Bernard Heidsieck
Bernard Heidsieck (born 1928) is a French sound poet. He is the former vice-president of the Banque Française du Commerce Extérieur in Paris and former president of the Commission Poésie at the Centre National du Livre. He organised the first international festival of sound poetry in 1976 and the event "Rencontres Internationales 1980 de poésie sonore" which took place at Rennes, Havre and at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
Bernard Heidsieck (born 1928) is a French sound poet. He is the former vice-president of the Banque Française du Commerce Extérieur in Paris and former president of the Commission Poésie at the Centre National du Livre. He organised the first international festival of sound poetry in 1976 and the event "Rencontres Internationales 1980 de poésie sonore" which took place at Rennes, Havre and at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
The 12th Annual International Sound Poetry Festival
*Last copies, almost sold out at the label. Limited edition of 200 hand-numbered copies.* After years of preparation, Recital is proud to present The 12th Annual International Sound Poetry Festival box set. Held in New York in 1980, this was the last festival of the pioneering sound poetry series started in Stockholm in the 1960s. This ambitious document holds nearly five hours of audio from 30 artists. A 240-page book with biographies, texts, and artwork from each artist supplements the edition…
Tapuscrits – Poèmes-Partitions, Biopsies, Passe-Partout
* 2021 Stock. French edition * The collection of typescripts of the pioneer of sound poetry: a monument of some 1200 pages that offers an original approach to one of the most inventive, striking and influential poetic works of the second half of the 20th century, through 120 facsimile "scores", revealing for the first time the writing, in its visual and graphic dimension, which precedes and determines public reading. This publication brings together all the typescripts of the Poèmes-Partitions, …
Abécédaire n° 6 - «Clef de Sol» - Été 2007
Bernard Heidseick (1928-2014) decided in the mid-1950s to break off from written poetry, and to bring it outside of books. He opposed passive poetry to active poetry, to an “on its feet” poetry, in his own words. Starting in 1955 he was one of the founders of Sound Poetry, and in 1962 of Action Poetry. As early as 1959 he used a tape recorder as an additional means for writing and retransmitting, opening his research to new experimental fields.While remaining concerned with semantics, Bernard He…
Biopsies
This publication gathers together all the texts and recordings of the Biopsies series (1965-1969).
Passe-partout
This publication gathers together all the texts and recordings of the Passe-partout series (1969-2004).
Spermatozoides II
Awesome book from this prolific author.
Bernard Heidsieck (November 28, 1928 – November 22, 2014)[1][2] was a French sound poet, associated with various movements throughout a long career: including Beat, American Fluxus, and minimalism. Heidsieck was born in Paris. In the course of his career, he served as vice-president of the Banque Française du Commerce Extérieur in Paris and as president of the Commission Poésie at the Centre National du Livre. He organised the first international festival …
Spermatozoides III
Awesome book from this prolific author.
Bernard Heidsieck (November 28, 1928 – November 22, 2014)[1][2] was a French sound poet, associated with various movements throughout a long career: including Beat, American Fluxus, and minimalism. Heidsieck was born in Paris. In the course of his career, he served as vice-president of the Banque Française du Commerce Extérieur in Paris and as president of the Commission Poésie at the Centre National du Livre. He organised the first international festival …
Poésie Action: Variations sur Bernard Heidsieck
This documentary film directed by Anne-Laure Chamboissier and Philippe Franck, in collaboration with Gilles Coudert, brushes an intimate portrait of Bernard Heidsieck, pioneer in the sound poetry movement since 1955 and founder in 1962 of action poetry. The film takes viewers into Heidsieck's 'double life' as an artist and a banker, exploring his work through a series of conversations and seldom-seen audiovisual archives. Interviews with other major figures from sound poetry add to viewers' unde…
Poeme-Partition X
Alga Marghen is proud to now present this new edition of "Poème-Partition X", extended to the CD format and included in a luxury 96 pages hardbound book, limited to 350 numbered copies. The book reproduces for the first time the complete score, a visual wonder and a major experimental printed work. Bernard Heidsieck memories of an historic lecture at the Jean Tinguely atelier is included as an introduction, as well as his testimony on Ian Sommerville and Brion Gysin's "Dream Machine". Also on th…
50/70
50/70 presents a set of fantastically stirring performances by sound-poet and heroic cultural activist Bernard Heidsieck. Fantastic verbal anarchy sure to appeal to anyone who has ever ventured deep into the margins of free-thinking labels like ESP, United Dairies, Come Org. Features '”Poème-Partition ‘B’”' (1957), for Bernard de Pontcharra, killed in Algeria; “Poème-Partition ‘M’”, suggested by a comment made by Henry Miller about “Déserts” by Edgar Varèse; “Démocratie II” (1977) and “Publicité…