Son[i]a #105
Bartomeu Marí about "Gil J Wolman. I am immortal and alive"
“Gil J Wolman. I am immortal and alive” is the first monographic exhibition of Wolman’s work ever held in Spain. A journalist, a revolutionary, a ship’s captain, a drug trafficker, a lorry driver, a barman and an artist, this french artist was a pioneer in researching the intersection and alteration of visual and textual languages. Futhermore, he invented the ‘mégapneumie’, poems of breath and pure sound, which he belched out at his legendary recitals in Paris and also ‘Scotch art’, in which he mutilated and spoiled artworks in order to imbue them with new signs and meanings.
Son[i]a speaks with Bartomeu Marí about the exhibition.
Oriol Vilanova
Oriol Vilanova works with materials from flea markets: postcards, books and other documents which he collects, sorts and recomposes to create new mental journeys.
In this sound piece, Oriol Vilanova recites, one after another and in no particular order, the more than one thousand names of the cities featured in his postcard collection of triumphal arches 'Còpies', one of his works in the MACBA Collection.
Enric Bou
Interview with Enric Bou, professor from the Hispanic Studies Department of Brown University, about visual poetry.
Although Gil J Wolman's seminal sound work has been largely overlooked, it was a precursor of sound poetry and is one of the key elements of Lettrist poetry. This radio show reconstructs the link between Lettrism, sound poetry, and the work of some isolated but fundamental figures.
Bartomeu Marí talks about the MACBA exhibitions for the 2009-2010 season.