Greta Monach
Sound Proof.
Edition of 40. Counter Culture Chronicles is honored to announce the release of Gedichte, a rare collection of surrealistic poetry by legendary artist Meret Oppenheim. These German-language poems reveal an intimate dimension of the visionary who revolutionized modern art with her provocative sculptures and conceptual works. Best known for her iconic Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure) - the fur-covered teacup that became synonymous with Surrealist art - Oppenheim's literary voice demonstrates the s…
Zwevingen with Charles Stein
An edition of 26 copies, archivala releases from different recording sessions, mostly in collaboration with Charlie Morrow (from 1980 to 2010. Greta Monach (1928-2018), an early proponent of computer generated concrete poetry. Greta spent her childhood in indonesia and curaçao. In 1946 she returned to the hague, where she saw abstract painting for the first time, and started to think about abstract (non-semantic) poetry. For decades she experimented without success. from 1946 to 1948 monach stud…
Untitled (Book + 2 Tapes and Ephemera)
Edition of 26 copies. Greta Monach (1928-2018), an early proponent of computer generated concrete poetry. Greta spent her childhood in indonesia and curaçao. In 1946 she returned to the hague, where she saw abstract painting for the first time, and started to think about abstract (non-semantic) poetry. For decades she experimented without success. from 1946 to 1948 monach studied literature at leiden university, then switched to music. She studied the flute for seven years at the royal conservat…
Sound-Proof No. 0
Published and sold on an audiocassette by Ulises Carrìon (recently rediscovered thanks to an important Alga Marghen retrospective LP) , who in 1975 "created" the legendary Amsterdam bookshop-gallery "Other Books & So," the first space dedicated exclusively to artists' publications such as artists' records, books, magazines, postcards, etc.. only 12 cassettes were actually sold. Reissue of a cassette from 1978, a collection of sound poems and concrete poetry by G.J. de Rook, Michael Gibbs, Greta …