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Emmett Williams

Concrete poet, painter and performer born in Greenville, SC in 1985. He relocated to Germany in the 1950s, he worked closely with Claus Bremer and Daniel Spoerri. In 1962 he meet the Fluxus artist and remained one of the number until he died. Throughout his life, he published but a small number of books, and is generally better known for his Anthology of Concrete Poetry. He died in Berlin on February 14, 2007.

Concrete poet, painter and performer born in Greenville, SC in 1985. He relocated to Germany in the 1950s, he worked closely with Claus Bremer and Daniel Spoerri. In 1962 he meet the Fluxus artist and remained one of the number until he died. Throughout his life, he published but a small number of books, and is generally better known for his Anthology of Concrete Poetry. He died in Berlin on February 14, 2007.

The Last French-Fried Potato and Other Poems (Book)
A short but potent collection of poems by Emmett Williams, a central player in Fluxus and the Concrete poetry movement and one of the editors of the Great Bear series. The titular work—subtitled “the ultimate poem”and improvised around the eating of french fries—was originally performed with Robert Filliou in 1964. The six poems herein are characterized on the whole by compulsive flows of language, with short, piston-like lines carrying out obsessive serial modulations to create a perpetually un…
Emmett Williams: Poems 1950 - 2003
Visually dazzling picture disc LP from Fluxus originator & member of the "Darmstadt Circle" of concrete poetry, Emmett Williams. Features poems written 1950-2003, spoken by Emmett, recorded from 2000-2003. "This tiny sampling of my poetic oeuvre is a very mixed bag, as they say; so much so that I'm inclined to call it a bag of tricks. To confuse matters, some of the poems were meant to be looked at rather than read aloud, and others were intended to be performed with sound effects and slide proj…
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