The Global Sixties in Sound and Vision

The Global Sixties in Sound and Vision

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The Global Sixties in Sound and Vision Media, Counterculture, Revolt Edited by Timothy Scott Brown and Andrew Lison

THE GLOBAL SIXTIES IN SOUND AND VISION Copyright Timothy Scott Brown and Andrew Lison, 2014. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-1-137-37522-3 All rights reserved. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN in the United States a division of St. Martin s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave and Macmillan are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-47726-5 ISBN 978-1-137-37523-0 (ebook) DOI 10.1057/9781137375230 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The global sixties in sound and vision : media, counterculture, revolt / edited by Timothy Scott Brown and Andrew Lison. pages cm 1. Counterculture History 20th century. 2. Art and society History 20th century. 3. Mass media Social aspects History 20th century. I. Brown, Timothy Scott, editor of compilation. II. Lison, Andrew, author, editor of compilation. HM647.G56 2013 306.4 00904 dc23 2013029569 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: May 2014 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Contents List of Illustrations vii Introduction The Global Sixties in Sound and Vision: Media Counterculture, Revolt 1 Timothy Scott Brown and Andrew Lison Chapter 1 A Red Noise: Pop and Politics in Post-1968 France 15 Jonathyne Briggs Chapter 2 Mapping Tropicália 29 Christopher Dunn Chapter 3 Magical Mystery Tours: Godard and Antonioni in America 43 David Fresko Chapter 4 Turning Inwards: The Politics of Privacy in the New American Cinema 65 Joshua Guilford Chapter 5 Utopia and Dystopia in Science Fiction Films around 1968 83 Kathrin Fahlenbrach Chapter 6 Musical & Magical Counterpoint : Language, Sound, and Image in Wallace Berman s Aleph, 1956 1966 101 Chelsea Behle Fralick Chapter 7 Guitar Smashing: Gustav Metzger, the Idea of Auto-destructive Works of Art, and Its Influence on Rock Music 119 Wolfgang Kraushaar Chapter 8 The Revolution Is Over and We Have Won! : Alfred Hilsberg, West German Punk, and the Sixties 135 Jeff Hayton

vi Contents Chapter 9 Kevin Fellezs Chapter 10 Samir Meghelli Chapter 11 Francesca D Amico Chapter 12 Melissa L. Mednicov The Sun and Moon Have Come Together: The Fourth Way, the Counterculture, and Capitol Records 151 A Weapon in Our Struggle for Liberation : Black Arts, Black Power, and the 1969 Pan-African Cultural Festival 167 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, But It Will Be Recorded: Soul, Funk, and the Black Urban Experience, 1968 1979 185 Jukebox Modernism: The Transatlantic Sight and Sound of Peter Blake s Got a Girl (1960 1961) 211 Chapter 13 Uninteresting Pictures: Art and Technocracy, 1968 227 Joshua Shannon Chapter 14 1968 and the Future of Information 245 Andrew Lison Notes on Contributors 275 Index 279

Illustrations Cover image from The International Times vol. 1 no. 26 (Feb. 16 29, 1968) courtesy of Mike Lesser and The International Times archive: http://www. internationaltimes.it/ 2.1 Hélio Oiticica, Tropicália, 1967. Courtesy of Projeto Hélio Oiticica 35 3.1 Zabriskie Point, dir. Michelangelo Antonioni (Warner Home Video, 2009) 48 3.2 Zabriskie Point, dir. Michelangelo Antonioni (Warner Home Video, 2009) 49 3.3 One Plus One/Sympathy for the Devil, dir. Jean-Luc Godard (Raro Video, 2005) 56 3.4 One Plus One/Sympathy for the Devil, dir. Jean-Luc Godard (Raro Video, 2005) 57 6.1 Film still of Verifax collage, Aleph, dir. Wallace Berman (1956 66), Estate of Wallace Berman / Photo Courtesy Anthology Film Archives 105 6.2 Film still of The Rolling Stones, Aleph, dir. Wallace Berman (1956 66), Estate of Wallace Berman / Photo Courtesy Anthology Film Archives 107 6.3 Film still of Shirley Berman s feet, Aleph, dir. Wallace Berman (1956 66), Estate of Wallace Berman / Photo Courtesy Anthology Film Archives 111 12.1 Peter Blake, Got a Girl, 1960 1961, oil paint, wood, photo-collage, and record on hardboard, 37 61 1 3/8 inches, Collection of the Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester, 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London. Photo credit: Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester 212 12.2 Peter Blake, Self-Portrait with Badges, 1961, oil on board, 68 5/8 48 inches, Tate Collection, 2013 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London. Photo credit: Tate, London / Art Resource, NY 217

viii Illustrations 13.1 Douglas Huebler, Variable Piece #4, New York City, November, 1968, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2007. The Panza Collection. Photo credit: Lee Stalsworth. 2013 Douglas Huebler, courtesy Darcy Huebler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 228 13.2 Vija Celmins, Untitled (Ocean), 1968, graphite on paper, 12 5/8 17 9/16 inches, The Art Institute of Chicago, gift of Lannan Foundation, 1997.106 229 13.3 Douglas Huebler, Variable Piece #4, 1968 (details), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2007. The Panza Collection. Photo credit: Lee Stalsworth. 2013 Douglas Huebler, courtesy Darcy Huebler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 230 13.4 Roy DeCarava, Woman and Children at Intersection, 1952, 2013 Sherry Turner DeCarava 231 13.5 Douglas Huebler, Location Piece #1, New York-Los Angeles, February, 1969 (details), 2013 Douglas Huebler, courtesy Darcy Huebler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 232 13.6 Douglas Huebler, Location Piece #5, Massachusetts-New Hampshire, February, 1969 (details), 2013 Douglas Huebler, courtesy Darcy Huebler / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 239 14.1 Joseph Byrd, The Defense of the American Continent from the Viet-Cong Invasion (1966/1968 69) 264