John Sinclair is known as the founder of the Detroit Artists Workshop and the White Panther Party, manager of The MC5, producer of the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festivals and of records by artists from Deacon John to Sun Ra, political prisoner and opponent of the marijuana laws since 1965, radio broadcaster at WDET…
Slowscan vol. 33 is a re-issue on vinyl of a cassette that was released on Reflection Press in 1972. Reflection Press was run from Stuttgart from 1968 to 1988 by Fluxus artist Albrecht/d (1944-2013), whose press was an extension of his practice as an action, happening and mail artist. Albrecht/d staged his first Aktionen/Happenings in…
Following the example of William Burroughs, Jürgen Ploog used a portable tape recorder to record, edit and cut up material, which he collected during his transcontinental flights between 1971 and 1976. The material on the LP ‘Tapes von unterwegs 1971-1976‘ that the German labels Moloko + and 90% Wasser released in 2015 is a selection…
The Sea Urchin chapbook ‘Up Flutters Rot’ brings together three of Georg Trakl’s finest later poems in new English translations. ’Sleep’ and ‘On the marsh’ were both published in 1914 and ‘Amen’ (one of Trakl’s ‘Rosary Songs’) one year earlier, in 1913. The poems have been laser printed on 200 gr paper in the colours…
Eddie Woods and Jane Harvey launched their Ins & Outs postcards series in 1979. The b/w series, which shows works by artists who also contributed to Ins & Outs magazine at the time, immediately met with acclaim. And with good reason: Ira Cohen’s “Bandaged Poets” photos were published as Ins & Outs postcards (they were part of the larger Bandaged Poets project, a “living poem” which documented the…