Matias Viegener
Matias Viegener is a Los Angeles based writer, artist, and critic who works alone and collaboratively in the fields of writing, video, installation, and performance art. Viegener is the author of 2500 Random Things About Me Too, a book of experimental writing, and has co-edited two books, The n/o/ulipian Analects and Séance in Experimental Writing with Christine Wertheim. He is the editor and co-translator of Georges Batailles’ The Trial of Gilles de Rais. His art work has been shown internationally in museums and galleries, and he’s a co-founder of Fallen Fruit, a participatory art practice focusing on fruit, urban ecology and public space. Forthcoming work includes a chapbook on the death of Kathy Acker from Guillotine Press, and I’m Very into You, the edited correspondence of Kathy Acker and McKenzie Wark, from Chiasmus Press.
Additional Links:
Matias Viegener reads from a new list project, 25 Random Things About You
Podcast of Matias Viegener reading at the Central Library’s ALOUD series
Interview with Matias Viegener on KCHUNG radio
Wayne Koestenbaum reviews 2500 Random Things About Me Too on Salon.com
Janis Butler Holm reviews 2500 Random Things About Me Too at The Iowa Review
