George Brecht

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Goes through the standard paradoxes - the class of all classes that do not include themselves, Zeno, Cantor on infinity, the unexpected hanging, etc, and many variations. Slightly confusing layout in that every page has a vaguely relevant quotation at both top and bottom, which breaks up the main text rather abruptly. Mostly of interest to teenage proto-geeks, but I laughed out loud when Russell, worrying about the class of all classes that do not show more include themselves, confides his concerns to Whitehead, who ripostes, "never glad confident morning again!" You bastard, Whitehead, is the thought which probably went through Russell's mind. show less

1st Edition. Octavo, 55 pages printed on different colored stock. Printed wrappers. - First edition. One of 700 copies. "This text was prepared at the request of the Bern Kunsthalle and results from a conversation that was taped in George Brecht's appartment in Köln on June 24 and June 25, 1978.'.

Artist book of fluxus poetry by George Brecht and Robert Filliou. Text in English.

references
"Book as Artwork 1960 / 1972" by Germano Celant. London, United Kingdom : Nigel Greenwood Inc. Ltd., 1972, pp. 65.
"Something Else Press : An Annotated Bibliography" by Peter Frank. Kingston, NY : McPherson & Co, 1983, pp. 22.
"Esthétique du Livre d'Artiste 1960 / 1980" by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix. Paris, France : Jean-Michel Place / Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 1997, pp. 90, 109.

Published by Verlag Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne
pp. 48, 19 x 12 cm. Bibl.: H. Ruhé, "George Brecht. The Editions", Amsterdam-Verona 2005, No. B15