21 x 30cm, 16pp stapled offset b/w programme for the 1980 show. The programme notes a huge number of participants exhibiting art at the New York's Passenger Ship Terminal including Eric Andersen, Ay-o, John Cage, Christo, Philip Corner, Yoko Ono, Ben Patterson, Knud Petersen, Otto Piene, Klaus Groh, Geoffrey Hendricks, Ray Johnson, Milan Knizak, Alison Knowles, Richard Kostelanetz, Takehisa Kosugi, Carolee Schneemann, Mieko Shiomi, Ben Vautier and details of a "Group Hologram Show" and a "Group Audio Show" which included David Tudor, John Giorno, Takehisa Kosugi, Yoshi Wada and others.

Also there was "Six Sure Cycles of Poetry Performances" which included Jackson Mac Low and Opal L. Nations, and "Two Continuous 12 =-Hour Video Tape Shows" which included works by Jeff Byrd, Nancy Holt, Nam June Paik with Charlotte Moorman (Guadalcanal Requiem), Shigeko Kubota, and Les Levine.

These are just a percentage of the huge number of artists who were involved in the Festival and one has to be impressed by Moorman's organisation of such an event. VG+.

30 x 21cm, black and white silver gelatine photograph from original negative taken at the press conference for Billy Kluver's 9 Evenings initiative where he attempted to include scientists and engineers in the arts to inform artists of new available technologies. John Cage is speaking and one can identify Billy Kluver, Öyvind Fahlström, Lucinda Childs, David Tudor, Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg at the top table amongst others.

This image was originally taken by Fred McDarrah and his estate retains copyright on the image so this is sold for personal use and not for reproduction. This is in very good condition and a crisp modern print (post 1990s we suspect) from original negative. If this was a vintage print we would charge much more.

59 x 16.5 x 4.5cm, two part hinged custom wooden box with silkscreen title content of 10 different standard audio cassettes in plastic boxes and with four 28.5 x 15.5 1pp paper inserts  with information about the recordings and reproducing a score by George Brecht "Comb Music". A deluxe production with rare or unpublished recordings by Ay-o, Jean Dupuy, Robert Filliou, Joe Jones, Emmett Williams, Richard Maxfield, Ferdinand Kriwet, Carolee Schneemann, Allan Kaprow, Charlotte Moorman, David Tudor and others. The recordings are a mix of interviews, sound poetry, music and experimental recordings.

This is one of only 80 such boxes. Mint and unplayed. It went out of print almost immediately.

24.5 x 19cm, 36pp plus wrappers. The programme for this famous Danish early Fluxus festival complete held in June 1963 which was organised in part by Eric Andersen as well as Jens Jorgen Thorsen and Arthur Kopcke. Texts and poems by all three artists alongside b/w illustrations/collages and a short essay by Birger Hansen. Adverts include mention of a concert by Thorsen and Jorgen Plaetner. VG+.

JOINT WITH AS ISSUED

SOMMERUDSTILLINGEN 63. 1963. FLUXUS FESTIVAL.

Copenhagen:  Sommerudstillingen, 1963

24 x 19cm, 8pp. Programme for the week of events which notes a concert by John Cage and David Tudor as the main concert - with a Fluxus action evening two days later consisting of performances from Eric Andersen, Henning Christiansen (2), Dich (sic) Higgins and John Davidsen. And the day after more by Andersen. On the 12 June 1963 - there was a "Co-ritus Koncert" by Jens Jorgen Thorsen with help by Jorgen Nas and Allan Hardy Strid. And on the final night - "Fluxus - aften" by Arthur Kopcke, John Davidsen, Henning Christiansen, Eric Andersen. An exhibition of art works by various artists are also listed with prices.

An interesting very early coming together of Danish experimental artists who are usually more closely aligned with CoBra and the Situationists and with Fluxus participants.

Both items are in VG+ condition although the front cover of the programme has a browning across the front top sheet (see photograph).

Rare.

Additionally this is one of David Tudor's earliest recordings, and his second LP ever. Other performers on this important document of 20th century American classical music are flutist Samuel Baron, pianist Maro Ajemian, violinist Anahid Ajemian, percussionist Elden Bailey, harpist Lucile Lawrence, cellist Claus Adam and singers Arline Carmen and Leon Lishner. Hovhaness conducts his own composition 'Upon Enchanted Ground'. The record is in VG+ condition (a few light 'unfeelable' scuffs/swashes) in a mostly VG sleeve with light shelf wear and the seams reinforced with clear tape though they do not appear to be split. There is also a promo stamp and small amount of writing on back of the cover which shows an image of a praying Jewish man. Priced to reflect the condition of the sleeve.

9.9 x 21.2cm, 1pp. Announcement card (typographic, b/w) for this concert by Tudor. The card notes that the first programme will included works by Earle Brouwn, John Cage and Christian Wolff and the second programme by Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen, Morton Feldman and Stefan Wolfe. The card notes “many first New York performances on both programmes”. Importantly this concert marked only the second ever performance of John Cage’s 4’33” - preceded only by a prior outing in Woodstock on August 29, 1952 - this performance being only 8 months later. 4’33” is a key moment in the history of new music - challenging the very notion of what music is. This is the first and only documentation available for this historic moment - there was no publicity material for the Woodstock concert. Fine condition. Clearly very rare.