Henri Chopin (1922-2008)

Henri Chopin died yesterday (03/01/08), at home in England with his family, peacefully.
Henri Chopin's sound poetry
Films of Henri Chopin
Henri Chopin Why I Am The Author of Sound Poetry and Free Poetry" (1967)
Henri Chopin, explorer of the body's voices (1922-2008). For the last forty years, with his sound poetry revue OU (1964-1974), then through his participation in various international sound poetry festivals, through his personal experience in the experimental studios of radio stations in Köln, Paris, Australia, Canada or Sweden and in his concert/performances throughout Europe, Henri Chopin has consistently and unceasingly opened the ways to unexplored spaces beyond all known languages. Thanks to the systematic use of microphones, amplifiers, tape recorders, editing and mixing consoles, he has given a voice to realms beyond modern or experimental music, beyond any note system and headed for spaces without norms, categories, definitions or limits: spaces of permanent metamorphosis. Read more...