Audio Arts, collection of twelve original cassette tapes

with ill. wrappers. London, 1974-1982. Includes: Vol. 1 Nos. 1-4; Vol. 2 Nos. 1,3 & 4; Vol. 3 No 2; Vol. 5 Nos. 1, 3-4. Audio Arts was the first art magazine to be published on audio cassette, founded by William Furlong and Barry Barker in 1973. The seminal aural archive of artists’ interviews, commentary and sound works existed over 35 years, producing 25 volumes of four issues each, and a large number of supplements, featuring exclusive contributions from hundreds of artists including Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers, Helen Chadwick, Hermann Nitsch.

(1) Vol.1 No.1 1974: Caroline Tisdall, Ad Reinhardt, Art-Language. (2) Vol.1 No.2: Wyndham Lewis, Michael Craig-Martin, Noam Chomsky. (3) Vol.1 No.3: A question of James Joyce by Margaret Henry. (4) Vol.1 No.4: W.B. Yeats reads The Song of the Old Mother, Anne Yeats, Memories of her father. (5) Vol.2 No.1 1975: Joseph Beuys at the ICA 1974, R. Buckminster Fuller. (6) Vol.2 No.3: Conversation with Edna O'Brien. (7) Vol.2 No.4: Marcel Duchamp (interview by Richard Hamilton), Hermann Nitsch at Basel Artfair 1975. (8) Vol.3 No.2 1976: Recent English Experimental Music featuring John White, Michael Nyman, Howard Skempton, Gavin Bryars et al. (9) Vol.5 No.1 1981: Conversations with Helen Chadwick, Maggi Hambling, Ian McKeever. (10) Vol.5 Nos.3-4 1981: Three tapes plus catalogue in cardboard box. Published in conjunction with the Audio Art show 'Live to Air. Artists' sound work' at Tate London, featuring Acconci, Art & Language, Ulay/Abramovic, Ess, Graham, Roth, Weiner, Willats et al. (total 12)