http://pionline.wordpress.com/2012/08/06/maintenant-57-tomas-s-butkus/

The impression left on the audience attending the *Maintenant* Lithuania
events held over the weekend of April 8th only served to confirm *Tomas S.
Butkus*’ reputation as one of the most complex and creative poets currently
at work in the unusually healthy Lithuanian scene. Sometimes seen as an
irreverent and idiosyncratic poet, due perhaps his use of many mediums
(text, video, sonic art, collage), his membership in an experimental art
performance collective or his distinctive use of surrealist imagery – his
work in fact continues the revolutionary underground spirit of creativity
that underpinned some of the greatest poetry Europe produced while
Lithuania was under Soviet occupation. Perhaps rather Butkus’ work stands
out from a certain contemporary style – reformed, controlled and
meditative, by virtue of its energy and individuality. And without doubt,
as the people attending Europe House and the Rich Mix arts centre
discovered, the man is equal to his work. Celebrating the
*Maintenant*Lithuania project and our 57th edition, we welcome Tomas
S. Butkus,

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