11 is HEAVEN

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025

IN THIS ISSUE: Alphonse Allais; Terry Bradford; Norman Conquest; Lynn Crawford; John Dee; S. C. Delaney; Luc Fierens; Shawn Garrett; Edward Gauvin; Paulette Hampton; Isidore Isou; Ben D. Jaeger; Paul Kavanagh; Amy Kurman; Joel Lipman; George MacLennan; André Pieyre de Mandiargues; Marcel Mariën; Sean G. Meggeson; Thomas Owen; Angelo Pastormerlo; Agnès Potier; Bernard Quiriny; Paul Rosheim; Alberto Savinio; Doug Skinner; Corinne Taunay; Michel Vachey; and D. Harlan Wilson.

Featuring

SUBTERRANEAN ART SHARDS
“PAPA BACH”
MARCEL MARIEN’S “AUTOPORTRAIT”
LUC FIERENS COLLAGES
D. HARLAN WILSON SPECULATIVE FICTION
“ISOU: THE JAMES DEAN OF LETTRISM”
JAEGER ON “THE RITES OF ECSTASY

PLUS new translations of André Pieyre de Mandiargues, Michel Vachey, Alberto Savinio, Alphonse Allais, Bernard Quiriny, & Thomas Owen.

TYPO: The International Journal of Prototypes #11
154 pp., trade paperback; $20
ISBN 979-8-9923826-8-6

ISOU ROCKS!

May 10, 2025May 10, 2025

The James Dean of Lettrism is back in this disruptive chapbook. The spirit of Dada lives in Doug Skinner’s first English translation of Considérations sur la mort et l’enterrement de Tristan Tzara—originally unleashed in 2012 in a limited Black Scat edition of 50 copies. Here Isou recounts his bizarre and humorous behavior at Tristan Tzara’s funeral in France.

Isidore Isou, the founder of the artistic movement Lettrism, was a great admirer of the Dadaist Tristan Tzara. So, when Tzara died in 1963, Isou disrupted the funeral to give the great provocateur a properly raucous sendoff. Isou’s lively account of the proceedings is both a polemic against traditional funerals and a warm declaration of his affection and admiration for Tzara.

Tzara in London

March 10, 2013March 12, 2013Leave a comment

Considerations on the Death and Burial of Tristan Tzara by Isidore Isou, (translated by Doug Skinner) was on display recently in London at an exhibition of DADA, LETTRISM, FLUXUS, FUTURISM, SOUND & CONCRETE POETRY, curated by Frédéric Acquaviva. Alas, we were not there for the festivities, but hear that the book was quite popular with attendees.

There are only a few copies remaining in Scat’s limited edition, so if you haven’t nabbed one … now’s the time. CLICK HERE

photos courtesy of Frédéric Acquaviva

Latest Scat Happenings Around the Globe

February 7, 2013February 7, 2013Leave a comment

MOVEMENTS IN MOTION

Frédéric Acquaviva writes from Berlin to inform us of the above exhibition in the UK on March 4^th. Anyone planning to be in London should make a point of attending. Visitors can eyeball & sniff rare specimens of DADA, LETTRISM, FLUXUS, FUTURISM, SOUND & CONCRETE POETRY. You’ll also spot Black Scat’s Considerations on the Death and Burial of Tristan Tzara by Isidore Isou which—like a talisman–will hang suspended from the ceiling in a plastic envelope. For those unable to attend, we’ll be posting photos from the show.

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AIR FRANCE: MISSON IMPOSSIBLE

We’ll also be posting photos of Alain Arias-Misson when he travels to New York City from his home in Paris. There will be many gala events from March 12-19th: an art exhibition, performance of his Public Poem, as well as a series of readings from his new fiction collection, The Man Who Walked On Air & Other Tales of Innocence – published by Black Scat. The book is now available on Amazon in Europe as well as here in the USA.

We will post details of Alain’s whirlwind tour in the near future.

While you’re waiting…