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Modernism, it’s a hard act to follow. L.H.O.O.Q. or Mona Lisa Marcel Duchamp, 1919. The Fountain Marcel Duchamp, 1917. Rose Hobart by Joseph Cornell, 1936. How to make a Dadaist Poem, 1920. Tristan Tzara <------ (so 1337!) *see below. OVERKILL.
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Modernism, it’s a hard act to follow. L.H.O.O.Q. or Mona Lisa Marcel Duchamp, 1919 The Fountain Marcel Duchamp, 1917
How to make a Dadaist Poem, 1920 Tristan Tzara <------ (so 1337!) *see below OVERKILL "Take anewspaper. Take some scissors. Choose from this paper an article of the length you want to make your poem. Cut out the article. Next carefully cut out each of the words that make up this article and put them all in a bag. Shake gently. Next take out each cutting one after the other. Copy conscientiously in the order in which they left the bag. The poem will resemble you. And there you are -- an infinitely original authorof charming sensibility *even though unappreciated by the vulgar herd."
The Cut-Up Method with… Everyone’s favorite guys! Brion Gysin, William S Burroughs and Ian Sommerville. By treating segmented pages of text as collage material, the new arrangements created limitless possibilities of prose. A second seminal technique pursued by Gysin was of a more focused and elegant nature: the permutation. By taking a single phrase and running through all existing possibilities of order, whole realms of implied meanings became apparent.
The Future of the Novel, of the novel future, and William S. Burroughs Wife shooting seems to be the leitmotif of this class
Just give him the chance…John Cage and the music of changes Music of Changes for solo piano in 1951
Nam June Paik Prepared W.C. 1963 at Galerie Parnass
Going where no man has gone before… Star Trek and the invention of the fanzine Spockanalia, was published in 1967
I can haz new materpiece? This work was exhibited at Inman Gallery Annex, in Houston, TX as a new artwork by Maurizio Cattelan
Maurizio Cattelan The first, they said, should be sweet like love; the second bitter, like life; and the third soft, like death La Nona Ora (The Ninth Hour)
The part of the class we enjoy! History is so boring, good thing we made it to the present. Now we can watch Youtube! http://www.thetrailermash.com/shining-romantic-comedy/ http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z11B9L2awVA