COUM Transmissions: Jusqu'à la balle crystal

N.p. N.p., 1975. Original poster for a performance by COUM Transmissions held on February 18, 1975 at the Stedelijk Academy in Ghent, Belgium. The third in a series of five performances in the "Omissions" series, the previous two taking place that same month in Belgium and the final two in May and June in Germany. Scarce, with OCLC locating just a single copy.

The brainchild of Genesis P-Orridge, COUM Transmissions was an influential and controversial performance art group. Using similar techniques as, and occasionally working with, experimental artists William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and the FLUXUS collective, the group created confrontational exhibitions and happenings, frequently utilizing explicit nudity, bodily fluids, and other taboo material. The "Omissions" performances were very much in line with this aesthetic, with tour organizer Jean Paul van Bendegem describing them as "an exploration in the unusual of existing art-disciplines and a research in between these disciplines."

13.25 x 23 inches. Occasional light foxing, else Fine.

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