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Quartz Studio, Turin
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Henri Chopin
Body Sound Space
Quartz Studio is pleased to present Body Sound Space, the first solo show in Turin by the French artist Henri Chopin (Paris, France, 1922 – Norfolk, UK, 2008), curated by Eva Brioschi. The exhibition strives to give an account of the many paths that this multi-faceted, shaman-like artist took in order to cross the boundaries between the three elements in the title.
Body. This is Chopin’s medium to create his works of sound poetry. The throat, the tongue, the lips, the vocal cords, and the ribcage vibrate, move, and interact with the air. They click and quiver in an exercise about recovering the primitive, ancestral properties of language, emerging free and powerful from the artist’s stomach through his oral cavity.
Sound. The sound particles made through these exercises are the ground zero of vocabulary, syntax, grammar. The word becomes pure creative vital energy, without meaning.
Space. In the space, the body releases the creative urge. His tape recorder experiments, in which he recorded primordial sounds on tapes, then superimposed, cut out, and stuck together, were followed by sculptural works in which he recovers fragments of these tapes, which he terms “sensitive” (as imbued with energy, sound, and life) and mixes them with newspaper clippings, found objects, and marks to create collages and totemic sculptures.
Musical scores are created, made up of letters, words, and graphemes, returned to their signifying value, in a dance of textures, patterns, shapes, which set the pace of typed pages — called Dactylopoems — where typing becomes the mechanical, repetitive medium to give order to the chaos of the word. It removes its ethereal nature and imprisons it in set grids and structures. Over his lifetime, this visionary artist defied every form of prison, from his personal experience of the war and concentration camps to that of intellectual prisons of prejudice, diplomacies, and limitations. The man and the artist are a single entity. Creation through sound and word rendered concrete on paper is an ongoing pursuit of balance between chaos and order, freedom and control, machine and animal. The use of technology has let Chopin go where others have failed, freeing the artist from the tyranny of language.
Biografie
geboren 1922 in Paris/FR
gestorben 2008 in Dereham/UK
Ausgewählte Einzelausstellungen
2021
Henri Chopin: The (Almost) Complete Books, Zines and Multiples (1957-2007), The Galerie, De Montfort University, Leicester
2020
Henri Chopin: Body Sound Space, Quartz Studio, Torino, Italien
2019
Lutte Poétique, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Wien
2017
Graphpoemachines, Supportico Lopez, Berlin
Henri Chopin: From Concrete to Liquid to Spoken Worlds to the Word (retrospective), Centre d'Art Contemporain, Genf
2014
Henri Chopin – Dans L’Essex, Firstsite, Colchester
2013
Gratte Ciel Hors Commerce, New Jerseyy, Basel
L’Énergie Du Sommeil, 1M3, Lausanne
La Crevette Amoureuse, Supportico Lopez, Berlin
2012
Revue OU – Cinquième Saison: An Anthology of Sound Poetry, Argos, Brüssel
OU OU OU: Henri Chopin and Revue OU, Summerhall, Edinburgh
2011
Henri Chopin and the OU Magazine, Fundação de Serralves Porto
Neonlicht#1 – Henri Chopin in het archief Paul De Vree, M HKA, Antwerpen
2010
In Neapel, Supportico Lopez Gallery, Berlin
HENRI CHOPIN, Supportico Lopez Gallery, Berlin
2008
Henri Chopin, Three Minutes, Cubitt Gallery, London
2005
LES FILTRES DE L’ ALPHABET ET DE L’€, Fondazione Morra, Neapel
1998
Henri Chopin, Sonic Memory, Norwich Gallery, Norwich
1993
Henri Chopin: Revue OU, Collection OU, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
1991
Assessorato alIa Cultura, Rom
1989
Galerie Le Lieu, Québec
Galerie Krief, Paris
1988
Galerie Convergence, Nantes
1987
Galerie J & J Donguy, Paris
Galerie Brigitte Schehadé, Paris
1985
Galerie Hundertmark, Köln
1984
The Last Book of the Rich Alphabetical Hours of Henri Chopin, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
1983
Henri Chopin: Revue OU, Collection OU, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Anzart in Hobart, Tasmanien
