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lettrism

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lettrism
a technique of poetic composition originated by Isidore Isou, characterized by strange or meaningless arrangements of letters.
See also: Verse
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Closely akin to the Beatnik experiments with language and the lettrism of concrete poetry, Weiner's aesthetic sensibility is actually more in line with Kerouac, Burroughs, Geyson, and Ginsburg.
Lawrence Weiner by Markle, Leslie / ArtUS
Yet OEI's roots go back much further, to groups and movements such as Oulipo, Fluxus, Lettrism, and avant-garde collage (as practiced, for example, by Kurt Schwitters)--even Borges.
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In 1988, he described how some of the major mid-twentieth century art movements contributed to the initial emergence of video art: The potential of artists' video was first apparent in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when the art object and its sources were being re-evaluated in the diverse movements of Pop, Fluxus, Happenings, Minimalism, lettrism, avant-garde film and the intertextual and multi-media programs of performances and dance.
Video installation: characteristics of an expanding medium by Oppenheimer, Robin / Afterimage
 
 
 
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