Thursday, July 31, 2025
"Chapeau, "Bernard Heidsieck
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Bernard Heidsieck was a French sound poet, associated with various movements throughout a long career: including Beat, American Fluxus, and minimalism.
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Chapeau (Passe-Partout No L1.) Bernard Heidsieck 1970 France.
"Chapeau, finished in July 1970, is the latest in Bernard Heidsieck's new series of action poems (called Passe-Partout) based on real-life stories.
A few years ago, a Danish soldier was thoroughly bored during OTAN exercises. As he was a radio-operator he relieved his boredom by reading on the radio parts of a book which he had in his pocket, Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancers.
This kind of literature astonished the staff at SHAPE headquarters. When it was finally discovered where the offending broadcasts were coming from, the poor soldier was sentenced to 15 days in jail.
Heidsieck's own voice is used in this treatment of the story, which is pointed to bring out its surrealist qualities by electro-acoustical treatment."
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