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Source: Reality Studio (more, by Jed Birmingham)
via Ordinary Finds
Featuring the first UK showing of Gysin's rarely-seen painting, the
16.4 metre-long Calligraffiti of Fire, his magnum opus and final work.
Gysin (1916-1986) had a lifelong fascination with the juncture of word and image, and Calligraffiti of Fire (1985) is the culmination of a long series of works inspired by hieroglyphics and calligraphy. He studied Japanese and Arabic calligraphy, and evolved his own style of word/image glyphs, supple as flames or tendrils of smoke. Calligraffiti of Fire embodies Gysin's explorations of his inner visions through the 'flicker' effect, and permutations of his personal calligraphic signature. The painting is meant to be 'read' from right to left.
The
show also includes a working Dreamachine fabricated to Gysin's
specifications, as well as Gysin's paintings and drawings, and
photographs by Gysin, William Burroughs, Ira Cohen and others. The
exhibition runs concurrently with Royal Academy's Burroughs Live (GSK
Contemporary), Riflemaker's Life File, featuring Burroughs' illustrated
private files, and Maggs Rare Books' show of Barry Miles' collection of
Burroughs and Gysin photographs.
A radical cultural
visionary, visual artist, writer and performer, Gysin introduced his
lifelong friend, writer William S. Burroughs, to the techniques of
"cut-ups" and "permutation". Together, they experimented in sound and
image, using collage, tape recorder, light painting, writing and film.
Their work has had a pervasive influence in the arts and on underground
and popular culture, affecting figures such as David Bowie, Patti
Smith, Genesis P. Orridge, Keith Haring, Michael Stipe, and Bill
Laswell. (Continue Reading)
via October Gallery
via Brion Gysin
Concrete Poetry, 2002
Polystyrene & plaster
Using a complex array of perforations, the pavilion’s surface allows light to pass through creating shifting patterns, which–during specific times of the year–transform into the legible text of a poem. The specific arrangements of the perforations reveal different shadow-poems according to the solar calendar: a theme of new-life during the summer solstice, a reflection on the passing of time at the period of the winter solstice. The time-based nature of the poem–and the visitor’s time-based encounters with it–allow viewers to have different experiences either seeing a stanza of the poem or getting the whole poem. All of these possible experiences are equally valuable and have meanings unique to the individual.
This technique has the potential for producing particular effects and meanings within an architectural environment. Without the use of a source of power other than the sun, this project uses light and shadow to push the boundaries of communication and experiential delight.
"My own skin frequently blushes and swells. I have dermatographia, a condition in which one’s immune system exhibits hypersensitivity, via skin, that releases excessive amounts of histamine, causing capillaries to dilate and welts to appear (lasting about thirty minutes) when the skin’s surface is lightly scratched. This allows me to painlessly draw patterns and words on my skin, which I then photograph."
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