1979
Poesia Sonora, Studio Santandrea, Milan
Palais Jacques Coeur, Bourges
Jordan Gallery, London
1975
Greenwich Theatre Gallery, London
Galeria Akumulatory, Poznan
1974
Henri Chopin: Ideas Gallery, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1972
Ceolfrith 18: Henri Chopin, Ceolfrith Arts Centre, Sunderland
1968
Fulham Gallery, London
1966
Galleria Alpha, Modena
1963
Galerie Riquelme, Paris
1962
Galerie Saint-Laurent, Brüssel
Groupe Rijklin, Bruges
Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen
2023
I see no difference between a handshake and a poem, Mendes Wood DM, Paris
La Tecnica Del Pensiero, Galleria Tiziana Di Caro, Neapel
2021
Kultur in Bewegung: Meran 1965-1990, Merano Arte, Meran
God Save The Records!, Immanence - Espace d'Art Contemporain, Paris
2020
Zin Ex. From Abstraction to Algorithm, Tabakalera, San Sebastian
Ignacio Gomez de Liano. Forsaking Writing, Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
Fuckers, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Schwaz
2019
Intermedia: Archivio di Nuova Scrittura, Museion- Museo D’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bozen
Haus, Drei, Köln
Le Parole In Rivolta, La Chiarina, Verona
2018
A Matter of Printing, Supportico Lopez, Berlin
2017
New Pleasure, mit Merlin Carpenter, Henri Chopin, George Condo, Dexter Dalwood, Latifa Echakhch, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Kim Gordon, Hilary Lloyd, Claudio Parmiggiani, Steven Parrino, Richard Prince, Matana Roberts, Alan Vega, Christopher Wool – Simon Lee Gallery, New York
From the truer world of other: Typewriter Art from PAMM’s Collection, Pérez Art Museum Miami
This is a Voice, Museum of Applied Arts & Science, Powerhouse Museum Ultimo, Sydney
Sites of Knowledge, kuratiert von Melissa Bianca Amore & William Stover, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York
Integration Alone is not Enough: Selected Works of British Concrete Poetry 1960-1980, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London
2016
Poésie Balistique, mit Marcel Broodthaers, Henri Chopin, Liz Deschenes, Thomas Hirschhorn, Scott Lyall, Dora Maurer, Helen Mirra, Dominique Petitgand, Christopher Williams, Channa Horwitz und weiteren, La Verrière – Hermès Fondation Brussels
Concerning Concrete Poetry, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
2015
Poem N°0000000000000000000000000000,9 mit Julian Beck, Adriano Costa, Lenora de Barros, Natalie Häusler, James Hoff, Karl Holmqvist, Zin Taylor, curated by Supportico Lopez, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo
La mot et la chose, Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris
Collecting Lines – Drawings from the Ringier Collection, Villa Flora, Winterthur
PÊCHE DE NUIT (oh well ah well yes well) / A project of Supportico Lopez, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich
OU: UR: SOURCE, La Plaque Tournante, Berlin
2014
Go and come back, mit Julian Beck, Marco Bruzzone, Henri Chopin, J. Parker Valentine, Supportico Lopez bei Paradise Garage, Los Angeles
Der Leone Have Sept Cabeças, Crac Alsace, Altkirch
… all silent but for the buzzing …, Royal College of Art Galleries, London
2013
Revue Ou, Poesie Sonore, Poesie Ouverte, Poesie Konkret 1964-1974, Oslo 10, Münchenstein
Homes & Gardens, Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles
Poetry & Performance, mit Ida Applebroog und Gina Pane, Richard Saltoun, London
Anton Voyls Fortgang /A Void, mit Guy De Cointet und Channa Horwitz, Kunstsäle Berlin, Berlin
Vocal Folds, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne
Die dritte Dimension, mit Natalie Häusler, Giulio Delvé, Maria Adele Del Vecchio, Supportico Lopez bei Frutta Gallery, Rom
Anton Voyls Fortgang /A Void, mit Guy De Cointet und Channa Horwitz, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
2012
It’s When It’s Gone That You Really Notice It, Simone Subal Gallery, New York
Face to Face, Deakin University, Melbourne
Ecstatic Alphabet/Heaps of Language, MOMA, New York
2010
Novel, Dépendance, Brussel
2009
Poor. Old. Tired. Horse., ICA, London
1967
Henri Chopin, Julien Blaine, Francois Dufrene and HW Muller, Konzert in Musée d’art Modern de Ville de Paris
Ausgewählte Presse
