Twittering Machines

The original Merzbau in Schwitter’s Hannover studio

Yves Klein and a model during the performance “Anthropométries de l’époque bleue”
[Anthropometries of the Blue Epoch] at Galerie Internationale d’art contemporain, Paris, March 9, 1960

Maria Popovi
February, 1966

Joseph Beuys
Felt Postcard, 1985

O my

Art Zoyd
Symphonie pour le Jour où Brûleront les Cités

Originally self-released in 1976, Symphonie pour le Jour où Brûleront les Cités (Symphony for the Day Cities Will Burn) zounds zorta like madcap Prog Rock with a much-needed (Dada dark) sense of humor injected with a dose of Boulez. Re-issued by Sub Rosa with new artwork , this is the re-recorded 1980 version along with Deux images de la cité imbécile 1975-76 (Two Pictures of the Stupid City) on side 2. Features Thierry Zaboïtzeff (cello), Alain Eckert (guitar), Gilles Renard (saxophones), Jean-Pierre Soarez (trumpet), Frank Cardon (violin) and Gérard Hourbette (alto violin). A Rock In Opposition classic.

USB Typewriter

Exactly what it looks like. Works with any USB-ready computer or iPad and paper (which one is the backup is up to you). Conversion kit is $74, already converted vintage typewriters start at $699.

“When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.”

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Marcel Duchamp
Poster for the Third French Chess Championship, 1925

Erich Consemüller
“Untitled” (Woman [Lis Beyer or Ise Gropius] in B3 club chair by Marcel Breuer wearing a mask by Oskar Schlemmer and a dress in fabric designed by Beyer)
c. 1926, Private collection; Photo: Estate of Erich Consemüller

c. 1923

This design has been on my mind for 20-some years.