The Artist's Reunion with Charlotte Noorman on Cello book
The Artist's Reunion with Charlotte Moorman on Cello
(Color Version)

By Howard Munson
San Francisco, California: Howard Munson, 2017. Edition of 2.

8 x 12" closed, extending to 54". Accordion extending from back pastedown. Pop-ups. Sumi ink and ink jet prints. Lenox paper. In slipcase. Initialed and numbered by the artist.

Howard Munson: "This being the centennial of the DADA movement, 1916-2016, I have been inspired by the happenings that took place at the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, Switzerland, the cafe where the artists and poets escaping the war that spread throughout Europe would, would often meet leading to chaos. I see the shadow of that era over the times we live in now. I relive in the making of the books the creative times and artists that sought out a creative means to react and maintain some sanity."

The New York Times, A Cellist in Avant-Garde Works, November 9, 1991: " Charlotte Moorman, the cellist, avant-gardist and performance artist … was called 'The Jeanne d'Arc of New Music' by the composer Edgard Varese. Ms. Moorman was arrested on Feb. 9, 1967, by two policemen who interrupted her performance at the Cinematheque in Manhattan of 'Opera Sextronique' by Nam June Paik, a composer, video artist and performance artist. She was performing nude, as the score had dictated, before an audience of 200 invited guests. Although Mr. Paik was released from custody and not charged, Ms. Moorman was tried and convicted for partial nudity. Later, the sentence was suspended.

"When asked during an interview how she had become interested in the avant-garde, Ms. Moorman said that one day she had grown [tired] of a Kabalevsky cello piece and someone had suggested that she try playing John Cage's '26 Minutes, 1.499 Seconds for a String Player,' which, among other things, requires the performer to prepare and eat mushrooms."
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