[Sheriff Rhys Chatham]

I know he was into the whole anti-art thing but his anti-art was pretty artsfull. I just found out about him today looking around at dadaism and other related subjects. Hes got some interesting poems.

Proclamation Without Pretension

Art is going to sleep for a new world to be born
"ART"-parrot word-replaced by DADA,
PLESIOSAURUS, or handkerchief

The talent THAT CAN BE LEARNED makes the
poet a druggist TODAY the criticism
of balances no longer challenges with resemblances

Hypertrophic painters hyperaes-
theticized and hypnotized by the hyacinths
of the hypocritical-looking muezzins

CONSOLIDATE THE HARVEST OF EX-
ACT CALCULATIONS

Hypodrome of immortal guarantees: there is
no such thing as importance there is no transparence
or appearance

MUSICIANS SMASH YOUR INSTRUMENTS
BLIND MEN take the stage

THE SYRINGE is only for my understanding. I write because it is
natural exactly the way I piss the way I'm sick

ART NEEDS AN OPERATION

Art is a PRETENSION warmed by the
TIMIDITY of the urinary basin, the hysteria born
in THE STUDIO

We are in search of
the force that is direct pure sober
UNIQUE we are in search of NOTHING
we affirm the VITALITY of every IN-
STANT

the anti-philosophy of spontaneous acrobatics

At this moment I hate the man who whispers
before the intermission-eau de cologne-
sour theatre. THE JOYOUS WIND

If each man says the opposite it is because he is
right

Get ready for the action of the geyser of our blood
-submarine formation of transchromatic aero-
planes, cellular metals numbered in
the flight of images

above the rules of the
and its control

BEAUTIFUL

It is not for the sawed-off imps
who still worship their navel

Tristan Tzara

[nomadicfollower]

I like that poem, though I have never heard of him.
What is dadaism?...I'll check wikipedia.

[Sheriff Rhys Chatham]

its an anti-art movement. also i spelt his name wrong in the thread title its tristan tzara.

[nomadicfollower]

I was reading about dadaism when the cut-up technique came up and while reading about that I came upon this:
http://www.gorgeaway.blogspot.com/
Interviews with William S. Burroughs about the cut-up style. Very interesting.


I'll have to read more about dadaism, though.

[Sheriff Rhys Chatham]

yeah its pretty cool. I did a couple of peoms with cut up (sort of), but i didnt know anything about it back then. i though i was doing something origonal, boy was i wrong.

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[Sheriff Rhys Chatham]

i have to say you have a great signature...!