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Author:
Knowles, Alison 1933-  Search this
Higgins, Dick 1938-1998 Book about love & war & death  Search this
Brecht, George Chance-imagery  Search this
Oldenburg, Claes 1929- Injun & other histories  Search this
Rothenberg, Jerome 1931- Ritual, a book of primitive rites and events  Search this
Hansen, Al 1927-1995 Incomplete requiem for W. C. Fields  Search this
Kaprow, Allan Some recent happenings  Search this
Vostell, Wolf Berlin and phenomena  Search this
Cage, John Diary: change the world  Search this
Mac Low, Jackson Twin plays: Port-au-Prince & Adams county Illinois  Search this
Klintberg, Bengt af 1938- Cursive Scandinavian salve  Search this
Antin, David Autobiography  Search this
Corner, Philip Popular entertainments  Search this
Filliou, Robert Filliou sampler  Search this
Kaprow, Allan Untitled essay and other works  Search this
Roth, Dieter 1930-1998 Look into the blue tide, part 2  Search this
Russolo, Luigi Art of noise  Search this
Williams, Emmett Last french-fried potato and other poems  Search this
Publisher:
Primary Information (Organization)  Search this
Physical description:
20 pamphlets (individually paginated) : illustrations ; in box 25 x 18 x 6 cm
Type:
Books
Facsimiles
Literature
Tracts (Ephemera)
Date:
2007
1967
20th century
Contents:
Alison Knowles -- A book about love & war & death, canto one / Dick Higgins -- Chance-imagery / George Brecht -- Injun & other histories (1960) / Claes Oldenburg -- Incomplete requiem for W.C. Fields / Al Hansen -- Ritual: a book of primitive rites and events / Jerome Rothenberg -- Some recent happenings / Allan Kaprow -- Manifestos / Ay-o, Philip Corner, W.E.B. DuBois Clubs, Öyvind Fahlström, Robert Filiou, John Giorno, Al Hansen, Dick Higgins, Allan Kaprow, Alison Knowles, Nam June Paik, Diter Rot, Jerome Rothenberg, Wolf Vostell, Robert Watts, Emmett Williams -- Berlin and phenomena / Wolf Vostell -- The twin plays: Port-au-Prince & Adams county Illinois / Jackson Mac Low -- Diary: change the world (you will only make matters worse) part three (1967) / John Cage -- The cursive Scandinavian salve / Bengt Af Klintberg -- Autobiography / David Antin -- Popular entertainments / Philip Corner -- A Filliou sampler / Robert Filliou -- Untitled essay and other works / Allan Kaprow -- A look into the blue tide, part 2 / Diter Rot -- The art of noise (futurist manifesto, 1913) / Luigi Russolo -- The last french-fried potato and other poems / Emmett Williams -- A Zaj sampler / Zaj group of Madrid, José Luis Castillejo, Ramiro Cortés, Jaier Martínez Cuadrado, Juan Hidalgo, Walter Marchetti, Tomás Marco, Eugenio de Vicente
Summary:
Stamped cardboard box housing reprints of 20 pamphlets originally published in 1967, which sampled writer-artists favored by Something Else Press publisher Dick Higgins. Pamphlets include scripts for happenings, events, experimental poems, theoretical treatises, and quasi-musical notations.
Topic:
American literature  Search this
Literature, Modern  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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