Philippe-Alain Michaud: Beat Generation and the Bricolage in the Age of Reproducibility

Thu, April 20, 2017 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm CEST, Lecture
Following a curatorial guided tour through the »Beat Generation« exhibition, Philippe-Alain Michaud talks about the movement and their stylistic means.
The so called »Beat generation«, that appears just after the Second World War is the first generation of writers to make a systematic use of the technics and tools of reproductibility. Firstly, the typewriter is not only employed as a simple tool but also allows to speed up and mechanize the process of writing. Furthermore, the phonograph, the mimeograph and the tape recorder are used to transform the very nature of language. In adopting the culture of reproductibility, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and many others were breaking with the old myth of romanticism to create a new literature freed based on the concept of subjectivity.
- Organization / Institution
- ZKM | Karlsruhe
Accompanying program
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- Thu, April 27, 20176 pm
- Beat Women, Beat Chicks, Bohemiennes.
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Lecture
Medialounge
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- Sat, April 22, 201711 am
- On The Road
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Workshop
Medienwerkstatt
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- Thu, April 20, 20176.30 pm
- Philippe-Alain Michaud: Beat Generation and the Bricolage in the Age of Reproducibility
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Lecture
Foyer
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- Thu, April 20, 20175 pm
- Kuratorenführung mit Philippe-Alain Michaud in »Beat Generation«
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Guided Tour
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- Thu, April 13, 20176.30 pm
- Jami Cassady: Off the Road
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Lecture
Foyer
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- Sun, April 09, 201711 am
- Zines
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Workshop
Lichthof 9 / BÄM (1. OG)
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- Fri, April 07, 20174 pm
- Überschreitungen – Kirche im ZKM
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Guided Tour
ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien
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- Thu, March 23, 20176.30 pm
- Jean-Jacques Lebel: Living with the Beats in the Past and the Present
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Lecture
Foyer
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- Thu, March 23, 20175 pm
- Curatorial guided tour in English with Jean-Jacques Lebel
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Guided Tour
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- Sun, March 19, 201711 am
- Zines
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Workshop
Lichthof 9 / BÄM (1. OG)
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- Sun, March 12, 201711 am
- Dream Machine @BÄM
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Workshop
ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien
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- Sat, February 18, 20179 am
- On The Road
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Workshop
Medienwerkstatt
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- Sun, January 15, 201711 am
- Dream Machine @BÄM
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Workshop
ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien
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- Fri, November 25, 20167 pm
- Opening: Beat Generation
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Opening
Lichthof 8+9