Our central idea is the construction of situations, that is to say, the concrete construction of momentary ambiences of life and their transformation into a superior passional quality. Before debord and the situationist international, however, there was isidore isou and lettrism. In his attempt to rewrite all of human knowledge, isou. The iron man with the frantic intensity and deep desire for aesthetic reformation found in f.
Lettrism was one of the most radical movements in the early postwar period. It practically extended the experimentation which started with dadaism and slightly later with surrealism, yet it introduced a new kind of approach in the social and political sense. Lettrism was one of probably the most radical actions within the early postwar interval. His work encompassed painting, poetry and filmmaking. Dites, pour vous une lettre damour doit etre manuscrit. The typewriter creates the pageasgrid which creates the page of much concrete poetry. The movement evolved steadily, energetically, and at times perhaps confusingly from the late 1940s to the present. Isidore isou born 1925 or 1928, french author, originally from romania, founder of the lettrism movement. Isou began with poetry, becasue as creation was the highest form of human activity, and art the highest form of creation, poetry was highest form of art. Excerpt from the documentary film around the world with orson welles. Ways in and ways out of the situationist labyrinth the. Tous les mots contenant les lettres f, i, o, t et u.
In a world ruled by machines, employees consume their pseudotime. The cinema and visual poetry of the lettrists of lettrism. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The lettrism or letterism, founded in 1946 by isidore isou and gabriel pomerand, uses letters as sounds and then as images. Dec 18, 2015 a revolt against transparency the new concrete has been lying around for a while, propped up against bookshelves, looking good. Report on the construction of situations the anarchist library. Lettrism advanced the need to radically reform artistic works by providing new solutions to produce literary and visual art, which. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Isidore isou was the founder in the 1940s of the french avantgarde movement lettrism. Isidore isou at centre pompidou, paris 2019 installation view.
Isidore isou and the lettrist avantgarde one of the most important avantgarde movements of postwar paris was lettrism, which crucially built an interest in the relationship between writing and image into projects in poetry, painting, and especially cinema. Lettrism has never been showcased in romania even though one of its founders was of romanian origin. Inserer le nom dun philosophe ou dun ecrivain dans une phrase vulgaire a connotation sexuelle. Copyrinting for astorlogy website je veux faire une site mais. The drowner ep elru075 2009 a woman drowning, for a winter solstice. Jan 31, 2015 isidore isou 1925 2007 lettrism amos 1953.
Orson welles interview featuring isidore isou lettrism. Isidore isou jean isidore goldstein treatise on slobber and eternity 1951 tuesday, june 17, 2008 this is the opening manifesto of the postwar european avantgarde cinema. The members of the group produced sound poetry, film, painting, and political treatises. Space becomes perceptible through pain, while the urban spatial extent is fragmented in areas such as a commercial center, an industrial region, a campus or recreation areas. Pages in category lettrism the following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. A unique event in bucharest, celebrating isidore isou, the founding father of lettrism. This movement was more than just a focus on words and lettering, instead it gave attention to how language. Pablo ruiz y picasso, also known as pablo picasso p. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. Let it unfollow its own ground within this movement of independence isidore isou. Guy debord developed his thoughts concerning the relation between art and politics as a member of lettrism, an artistic and literary movement originated in paris 1940s, which was clustered around isadore isou. This milliken printed carpet is inspired by the beauty of penmanship and is available in 6 colors.
We must develop a systematic intervention based on the complex factors of two components in perpetual interaction. Lettrism definition of lettrism by the free dictionary. It remains one of the most authentic cinematic outcries for an emancipation from conventional forms of all time. All structured data from the main, property, lexeme, and entityschema namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Lettrism is a french avantgarde movement established in paris in the mid1940s, named for the french word for letter l ettrisme, since their early work centered around parsing the visual and spoken symbols of language. The movement soon expanded by attracting numerous creative people, such as gabriel pomerand, maurice lemaitre, gil j wolman. Unquestionably narcissistic, but all the more accurate. Highly influential, the lettrists served as a bridge of sorts between the earlier works of the dadaists and surrealists and the later conceptual artists.
