Robert Somol’s “12 Reasons to Get Back into Shape” (2005)

Joseph Bedford, Kyle Miller, Jimenez Lai and Christophe Van Gerrewey

Dialogue

LOCATION

Online

DURATION

01:30:00

DATE

25/07/2024

SUMMARY

This dialogue focused on Bob Somol’s essay “12 Reasons to Get Back into Shape,” published in Content in 2005. It covered what Somol’s idea of shape was, how it differed from form, what bodies of work it was meant to speak to, what discursive or rhetorical work it was intended to do, and what influence the concept might have had.

BIOGRAPHY

Kyle Miller is associate dean and an associate professor at Syracuse University.

Jimenez Lai is director of Bureau Spectacular and an adjunct associate professor at USC.

Christophe Van Gerrewey is a writer, critic, and editor of the journals OASE and De Witte Raaf.

Joseph Bedford is an associate professor at Virginia Tech.

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CATALOGUE

Joseph Bedford, Kyle Miller, Jimenez Lai and Christophe Van Gerrewey

Robert Somol’s “12 Reasons to Get Back into Shape” (2005)

Online

25/07/2024

Format

Video

Dialogue

Joseph Bedford, Kyle Miller, Jimenez Lai and Christophe Van Gerrewey