Action in the Orchards

Fred Schmalz is an artist and poet whose current work focuses on textual response to encounters with dance, music, and visual art. He makes art in collaboration with Susy Bielak as Balas & Wax and has performed in a variety of contexts, collaborating with dancers, artists, musicians, and performers. A pamphlet, “ Measures” appeared in the Present Tense series in 2016. His field guide “ Claes Oldenburg’ s Festival of Living Objects” was published in conjunction with a series of gallery walks by the Walker Art Center in 2013. He is the author of the chapbooks documenta 13 Daybook and Ticket. Recent writing has appeared in publications including Spinning Jenny, Conduit, jubilat, A Public Space, and We Are So Happy to Know Something. He edits and publishes the micropress Swerve Press.