"When I put the microphone into the mouth I have simultaneously five sounds: the air and the liquid in the mouth, the respiration in the nose, the air between each tooth and the respiration in the lungs … In 1974 I put into my stomach a very small microphone and it was a discovery – the body is always like a factory! It never stops – there’s no silence!"
- Henri Chopin
Part one of Avant Gardening's exploration of the roots of audio poetry takes in aspects of the oevres of two prolific giants of the genre, Henri Chopin and Bob Cobbing, placing them within the context of the great flourishing of interest in intermedia, performance, the body and the associated topographic and sonic poetry explorations of the mid 20th century.
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Playlist :
1. Henri Chopin, 'Rouge', from Audiopoems
2. Henri Chopin, 'Extrême Tension' from Futura : Poesia Sonora compilation (1978)
3. Henri Chopin, 'La Civilisation Du Papier' from Futura : Poesia Sonora compilation (1978)
4. Henri Chopin, 'Hoppa Bock' from Audiopoems
5. Henri Chopin, 'Pêche De Nuit', from Audiopoems
6. Henri Chopin, 'Tête À Tête' from Audiopoems
7. Henri Chopin, 'L'Agrippe Des Droits', from Audiopoems
8. Henry Chopin & Bob Cobbing, 'Refreshment Break', from Miniatures compilation (1980)
9. Bob Cobbing, 'Blotting Music' from Oral Complex at the L.M.C. (Writers Forum Cassette No. 4) (1983)
10. Bob Cobbing, 'Trigram' from Oral Complex at the L.M.C. (Writers Forum Cassette No. 4) (1983)
11. Birdyak (Bob Cobbing & Hugh Metcalfe), 'Destruction in Art (Glasgow)', from Aberration (1988)
12. Birdyak (Bob Cobbing & Hugh Metcalfe), 'Destruction in Art (Aberystwyth)', from Aberration (1988)
13. Bob Cobbing, 'A Sandwich Poem, Consisting Of A Poem For Voice And Mandolin And Poem For Gillian', from Experiments In Disintegrating Language / Konkrete Canticle (1971)
14. Bob Cobbing, 'As Easy', from Text-Sound Compositions: A Stockholm Festival (1970)
15. Bob Cobbing, 'Hymn to the Sacred Mushroom', from Experiments In Disintegrating Language / Konkrete Canticle (1971)
16. Bob Cobbing, 'Ga(il s)o(ng)', from Experiments In Disintegrating Language / Konkrete Canticle (1971)
17. Bob Cobbing, 'Whisper Piece No. 4 "Whississippi"', from Text-Sound Compositions: A Stockholm Festival
18. Bob Cobbing, 'Suesequence', from Experiments In Disintegrating Language / Konkrete Canticle (1971)
19. Bob Cobbing, 'Chamber Music', from Text-Sound Compositions: A Stockholm Festival
20. Bob Cobbing, 'Spontaneous Appealinair Contemprate Apollinaire', from Review OU: Cinquième Saison No 34/35 (1969)
21. Bob Cobbing, from ABC in sound (d - p - t), from Phonetische Poesie (1971)
22. Henri Chopin, '2500, les Grenouilles d'Aristophane', from Review OU: Cinquième Saison No 36/37 (1967)
23. Henri Chopin, 'Le Corps, Second Part, Brisure du Corps', from Review OU: Cinquième Saison No 30/31
24. Henri Chopin, 'Le Corps, Third Part, Chant du Corps', from Review OU: Cinquième Saison No 30/31
25. Henri Chopin, 'Indicatif 1', from Review OU: Cinquième Saison No 26/27
26. Henri Chopin, 'La Fusée Interplanetaire' from Review OU: Cinquième Saison No 26/27
27. Henri Chopin 'Dynamisme Intégral' from Audiopoems
28. Henri Chopin, 'French Lesson' from Audiopoems
29. Henri Chopin, 'Double Extension', from Audiopoems
