Yes, David, I imagine that 'avant-garde' does indeed mean different things
to different people.
Being an artist-programmer, I was delighted to find three pieces in it on
computer art stuff (Margaret Masterman, Max Bense, and Bruno Munari). I
thought that's pretty good for 1966, a time when computer art was just out
the door. The actual interest of the three pieces is not stellar, but there
they are, nonetheless.
The most interesting piece, I felt, was Hausman's.
ja
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bircumshaw" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 12:38 AM
Subject: Re: Inner Astronauts of 1966
> Thanks, Jim. Very interesting indeed. Just having taken a preliminary look
> that such contradictory voices as Bense and Ginsberg, or McLuhan and
> Jorgen
> Nash, should be under same header highlights that 'avant-garde' means very
> different things to different people.
>
> On 1 November 2011 00:50, Jim Andrews <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> http://loriemersondotnet.**files.wordpress.com/2011/10/**
>> astronautsofinnerspace.pdf<http://loriemersondotnet.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/astronautsofinnerspace.pdf>
>>
>> Very interesting pdf from 1966 of avant garde work featuring
>>
>> McLuhan
>> Raoul Hausman
>> Bruno Munari
>> Ginsberg
>> Franz Mon
>> Max Bense
>> WS Burroughs
>> Dom Sylvester Houedard
>> Conrad Bayer
>> Margaret Masterman
>> Robert Creeley
>> Gunter Grass
>> Ian Hamilton Finlay
>> Jean Arp
>> Anselm Hollo
>>
>> and many others
>>
>> ja
>>
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