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John Giorno & Anne Waldman
Experimental spoken word and performance art collaboration by John Giorno and Anne Waldman, released 1977.
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John Giorno and Anne Waldman are experimental artists who collaborated on spoken word and performance art projects rooted in the Beat and New York avant-garde traditions. Their 1977 self-titled release on Giorno Poetry Systems documents their work merging poetry, performance, and experimental sound. Both artists have been influential figures in underground literary and multimedia scenes, contributing significantly to the development of performance poetry and avant-garde music aesthetics throughout the late twentieth century.