The Subliminal Report. Starstreams Poetry Series Number 4

MacLise, Angus; Ira Cohen, photog

Published by Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, printed by Sharada Printing Press, Nhusal (Dharmapath), Kathmandu, Kingdom of Nepal, 1975

4to (10.5" x 8.25"), delicate rice paper thread-bound, front-wrapper printed in black on Bhutanese silk paper, illustrated with a woodblock profile of MacLise, situated within a lunar circle. [27] pp., 2 original silver printsMacLise's printed printed signature of Maclise onto rear wrapper. CONDITION: Very good, light wear; contents bright and clean, one small tear to top edge of one page; no losses to the text. An appealing copy. First and only edition. Limited to 500 copies. This copy No. 62. An extended poem by Angus MacLise, a seminal but obscure figure in the New York underground arts and music scene of the '60s. Angus W. MacLise (1938-1979) was an American musician, poet and artist who is best known as the first drummer for The Velvet Underground, who quit over disagreements with the band concerning their first paid show. In the early 1970s, while living in Nepal, MacLise founded Bardo Matrix Press with photographer, poet and publisher Ira Cohen, in which they published their own work as well as the work of Paul Bowles, Gregory Corso, Diane Di Prima and Charles Henri Ford. MacLise died in 1979 in Nepal, aged 41, and was cremated in a funeral pyre. Of the present publication Cohen noted: "The Subliminal Report included two photos printed in silver ink on white machine made paper, one a mylar portrait of Angus taken in New York, the other a stone garuda sinking into the ground in Dhoka Tole just in front of the Raj Photo Shop where the negatives were developed and first printed. There was a very special collaboration going on here between the artists and artisans, Nepalis and foreigners, which was mutually inspiring and gives the books their unique quality. The Subliminal Report was the first book to utilize Bhutanese silk paper as cover stock." REFERENCES: Cohen, Ira. The Great Rice Paper Adventure Kathmandu, 1972-1977 at poetspath online. Seller Inventory # 5577

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Subliminal Report. Starstreams Poetry ...
Publisher: Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, printed by Sharada Printing Press, Nhusal (Dharmapath), Kathmandu, Kingdom of Nepal, 1975
Binding: Hardcover