Avant Garde

[close] A group for fans of books of their own kind, in a class by themselves, incomparable. Genreless books. Books which are "not only different from others but different from everything that is different from others" (Byung Chul-Han, on the difference between "authenticity" and "singularity").

[close] This group is all about any books or other texts related to conceptual or performance art, installations, happenings, Fluxus, anti-art, Dadaism or any other types of experimental art.

[close] for experimental poetry enthusiasts +++++++ from all corners of the avant/arriere-garde... futurism, dada, ultraism, gendai haiku, surrealism, angry penguins, lettrism, haptic poetry, concrete poetry, oulipo, visual poetry, fluxus, cut-up, minimalism, l=a=n=g=u=a=g=e, prakalpana, flarf, performance poetry, new media/digital poetry, conceptualism, scrittura non assertiva, ecopoetry +++++++ (photo and banner: concrete/visual poems by derek beaulieu)

[close] Oulipo (French pronunciation: ​[ulipo], short for French: Ouvroir de littérature potentielle; roughly translated: "workshop of potential literature") is a loose gathering of (mainly) French-speaking writers and mathematicians who seek to create works using constrained writing techniques. It was founded in 1960 by Raymond Queneau and François Le Lionnais. Other notable members have included novelists Georges Perec and Italo Calvino, poets Oskar Pastior, Jean Lescure and poet/mathematician Jacques Roubaud. The group defines the term littérature potentielle as (rough translation): "the seeking of new structures and patterns which may be used by writers in any way they enjoy."