Lettrism is a way of writing poetry and using imagery without attaching a meaning to them. From french lettrisme although this is first attested slightly later. Lettrism is a french avantgarde movement, established in 1946 by the publication of the lettrist manifesto by isidore isou in paris lettrism is also the hurufi movement arabic. Take a step back in time with milliken lettres damour printed carpet. Isidore isou born ioanisidor goldstein, was a romanianborn french poet, film critic and visual artist. Created by the charismatic founder of lettrism, mentor of lemaitre and debord, the hungarian jew jean isidore goldstein who moved to paris in 1945 and went by the. One of the most important avantgarde movements of postwar paris was lettrism, which crucially built an interest in the relationship between writing and image into projects in poetry, painting, and especially cinema. How lettrism gave a new definition of visual language. Anastasia vronski is a young russian musician interested in different branches of experimental music. By writing in a way to create a secrecy because the writing is illegible and irrational the work is impenetrable. His transhistorical theory of culture took the will to create as its primary axiom. Liste des mots contenant les lettres suivantes d, e, 2i et o. Orson welles interviews the romanian poet living in paris featuring isidore isou lettrism, important movement of sound poetry. Lettrism is a multidisciplinary creative movement born in paris in 1946 under the guiding force of isidore isou.
Tracking the influence back even further and then again, to the present i learned of the french avantgarde movement, established in paris in the mid1940s by romanian immigrant isidore isou known as lettrisme lettrism and his concept of hypergraphics in 1954. At the beginning of the movement, he was its sole practioner. He was the founder of lettrism, an art and literary. In a body of work totaling hundreds of volumes, isou and the lettrists have applied their theories to all areas of art and culture, most notably in poetry, film, painting and political theory. The movement was established in 1946 by isidore isou and gabriel pomerand. Lettrism, founded in the late forties by isidore isou, was as much a reaction against andre bretons dictatorial control of surrealism and surrealisms movement away from its conceptual origins in dada towards that of mysticism, as it was an attempt the get poetry back into peoples lives and on the hit parade. Hypergraphie, polylogue isou, isidore macba museu d. Romanian immigrant isidore isou goldstein founded one of the most important european avantgarde movements of the postwar years, lettrism, in paris in 1946. Born in rumania in 1928, isidore isou came to paris at the end of ww ii with many ideas for a renovation of all the arts, a revisioning from the ground up.
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Creator or novateur of the french avantgarde group, isou moved to paris in 1945 with the single purpose of founding a movement. When most people thought of the postwar years as a time of reconstruction, isou wanted to push the destruction of culture still further. Poetry turns into music and writing becomes painting. In a body of work totaling hundreds of volumes, isou and the lettrists have applied their theories to all areas of art and culture. The letterists extend these changing relationships to film, culture and society. Offscreen cinema is the first monograph in english of the lettrists. Pablo picasso wikipedias pablo picasso as translated by. Lettrism to eternity, one is met with a cacophony of noise. The last exhibition in sonnenallee 99 and the first solo show in berlin of the founder of lettrism isidore isou 19252007 for the 10th year anniversary of his death, with more than 500 original manuscripts, documents, photographs, books, magazines, sounds, films, records, affiches, multiples, drawings, objects and canvases from 1945 to 2007 curated by. The macba collection features catalan, spanish and. It virtually prolonged the experimentation which began with dadaism and barely later with surrealism, but it launched a new variety of strategy within the social and political sense. He was the founder of lettrism, an art and literay movement which owed inspiration to dada and surrealism. The motion was established in 1946 by isidore isou and gabriel pomerand. Isidore isou 1925, botosani, ro2007, paris and gabriel pomerand 19251972, paris had their first lettrist manifestation in paris on the 8th of january 1946.
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