Vance Kirkland long series of ‘Dot Paintings’. ... This technique might remind one of Pointillism, but only in theory, not in practice...this method is far from that of the Pointillists. The big, organic forms are built up from tiny dots, using powerful, sometimes brutal colors ... The dots of paint are plastic; they protrude from the surface of the painting, almost transforming it to a relief.” There are four main series and some important sub-series: Energy of Vibrations in Space [with sub-series Valhalla, Geometric, Einstein, Open Suns]; Energy of Mysteries in Space; Energy of Explosions in Space; Energy of Forces in Space;
What Where Bam is not satisfied and a phrase is improved to add to the force of the theme. [The play can therefore be compared with "Krapp’s Last Tape" but it also] shares many similarities with "Ohio Impromptu", the identical characters in appearance and dress, the unwinding backwards of events and the stylization of image and movement in particular." With Krapp his memories have a certain degree of reliability. Not so with Bam. "[T]he figures in "What Where" emerge from beyond the grave, ghosts of memories that never really were." They are given form "as if they existed". "In this version the