Open Creation and its Enemies - Asger Jorn

A photo of Jorn in woodland is obscured by "Lettrism is dead long live Lettrism" printed repeatedly in blue and red lettering

Originally published in Internationale Situationniste #5 (December 1960).

Author

Fabian Tompsett

Translated by Fabian Tompsett and then published by the London Psychogeographical Association, 1993. PDF version below published by Unpopular Books, 1994.

Contents

Preface to the English Edition
Originality and Magnitude (on the system of Isou)
Open Creation and its Enemies (below)
Manifesto
Commentary

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OpenCreationAndItsEnemies.pdf (11.04 MB)

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