for Radio Scotland 1995
Jonathan Barnbrook
Monday, November 24, 2008
Letterism
"Isou saw himself as the man to show the way. He would take the rubble that remained after the old forms had been shattered, and lay out a new blueprint for reutilising these most basic elements in a radically new way, utterly unlike the poetry of the preceding amplic phase. Isou identified the most basic elements of poetic creation as letters—i.e. uninterpreted visual symbols and acoustic sounds—and he set out the parameters for new ways of recombining these ingredients in the name of new aesthetic goals."
Wikipedia on Isidore Isou.
J'interroge et j'invective, poéme de François Dufrene from Isidore Isou's film Traité de bave et d'éternité (1951).
Lettriste Pages
Wikipedia on Isidore Isou.
J'interroge et j'invective, poéme de François Dufrene from Isidore Isou's film Traité de bave et d'éternité (1951).
Lettriste Pages
The Futurist words-in-freedom
F.T. Marinetti, Les mots en liberté futuristes (The Futurist words-in-freedom), 1919
Fortunato Depero, Depero futurista 1913-1927 (Depero the Futurist 1913-1927), 1927
The Italian Futurist Book – Maurizio Scudiero (essay)
Fortunato Depero, Depero futurista 1913-1927 (Depero the Futurist 1913-1927), 1927
The Italian Futurist Book – Maurizio Scudiero (essay)
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Style Wars
Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's historic PBS documentary Style Wars tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At the peak of its popularity, graffiti was as much a part of B-boy culture as rapping, scratching, and breaking.
Very fancy Official Site
Wikipedia says
Wildstyle is a complicated and intricate form of graffiti. Due to its complexity, it is often very hard to read by people who are not familiar with it. Usually, this form of graffiti incorporates interwoven and overlapping letters and shapes. It may include arrows, spikes, and other decorative elements depending on the technique used. The numerous layers and shapes make this style extremely difficult to produce homogeneously, which is why developing an original style in this field is seen as one of the greatest artistic challenges to a graffiti writer. Wildstyle pieces are also known as "burners", meaning "hot" as fire. Wildstyles are seen as the one of most complicated and difficult tags and are often used to get an artist's work seen (rather than to put a political message or any other kind of message across).
An interview with Zephyr at The Streets Are Saying Things
Zephyr's site
Very fancy Official Site
Wikipedia says
Wildstyle is a complicated and intricate form of graffiti. Due to its complexity, it is often very hard to read by people who are not familiar with it. Usually, this form of graffiti incorporates interwoven and overlapping letters and shapes. It may include arrows, spikes, and other decorative elements depending on the technique used. The numerous layers and shapes make this style extremely difficult to produce homogeneously, which is why developing an original style in this field is seen as one of the greatest artistic challenges to a graffiti writer. Wildstyle pieces are also known as "burners", meaning "hot" as fire. Wildstyles are seen as the one of most complicated and difficult tags and are often used to get an artist's work seen (rather than to put a political message or any other kind of message across).
An interview with Zephyr at The Streets Are Saying Things
Zephyr's site
Monday, November 17, 2008
Jap World Frenzy
Unorthodox
boy
enthusiasm.
Jap World
frenzy.
Auto
erotic
ornamentation.
Disembowelled
neo–primitive
post–industrial
idol.
Extended
debris.
Simultaneous
technique.
Multi–layered
multiplied
multi–angle
arts and craft
explosion.
boy
enthusiasm.
Jap World
frenzy.
Auto
erotic
ornamentation.
Disembowelled
neo–primitive
post–industrial
idol.
Extended
debris.
Simultaneous
technique.
Multi–layered
multiplied
multi–angle
arts and craft
explosion.
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