The strange and enchanted life of Isidore Isou

The poet, film-maker and artist Isidore Isou (1925-2007) founded the avant-garde movement called "lettrisme" which is often cited as the missing link between dada, surrealism and situationism and a key influence on the revolutionary ideology of May ‘68. The biography of Isou connects the jewish experience of the shoa in eastern europe, a radical gesture of avantgarde and revolution and a messianic mission to create a new world to live in. On 8th of June 2023 the author of the book "Speaking East - The Strange and Enchanted Life of Isidore Isou" (Reaktion Books, 2021), Andrew Hussey, will give "a beginner's guide to Isidore Isou and Lettrisme" at the ACC Galerie Weimar. We asked him some questions about his book and the presentation in Weimar. More informations about the event in Weimar: https://spektakel.org/the-making-of-a-na...

The poet, film-maker and artist Isidore Isou (1925-2007) founded the avant-garde movement called "lettrisme" which is often cited as the missing link between dada, surrealism and situationism and a key influence on the revolutionary ideology of May ‘68. The biography of Isou connects the jewish experience of the shoa in eastern europe, a radical gesture of avantgarde and revolution and a messianic mission to create a new world to live in.


On 8th of June 2023 the author of the book "Speaking East - The Strange and Enchanted Life of Isidore Isou" (Reaktion Books, 2021), Andrew Hussey, will give "a beginner's guide to Isidore Isou and Lettrisme" at the ACC Galerie Weimar. We asked him some questions about his book and the presentation in Weimar.



More informations about the event in Weimar:

https://spektakel.org/the-making-of-a-na...