Aspen no. 5+6. The Minimalism issue (MISSING sections nrs. 6,20,21+27)

O'Doherty, Brian - David Dalton - Lynn Letterman - Phyllis Johnson (editors)

Edité par Roaring Fork Press, Fall-Winter, New York, 1967

Twenty-five of the twenty-eight numbered items, including advertisements folder. All together in a two-piece printed white box. MISSING sections nr. 6 (Phonograph recording. Feldman / Cage), nr. 20 (The King of Denmark. Part of a musical score by Morton Feldman; recording at item 6), nr. 21 (Fontana Mix. Musical score by John Cage; recording at item 6.) and nr. 27 (the last section belonging to Tony Smith?s model part ?The Maze?. Box. Two-piece box, 8-1/4 by 8-1/4 by 2-1/8 inches. White box of two nearly identical halves, title on side in inconspicuous type. Contains sections 2 through 28. 2. Contents. Editor's description of items included with this issue. 3. Three Essays. Essays with post-modern perspectives. The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes; Style and the Representation of Historical Time by George Kubler. The Aesthetics of Silence by Susan Sontag 4. Phonograph recording. Beckett / Gabo & Pevsner. Side A: Samuel Beckett's Text for Nothing #8 (1958), read by Jack MacGowan. Side B: The Realistic Manifesto (1920), by Naum Gabo and Aontoine Pevsner, read by Naum Gabo. 5. Phonograph recording. Burroughs / Robbe-Grillet. Side A: Excerpts from Nova Express (1964), by William Burroughs, read by the author. Side B: "Now the shadow of the southwest column." an excerpt from Jealousy (1957), by Alain Robbe-Grillet, read by the author. Translation of side B in item 23. 7 - 11. Maze model part 3. Cardboard model part. Mates with item 9 / Maze model part 2. Cardboard model part. Mates with item 27 / Maze model part 4. Cardboard model part. Mates with item 7 / Maze model part 6. Cardboard model part. Mates with item 25 / Maze model part 7. Cardboard model part. Mates with item 26.12. Phonograph recording. Merce Cunningham. Side A: Space, Time and Dance (1952), by Merce Cunningham. Side B: Further Thoughts (1967), an interview with Cunningham. 13. Phonograph recording. Duchamp / Huelsenbeck. Side A: Marcel Duchamp, The Creative Act (1956). Side B: Richard Huelsenbeck, Four poems from Phantastiche Gebete (1916), and Marcel Duchamp, Some Texts from L'Infinitif (1912-1920).14. The Russian Desert: A Note on the State of Our Knowledge. Douglas MacAgy on Russian art history.15. Conditionnement. Reverse side: Repair. A poem by Michael Butor, translated by Michael Benedikt.16. Poem, March 1966. Conceptual poetry by Dan Graham. 17. Serial Project #1. Description of an installation at Dwan Gallery by Sol Lewitt. 18. Seven Translucent Tiers. A grid study in three dimensions, by Mel Bochner. 19. Structural Play #3. Description of a performance piece by Brian O'Doherty. 22. Drawings for The Maze. Illustrates and describes a model by Tony Smith, included in this issue. Its eight pieces are numbered items 7 through 11 and 25 through 27. 23. Translation of Jealousy (Recorded excerpt). A translation by Richard Howard of the excerpt read by Robbe-Grillet on item 5. 24. Four Films by Four Artists. Reel of super-8 film, comprising four film clips: Hans Richter: Rhythm 21; Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: Light play (excerpt); Robert Morris & Stan VanDerBeek Site (excerpt); Robert Rauschenberg: Linoleum (excerpt) Included in some copies in lieu of the film spool was a note from the publisher promising that the reel of film would be mailed separately. 25-26. Maze model part 5. Cardboard model part. Mates with item 10 / Maze model part 8. Cardboard model part. Mates with item 11 / Maze model part 1. Cardboard model part. Mates with item 8. 28. Advertisements/Advertisements. Folder, enclosing a sheet for Artforum, 8 by 22 inches, accordion-folded to 8 inches square; sheet from Wesleyan University Press advertising John Cage's Silence and A Year from Sunday, 8 by 22 inches, folded twice to 8 inches square; a checklist of Something Else Press books and Great Bear pamphlets, 8-1/2 by 11 inches; a die-cut, color brochure for Bolex super-8 projectors, 9 by 8-3/8 inches, folded to 3-1/8 by 6 inches; subscription form for Aspen, 8-1/2 by 10-5/8 inches, N° de réf. du vendeur 001890

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Titre : Aspen no. 5+6. The Minimalism issue (MISSING...
Éditeur : Roaring Fork Press, Fall-Winter, New York
Date d'édition : 1967
Reliure : No Binding
Etat : Near Fine
Edition : 1st Edition