Thanks! Actually "it" has caught on variously over the decades. Bob Cobbing's work in England during the 60's plus. "The Four Horsemen" in Canada, the late Jackson MacLow and Ann Tardos in the States, and currently, another Canadian, Christian Bok.
--- On Sun, 1/13/13, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Lettrism Performance film 1955!!
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 10:55 PM
Yep, it was a surprise and a great enjoyment. The definitions of poetry are
forever flexible. Andrew
On 14 January 2013 17:35, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Lively stuff, Steven, in the year before I was born. Pity it didn't catch
> on. I may have been expected to learn a more challenging alphabet at
> school. Interesting that the new sounds still sound French in inflection.
>
> Bill
> On 14/01/2013, at 11:14 AM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
>
> > Orson Welles Interview - featuring Isidore Isou Lettrismhttp://
> www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZayMaC4RLo
> > Rather wonderful 'sound poet' performance, 1955, within a movie. I
> forget if it was Geof Huth or mIIEKAL or an associate that ferreted this
> piece back into the world. But great that whoever did it, did!Sweetly
> amazing!
> > Stephen Vincent
> >
>
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