Gheorghe Vasiliu was a Romanian poet who named himself George Bacovia after his native town Bacău. Bacovia was born there in 1881 and distinguished himself as a talented draughtsman, violinist and poet while being educated at the Prince Ferdinand Gymnasium, now located at George Bacovia Street in Bacău. After…
British author Terry Wilson was a close friend of Brion Gysin’s and William Burroughs’. He is best known for his collaborative work with Brion Gysin Here To Go: Planet R-101, published in 1982. Wilson also authored ‘D’ Train (1985), Dreams of Green Base (1986), Days Lane (2009), Perilous Passage (2012) and collaborated on Gysin’s as yet unpublished Beat Museum – Bardo Hotel. Wilson is also known for his photographic collages…
Philip Corner (1933) is an American composer, musician, artist, theorist and teacher. Corner studied at The High School of Music & Art and Columbia University NYC and under Olivier Messiaen in Paris in the 1950s. From 1960 to 1961 Corner did military service in Korea, where he studied Korean traditional music and calligraphy, from which he often takes inspiration…
