bee

Untitled (Barnett's bee), 1959-60

from Ray Johnson: Correspondences, Wexner Center for the Arts/Flammarion, , 1999

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M-O-D-E-R-N Graduates

Clipper Art Book, Hignell Printing Limited, Winnipeg, no date

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Collage, Montage, Assemblage: History and Contemporary Techniques by Norman Laliberté and Alex Mogelon, Van Nostrand Reinhold, NY, 1971

h.h.

Hannah Höch in her studio, 1976
from The Photomontages of Hannah Höch, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1997

(thanks S+C)

Orth

Verschwinden von Restmudigkeit, 1987 / Begleitung zu fliessbandahnlichen Arbeiten, 1988 / Vierermannchen, 1986 / Der echte Feuerfrier - Effekt, 1989
from Dietrich Orth, Portikus Frankfurt am Main, 1997 (german language)
"In his work, Orth investigates a variety of subjects including his own body language, the effects of his prescribed psycho-pharmaceuticals and particular mental/emotional states like rage or dignity. " (from here)
"any smaller or larger disturbances of the feeling of being undisturbed have to be corrected, sublimed, or rerouted." and "the observation and development of the smallest little piece of satisfaction is the strongest weapon against social chaos." - Dietrich Orth (from Artforum, Sept. 1994)

Art Education 12

from Collage and Construction: In Grades 1-4 by Lois Lord, 1958 (Scholastic, 1970)

The Organized Mind

Limbo: The Organized Mind performed by Jim Henson on The Tonight Show, 1974. Music by Raymond Scott. Watch here.

reminded of room weaving

(thanks Simon!)

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barbacollage

Barbabeau's Secret, Annette Tyson & Talus Taylor, 1978, 1982 (Scholastic)

Man of Visions

Howard Finster: Man of Visions, Peachtree Publishers, Atlanta, 1989

previously

prayers of a one man band

Bobby Brown:

The Enlightening Beam of Axonda, Destiny Records, 1972

Live, Destiny Records, 1978

Prayers of a One Man Band, Destiny Records, 1982

For the past fifteen years, Bobby has stuck with his vision of a "one man show", always creating new instruments and new styles of singing and playing as he went along. Bobby's voice is perhaps his most remarkable instrument. Covering a six octave range (possibly the widest range ever recorded) it is capable of creating almost any texture he desires. But his "one man band" orchestra is not to be overlooked. Originally composed of about fifty instruments it contained 311 strings and took three hours to set up and tune. Instruments varied from a tiny electrified spring to a monstrous fifteen foot electrified drone. Some were of original invention, while others were electrified versions of instruments found around the world. With this set, he recorded his first album THE ENLIGHTENING BEAM OF AXONDA. An extension of his doctoral thesis begun at UCLA, it contains a story about possible new discoveries in physics that could lead to technological advances that would in turn lead to a very unique and very optimistic view of the future. -from Live liner notes

3 records by California's Bobby Brown, released on his own Destiny Records label. Despite the low fidelity, Live is my favourite of the 3. It was recorded in his van ("before a small audience - his dog") after he disliked the results of a recording he made while opening for Fleetwood Mac (?!). The Italian label Akarma reissued The Enlightening Beam of Axonda on CD but I don't know whether it was done with his participation.

Is he still around? I hope his rig still exists somewhere.

also here and here (despite what's written, these records are not terribly rare or valuable)