As one of the leading protagonists of 20th century experimental art, Henri Chopin was among the first to exploit the true potential of the tape recorder. Many of his audio works are based on radical approaches, such as swallowing microphones. 43-minute documentary featuring memories and expertise of poet and curator Enzo Minarelli.
Only the development of new technologies will mark the progress of sound poetry, explains Enzo Minarelli in his 1987 manifesto on polipoesia. Using eleven sound poems, Minarelli discusses the concept of polipoesia and where it all began.
With the advent of the tape recorder, poetry reached a new dimension in the 1950s. Language was arranged in completely new ways. 37 minutes with Ernst Jandl, Henri Chopin, Neil Mills, Sten Hanson, and others.
Letters and numbers as material of expression. 40 minutes with inventions by Brion Gysin, Demetrio Stratos, Henri Chopin, Lawrence Weiner and others.
