P.S. Primary Sources on the International Performing Arts

Complete set, Nos.1-7. All published. London, P.S. Publications Association, 1979-1981. Large tabloid, 43 x 30.5 cm, folded in two, approx. 25 pp. With numerous b/w illustrations and photographs. This lot includes surprise bonus material: two original handwritten letters by Dan Graham are paper-clipped to P.S. No.4. (4 pp./3 pp.). Graham writes to Lutgart Reynen in Antwerp, sharing extensive information about the rock and performance scene in New York.

P.S. was edited by Jean-Claude Masson, Roger Ely, David Dawson and Max Eastley. The magazine was one of the first to profile interdisciplinary performance practices and was the precursor of Performance Magazine. Highlights include: Jimi Hendrix Festival (Paradiso Amsterdam), Interview with Kenneth Williams, Jail Warehouse, Whirled Music, Captain Beefheart, Semza Pozcu, Rose Garrard, Monty Python, Anemic Cinema, Edward Muybridge, Gilbert & George, Genesis P. Orridge, Suburb and Relapse, Joseph Beuys in conversation with Rob Con, Mark Pauline, Adrian Henri, Jeff Nuttall, Opal L. Nations, the I.O.U.Theatre, Jazz in Scandinavia, and much more. Light edge-wear to some copies, generally in fine condition. (total 7)