There have been some friendly but tense negotiations going on in Argentina between the Nigerian Flarf delegation and the ostensibly American Flarf delegation. The Nigerians have made it clear that they will underwrite the Festival if certain conditions are met. They want an evening to introduce Nigerian Flarf poetry and make the claim that Flarf poetry is really a creative byproduct of Nigerian cafe culture and the 419 Scam.
The claim has been made by the Nigerians that the Flarf poem -- not called Flarf at the time -- had its origins in the Nigerian scam cafes in the 90's. The poetry utilized among other things, playful and intentionally inappropriate material that appeared unbidden and contextually disruptive in the general environment of the internet and the cafes teeming with computer monitors. A group of poets used this material in conjunction with real 419 scam letters along with parodies, pastiches and outright playful bantering and nonsense.
This blog has learned that the Nigerian presentation -- a paper, scam texts, as well as video -- will use and appropriate a similar language used to support Flarf poetry. The Nigerians are willing to make their case and let its persuasiveness loose on the Flarf community of poets.
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