Ake Hodell - U.S.S. Pacific Ocean (including 7" record) RARE text-sound-poetry
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Åke Hodell - U.S.S. Pacific Ocean: A Story about the World Police

Stockholm; Rabén & Sjögren, 1968. First edition.
Measures: 19,5x18,5 cm
Unpaginated [56] pp. + 7" grammophone record in pocket at end. Pictorial wrappers.

Contents and the record are very fine. The record contains the speech "Black Power", by Stokely Carmichael. In this text-sound composition, first performed at the Text-Sound Festival in Stockholm 1968, an American nuclear submarine nearly causes a world crisis by launching its missiles at China.

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Bio:

"Åke Hodell (April 30, 1919 - July 29, 2000, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, text-sound composer, and artist. Son of author Björn Hodell and brother of actor Ulla Hodell.

Hodell was trained as a fighter pilot, but after a crash during practice July 17, 1941, he had to spend the next few years in hospital. This became a turning point and he became a dedicated antimilitarist. Lying in hospital he got to know author Gunnar Ekelöf and Hodell made his debut with Flyende Pilot in 1953. That same spring Hodell and Ekelöf travel to Rome. In his books, Hodell experiments with what he calls elektronismer, while he on stage and in radio in the early 60's works with text-sound composition. During this period he is also active at Pistolteatern in Stockholm. He also created publisher Kerberos." Wikipedia





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