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PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, APRIL 28 1969. 1969.

paul robertson — Sat, 23 May 2026 18:26:47 +0000

Ohio: Ohio State University, 1969 27 x 21cm, 1pp blackon light blue mimeograph. The programme for a concert of "new music" by Charlotte Moorman and Nam June Paik with the list of works by George Brecht, Takahisa Kosugi, Guiseppe Chiari, Earle Brown, John Cage, Yoko Ono, Paik, Henning Christiansen (here "Christian Sen"), and Joseph Beuys. VG+.

A GROUP OF DOCUMENTS FROM THE 2IEME FESTIVAL DE LA LIBRE EXPRESSION. MAI 17 – 25, 1965. INCLUDES THE FIRST EXPRESSION OF A FAMOUS FLUXUS WORK BY FILLIOU AND WILLIAMS – THE PINK SPAGHETTI HANDSHAKE.

paul robertson — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:27:00 +0000

Paris: Centre Americains des artistes, May 17 - 25, 1965. Original poster/programme + three handbills and a 6pp programme along with 3 original b/w photographs from the event. Poster: 44 x 32cm, black on pink paper - folded with some paper loss (3 x 4 cm) bottom right and left. Programme notes participation of Alain Jouffroy, Robert Filliou, Emett (sic) Williams, Earle Brown and many others. Poster design includes a reproduced photographic image. Programme: hand out for the Earle Brown Lecture on "Composing Music by Chance" and the Filliou/Williams Extra-Sensory Misperception. 27 x 22cm, 6pp. Included in the stapled leaflet is a "souvenir sheet" which consists of a copy of the Filliou/Williams multiple "The Pink Spaghetti handshake" (each unique). The artists shook hands while holding painted spaghetti with a sheet of white paper between their grasps and the resulting "print" was allowed to dry and is included here stapled within the handout. This is a rare and important example of this famous work - which takes pride of place in both poet's oeuvre and is oft amusingly mentioned in William's autobiography as the poets' most important joint contribution to the history of art. Some folding and tears without any paper loss - a very good example of this first edition example of this rare work - later this work was produced as an editioned print. 3 handbills: uniformly 4to, all 1pp. Mimeotext on white paper. Programme details of the first two bills are respectively for the Ferlinghetti contribution ("Underwear") and a Lebel happening and le Groupe Panique International (a drama). Some small closed tears but no paper loss, previous creases where folded. The third hand out is the programme for a concert by Nam June Paik and Charlotte Moorman on 21 May 1965 where works by Paik, Chiari, Brown, Corner, Cage, La Monte Young, Dick Higgins and Ichiyanagi were performed. Interestingly the programme notes the loss of a Paik sculpture "Robot" as having "disappeared mysteriously on the way from Iceland to Paris in the international air labyrinth." Three original photographs - respectively 18 x 24cm, (image 12.5 x 18.5cm); 24 x 18cm (image 18.5 x 12.5 cm) and 9 x 13 cm (image 5.5 x 9.5 cm). All are b/w and press shots from "Chapman-Fotogram" Cignac, France (company stamps and hand written descriptions verso). The images are of a performance by Alexandro Jodorowsky (2 images) where he and his naked female co-performers had their bodies smeared with honey and hair and a 'sacrilegious' ceremony was performed where a 'priest' handed out hosts for consumption by the same naked participants. The third smaller photograph is a portrait of Label. All have very minor surface scratches but are otherwise very good. Images on request. Together - a rare group of material from this historic festival. The material is also with some significance to the works of several Fluxus affiliated artists (especially the bound in copy of the "Pink Spaghetti handshake") and despite the typical wear associated with such freely distributed material a very desirable group of material. PRICE IS FOR THE ENTIRE GROUP OF MATERIAL

FLASHBACK – THE 60S – FINE ARTS FESTIVAL. 1989.

paul robertson — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:23:21 +0000

North Carolina: University of North Carolina, 1989

21 x 30cm, 16pp. printed on semi-gloss cardstock. Programme for a series of music and performance events and symposia which included discussions on visual arts (Julia Demaree, The Art of the 60s/The Art of the 80s); television/film (Jeffrey Hayden, Eva Marie Saint); critics/historians (Irving Sandler, Clement Greenberg); journalism/literature (Charlie Peters, Ron Bayes); an arts panel (Earle Brown, Jackson Mac Low, Carolee Schneemann, Bob Dunn (who was actually absent on the day), and Richard Cameron-Wolfe); music (UNC Jazz Festival); and a section called echoes of the 60s (Reflections on Trio A: A Dance Performance / Commentary, 1960s Black Literature and Art Review). Some b/w reproductions of portraits of participants. A VG example.

PREMIERE OF WORKS BY EARLE BROWN EDA RAPOPORT WILLIAM SYDEMAN. 1964.

paul robertson — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:22:02 +0000

NYC: Town Hall, 1964

21.5 x 13.8cm, 2pp printed b/w and typographic only. The avant garde music event was to be staged with Dorothy Renzi, Yvette Bader, Jacob Glick, Alexander Goldfield, Richard Foster, Abraham Stokman, Shirley Mathews as well as Charlotte Moorman on the cello. On the rear the various works performed are listed. VG. Very scarce.

FLASHBACK. 1989.

paul robertson — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 12:06:49 +0000

Chapel Hill: Flashback Festival, 1989 15 x 21.5cm, 24pp (self cover) programme for this retrospective festival of 60s art. Panel discussion includes Carolee Schneemann, Jackson Mac Low and Earle Brown and dance from Yvonne Rainer. Vg.

6 CONCERTS ’63. TENTATIVE PROGRAMME.

paul robertson — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 15:45:26 +0000

NYC, Judson Hall, 1963 28 x 7cm, 6pp (single sheet) b/w leaflet for a series of six concerts of new music. Works by Earle Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Charlotte Moorman, La Monte Young, Max Neuhaus, Frederic Rzewski, David Tudor and Nicholas Zumbra were performed over a period of one month. Other works included Giuseppe Chiari and Toshi Ichiyanagi. These concerts evolved into (and were de facto the first of) the annual Avant Garde festivals that Moorman organised - an event that eventually became a massive undertaking with 100s of participants and unfolding works in all manner of media not only music. Folded - as issued - very scarce document.

SIX CONCERTS ’63. LEAFLET.

paul robertson — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 15:40:01 +0000

NYC, Judson Hall, 1963 28 x 22cm, 2pp b/w leaflet for a series of six concerts of new music. Works by Earle Brown, John Cage, Morton Feldman, Charlotte Moorman, La Monte Young, Max Neuhaus, Frederic Rzewski, David Tudor and Nicholas Zumbra were performed over a period of one month. Other works included Giuseppe Chiari and Toshi Ichiyanagi. These concerts evolved into (and were de facto the first of) the annual Avant Garde festivals that Moorman organised - an event that eventually became a massive undertaking with 100s of participants and unfolding works in all manner of media not only music. Folded - as issued - very scarce document.