2013
Astrid Mania, Henri Chopin, Supportico Lopez, Artforum, September, p. 425
Vincenzo Latronico, Henri Chopin’s “La Crevette Amoureuse”, Art Agenda, May
2012
Tim Griffin, Ecstatic Alphabets / Heaps of Language, Artforum, December, pp.238-241
2011
Why I am the author of sound poetry and free poetry, Nero, No. 27, Autumn, pp.59-66
2009
Limitless Voice(s), Intensive Bodies: Henri Chopin’s Poetics of Expansion, Mosaic, Vol. 42, No. 2
1983
Nicholas Zurbrugg, The Limitations of Letterisme: An Interview with Henri Chopin, Visible
Ausgewählte Publikationen
2015
En Guises d’Autobiographie Forcément Incomplète, Lemon Melon & Richard Saltoun Gallery, London
2014
Henri Chopin, De la Démocratie / Of Democracy, Motto Books & Supportico Lopez, Berlin
2013
Anton Voyls Fortgang/A Void, Henri Chopin, Guy De Cointet and Channa Horwitz, Spector Books, pp. 27-29, Leipzig
2008
Ed. Giannantonio Morghen, Henri Chopin, Espace Frémissant, Associazione Renzo Cortina, Milan
2007
Le Cahier du Refuge 162, Centre International de Poésie, Marseille
2006
Graphpoemesmechine, Zero Gravità, Biella
2002
J’ose! – défier, Archivio F. Conz, Verona
2001
Panorama, Ottezec Editions, Geneva
1994
Hors-l’or (Appel à L’orage de L’oral), Cahiers de nuit, Caen
1993
Ed. Richard Meyer, - & +, Voix Editions, Montigny
1992
NAISSANCE REELLE (clartés de la poésie sonore), Berenice Editions, Rome
Les Hippocampes Noirs, Agius Editions, Geneva
Ed. Henri Chopin and Paul Zumthor, Les Riches Heures de l’Alphabet, Edition Traversière, Paris
Ed. Nicholas Zurbrugg and Marlene Hall, Henri Chopin, Queensland College of Art Gallery
1991
Alphabet pour Gratte-Ciel, Galerie Jordan Editions, Paris
L'esperluette et Ie Couillard (Légende), Atelier d'art LP Rougier Editions, Ivry-sur-Seine
Poème Froufroutant Électronique, Lô "Ie bibelot" Editions, Verson
1990
Squelette du Verbe et Alentour, B.G. Lafabrie Editions, Paris
Graphèmes en Vibrance, Petit Classique du Grand Pirate Editions, Chelles
Mil 1000 Mille Dates, Guy Schraenen Editions, Antwerp
Squelette du verbe et alentour, B.G. Lafabrie Editions, Paris
1987
Petit Livre des Riches Heures Signistes et Sonores, J & J Donguy Editions, Paris
Passementeries, Ottezec Editions, Nîmes
Henri Chopin, Galerie Brigitte Schéhadé, Paris
1986
Ray to the Rays, Francesco Conz, Verona
1985
La Conference de Yalta, Edizioni Morra, Naples
1984
Enluminures, Edizioni Morra, Naples
The Last Book of the Rich Alphabetical Hours of the Chopins, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow
1982
Concerto en Zhopin Mineur, Artista, Paris
16 Typewriter Poems, Edition Armin Hundertmark, Cologne
1980
Three Tubes, Coriander Studio, London
1979
Henri Chopin – Poésie Sonore Internationale, Jean-Michel Place Editions, Paris
1978
Portfolio Chopin, Editions Ottezec. With Cozette De Charmoy and William S. Burroughs, Geneva
1976
Henri Chopin, The Cosmographical Lobster: A Poetical Novel, Gaberbocchus Press, London
1975
À propos de OU, Revue OU/Cinquième Saison, E. Veys Editions, Tielt
Chronique 74, Revue OU/Cinquième Saison, Ingatestone
Portrait des 9 (Marche Commun), Guy Schraenen Editions, Antwerp
Signs/Signes, Ruby Editions, London
1974
Henri Chopin: Ideas Gallery. Graphics, Objects and Other Poems, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1972
Le Cimetière, Henry Fagne Editions, Brussels
Ceolfrith 18, Ceolfrith Press, Sunderland
1970
Le Dernier Roman du Monde, Cyanuur Editions, Brussels
Pêche de Nuit. Notes for 45rpm record in Le Dernier Roman du Monde, Editions Cyanuur, Wetteren
1969
Uncorrect poem for Henri Chopin, Openings Press, Woodchester
1967
Why I am the Author of Sound Poetry and Free Poetry, Festival de Fort Boyard, in: Revue OU 30/31, Musée d’art Moderne, Paris
1958
Ed. Tour de Feu, Chants de Nuit. Jarnac
L’arriviste, Caractères, Paris
1957
Présence, Revue Poésie Nouvelle, Paris
Regard Tota
Chants de Nuit, Tour de Feu , Jarnac
Signes, Caractères, Paris
Ausgewählte Diskografie
1994
Staccati en glissando: pour une voix humaine (radiophonic music)
Henri Chopin, les 9 saintes-phonies: a retrospective
1979
Les Chuitantes Respirant
1973
You Vetigo Vertige
1972
Poésie Sonore, S Press
1971
Audiopoems, Tangent Records, UK
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