HenriChopin

Biography
Henri Chopin (1922 Paris, France – 2008 Dereham, UK) was a French poet, typographer, musician, independent publisher, and a pioneer of sound and concrete poetry. A vanguard artist, he is most known for liberating sound and language from typographical conventions, notably through his dactylpoème (typewriter poems) and audio-poémes. Back in Paris, Chopin approached avant-garde poetics and the “oral” experimental poetry from Czechoslovakia, Russia, Poland, and the Baltics. Chopin’s performances and recordings emphasize the organicity of the human anatomy and its reverberating effects on the outside. From nasal vibrations to guttural cries or infamously swallowing a probe for La Digestion (1974), his explorations of human noise obliterate the tone between inside and outside, chaos and harmony further manipulated and pioneered through studio and tape recorder experiments. An “éminence grise,” as Francesco Conz described him, Chopin’s poetry found a home in Conz’s support and enthusiasm for multiples. This long-lasting friendship produced numerous editions, such as To ray the rays: Poème Classique (1984–1992), with varied color and typographic patterns. Among Chopin’s notable publications include Le dernier roman du monde (1961), Le homard cosmographique (1965), Poésie Sonore Internationale (1979), Les Riches Heures de l‘Alphabet (1992) and Graphpoemesmachine (2006) published by Archivio Conz. Throughout his career, he exhibited and performed internationally at the Whitechapel Gallery, London (1974), the Centre Pompidou, Paris (1983), the ICA, London (2009), The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2012), the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (2013), and the Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva (2017).
Artworks (38)
- Henri Chopin
To ray the rays: poème classique (Dactylopoème), 1984, 1986, 1992 - Henri Chopin
Patriote, 1995 - Henri Chopin
Untitled, 2006 - Henri Chopin
Plus de Piano pour Chopin, 1987 - Henri Chopin
To Ray the Rays: poème classique, 1984-1986, 1992 - Henri Chopin
La Ronde, 1994 - Henri Chopin
Untitled, 2006 - Henri Chopin
To ray the rays: poème classique (Dactylopoème), 1984, 1986, 1992 - Henri Chopin
To Ray the Rays: poème classique, 1984-1986, 1992 - Henri Chopin
On recherche les tueurs, 1967, 1990 - Henri Chopin, Robert Watts
Fun With Fluxus, 1984 - Henri Chopin
To Ray the Rays: poème classique, 1984-1986, 1992 - Henri Chopin
To Ray the Rays: poème classique, 1984-1986, 1992 - Henri Chopin
Henri Chopin, 1992 - Henri Chopin
To Ray the Rays: poème classique, 1984-1986, 1992 - Henri Chopin
Untitled, 2005 - Henri Chopin
To ray the rays: poème classique (Dactylopoème), 1984, 1986, 1992 - Henri Chopin
To ray the rays: poème classique (Dactylopoème), 1984, 1986, 1992 - Henri Chopin
Graphpoemachines, 2006 - Henri Chopin
Pure Ouverture - Une danse mémorable, 1984 - Henri Chopin
Les Riches Heures Magnétiques, 1987 - Henri Chopin
To Ray the Rays: poème classique, 1984-1986, 1992 - Henri Chopin
Fétiche à Conz, 2006 - Henri Chopin
Cadavre, 1986 - Henri Chopin
To Ray the Rays: poème classique, 1984-1986, 1992 - Vittore Baroni, Sergio Cena, Jakob de Chirico,…
BAU 3, 2007 - Henri Chopin
Magnétophone imaginaire, 1978-1979 - Henri Chopin
To ray the rays: poème classique (Dactylopoème), 1984, 1986, 1992 - Henri Chopin
Untitled, 2005 - Henri Chopin
Pour D.S., 1990 - Henri Chopin
J'ose!, 1992 - Henri Chopin
Quelle fatigue, 1987 - Henri Chopin
Untitled, 1977 - Henri Chopin
Untitled, 2006 - Henri Chopin
J'ose défier, 2002 - Henri Chopin
La Poète Usé, 1989 - Henri Chopin
To Ray the Rays: poème classique, 1984-1986, 1992 - Henri Chopin
To Ray the Rays: poème classique, 1984-1986, 1992