Artist
Bob Cobbing & François Dufrêne
Experimental sound poets Cobbing and Dufrêne pioneered computer-assisted concrete poetry and avant-garde audio art.
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Bob Cobbing and François Dufrêne were pioneering figures in sound poetry and experimental audio. Cobbing, a British concrete poet, and Dufrêne, a French sound poet, explored the intersection of language, voice, and technology. Their collaborative work employed innovative recording techniques and computer-generated elements, as evidenced by their cassette "Slowly Slowly The Tongue Unrolls / Computer Poem" (1977). Their practice challenged conventional notions of music and language, influencing experimental and avant-garde sound art movements.
