M HKA Ensembles

M HKA, Antwerp

30 March 2012 - 27 April 2011

NEONLICHT [NEON LIGHT] is a series of presentations, where each month a crucial actor from the world of concrete, sonore and visual poetry is exposed. This is done on the basis of documents from the archive of poet-critic-publisher [PAUL DE VREE](http://ensembles.mhka.be/actors/paul-de-vree) (1909-1982). The series, which is part of a research project by art historian Johan Pas, will culminate this year in an archive exhibition and a publication whereof De Vree's own poetic, visual and critical output is brought in dialogue to that of the most prominent figures from his neo-avant-garde network. The first episode of NEONLICHT [NEON] shows documents and publications of [Henri Chopin](http://ensembles.mhka.be/actors/henri-chopin) including the manifesto 'La révolution sera inspirée ou ne sera pas' (s.d., s.p., Parijs, mei-juni 1968) and some numbers of ['Revue OU/Cinquième Saison'](http://ensembles.mhka.be/ensembles/revue-ou-cinquieme-saison). Through Michel Seuphor, the Antwerp avant-gardist exiled in Paris, Paul De Vree comes into contact with Henri Chopin in 1962. This meeting resulted in a close cooperation and brought De Vree's magazine 'De Tafelronde' definitively on the trail of the concrete and sound poetry.

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