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Exploding Tongues: Language, Art, and the Russian Avant-garde Main Menu Back to Futurism: Russian Artist Books Introductory Page by Chris Gilman BookENDS: A Working Theory of Textuality as Cultural Dominant, 1912- An Introduction and Conclusion to a Semester's Investigation into the Book Arts as an Avant-garde Practice Book Case Studies Collaborative Research by Case Studies Big Bang: Timeline of Russian Avant-Garde Book Arts and Their Cultural Impacts A Timeline of Russian Avant-Garde Book Arts and Their Cultural Impacts CoaRse CaLIBration ARTS 227 "Introduction to Letterpress Printing" (Pedersen) and CSLC134/RUSN334 "Exploding Tongues" (Gilman) NthOlogy A limited edition collaborative book arts project by students of ARTS 227 (Pedersen) and CSLC 134/RUSN 334 (Gilman), Spring, '17 MANIFESTERS (AB & Kelly): A portfolio of process and products Appendix: A Path Through Russian Avant-Garde Books ILiADS (Institute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship)

lidantIU farAm, a play by Il'ia Zdanevich (1923)

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Reading Room: Russian Avant-Garde Books from the Getty Digital Collections Christopher Gilman
Contents of this tag:
1. Kruchenykh, Aleksei. Vzorvalʹ (Explodity), 2nd Ed. (1913)
2. Kruchenyk. Pomada (Pomade), 1913
3. Burliuk, D. and N., et al. Poshchechina obshchestvennomu vkusu : stikhi, proza, statʹi (A Slap in the Face of Public Taste: Poetry, Prose, Essays), 1913
4. Tango with Cows: Ferroconcrete Poems, by Vasilli Kamenskii, with illustrations by David Burliuk
5. Kruchenykh, A. Starinnaia liubov'; Bukh lesinnyi (Ancient Love; Forest Rapidly), 1913
6. Kruchenykh, Aleksei. Dve poemy Pustynniki Pustynnitsa (Two Poems: Hermits, Hermitess), 1913
7. Kruchenyk Te li le 1914
8. Kruchenykh. Starinnaia liubov' (Ancient Love), 1912
9. Igra v adu
10. Sadok sudeĭ Illustrated literary miscellany. Pt. 1 (1910) includes works by D. Burli︠u︡k, N. Burli︠u︡k, A.M. Geĭ (Aleksandr Gorodetskiĭ), E. Guro, V. Kamenskiĭ, V. Khlebnikov, S. Mi︠a︡soedov, E. Nizen (Ekaterina Guro), and ill. by V. Burli︠u︡k. Pt. 2 (1913) includes works by D. Burli︠u︡k, N. Burli︠u︡k, E. Guro, V. Khlebnikov, A. Kruchenykh, B. Livshit︠s︡, V. Mayakovsky, "Milit︠s︡a", E. Nizen, and ill. by D. Burli︠u︡k, V. Burli︠u︡k, N. Goncharova, E. Guro, M. Larionov
11. Kravtsov, Andrei. Nagoi sredi odetykh (Naked Among the Dressed), 1914
12. Slovo kak takovoe
13. Kruchenykh, A. and Khlebnikov, V. Bukh lesinnyi. (Forestly Rapid), 1913
14. Pobi︠e︡da nad solnt︠s︡em : opera A. Kruchenykh
15. Mayakovsky, Vladimir. Vladimir Mayakovsky : a tragedy by Vladimir Mayakovsky which ran in 1913 at the Luna Park Theater, St. Petersburg., 1914
16. lidantIU farAm, a play by Il'ia Zdanevich (1923)

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Book Page Project Proposals 21 Description of project options and examples of historical precedents from the Russian Avant-garde plain 2017-03-28T19:32:37-07:00
ASSIGNMENT PROMPT (DUE Tuesday, 3/28 midnight)
Students in ARTS 227 and CSLC 134 / RUSN 334 will collaborate in small groups of 2-3 students on the design, creation and use of print materials to produce one page contribution to a limited edition of a course book inspired by examples from the Russian/Soviet Avant-garde. Text can be composed in any of a variety of styles, from traditionally rhyming and metrically regular to zaum. Layout, design and distribution of text are similarly freed for expression or provocation.

Each student is required to submit a brief (paragraph-length) statement of intent in the form of a Comment submitted by clicking the Comment (speech bubble) button at the very bottom of this page (make sure to scroll past the last media window for "Tango with Cows"). Each statement should indicate which "type" of project it will be (see below), as well as any formal properties the content will have (e.g. text length, layout, graphics, imagery).

Parameters
- Groups must have at least one member from each course
- Each student must submit a proposal
- You may consult with other members of your "Flagration of Vowls" group to propose a joint project
- Projects submitted individually will be grouped by the professoriate on the basis of similarity or compatibility
- Project "types" describe a prototype or precedent, materials and method, but you do not have to emulate the suggested examples
To facilitate project work, we have to constrain the possible approaches to a reasonable number. For your proposals, please select an option from any of the three project types:
1. A simulated lithograph, using the more current "flexographic" technology using Photo Polymer Printing Plates. This method enables free-hand writing and illustration, of the sort exemplified in the famous early zaum poem, "Dyr bul shchyl," by Aleksei Kruchenykh, illustrated by Mikhail Larionov.
2. Suprematist-inspired graphics, using geometric and semi-regular shapes to compose letters, designs, and scattered decorative fragments, such as "Nash marsh" (Our March) from Dlia golosa (1923), a collection of poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky, with typographic/illustrative design by el Lissitzky.
3. Moveable type. This approach allows free and expressive arrangements of consistent or mixed type blocks, such as lidandtIU FarAm (1923), a "Dra" (dramatic play) by Il'ia Zdanevich, or Tango with Cows (1914), a collection of "ferroconcrete" poetry by Vasily Kamensky, with illustrations by David Burliuk.
For each of these methods, limited hybrids and decorative hand-work (such as rubber stamped elements), etc. can be proposed and pursued, with time, equipment and materials considered.