Bradney Evans
Phoenix (2011)
folded 8 x 8 inches, sheet of magicians’ flash paper*,
6 x 2 x 2 inches, unique edition of 5
* Extremely fast‐burning, chemically treated paper that produces no smoke and leaves no ash
Price: $75
Phoenix , 2011
by Bradney Evans
Conditions
a)
The old headstone engraver
breaks for lunch
in the middle of a
surname, sits
at a long red light,
sways in a heatstroke,
and suffers amnesia
b)
From a location
where its column white
body can’t be seen
the shattering bulb
couldn’t be heard
against the crowbar
in the cloudless night
and having only caught
one rotation
from that location
the lighthouse vanished
or so it seemed
Bradney Evans received his M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts. He lives and works in Los Angeles.