saturday 25 July, from 1-6pm, with film screenings and performances from some of the anthology contributors. More details