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Although his direct involvement with 'official' Fluxus events has been limited, Henri Chopin's Bun voyage to Australia 1983 continuing lifework and experimentation with language and sound are intimately connected with Typewriter with postage stamp collage Fluxus on both a conceptual and a spiritual level. As one of the pioneers of sound-poetry (in which 295 x 21 cm 3M MW i Z C:0 F 3EX C:0 Z u s e Les moiruresdefévrier(The moirés of February) 1988 3E70 3M AMA. 1W 40 3M 3 M T y p e w r i t e r and Letraset - O L 9b SM SM by multiple tape- 29.5 x 21 cm recorder operations) and an exponent of the typewriter poem (in which the design possibilities of 'les doigts titillés pard'irrésistibles envies')fingers titillated by irresistible desire) 1992 the Roman alphabet and other typewriter characters are exploited), his work is intermedial in character and directly linked with the most contemporary aspects of, and technological Typewriter32x24cm developments within, Western culture. Committed to the dissemination of such experimental ideas and activities, Chopin in 1958 began the review Cinquième Saisonwhich published the work of his Private collection fellow poets. In 1964 this review became QU, a packaged collection which was reminiscent of With elegant finesse and subversive humour Chopin links the vocal 'particles' of his sound poems Flux-kits, including recorded sound poetry, multiples, prints and writings from members of the with the characters of his electric typewriter. These small stylish works are not purely typographical; international avant-garde. In more recent years, Chopin has produced a series of screenprinted they operate as visual hybrids. poems which usually address political and social issues. To ray the rays. Poème classique 1984-86 Spaghetti Decorated Ltd or Desdemona solid 1974 Screenprint on fabric ed.1 1/35 Screenprint ed.59/1 00 191.5 x 147cm 76.5 x 56cm Published by Editions Francesco Conz, Verona Private collection Collection: Queensland Art Gallery ) ) ) ) ) )\)))))))))))))) ) ) E)* * 4, ~Y T I ) ) ) ) 5 ) ) § ji I J I J I I JF i I j I I I I J ,: oem N ' OM7tb Ltd I~51 Ico or DESDEMONA SOLID .