On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, { brad brace } wrote:
> Some poems were read, some music played, in the palest of pale grey modes.
> A number of pictures were presented, beginning with Cubist productions by
> Gris and Leger: the audience sat on its hands. The mood changed, however,
> when recent works by Picabi were unveiled, one consisting of inscriptions
> in large black letters on a light ground, including the letters
> "L.H.O.O.Q." which, when read aloud (elle a chaud au cul) form, as every
> French schoolboy knows, the phrase: she's got the hots. At the sight of
> this the audience began to get noisy, and the tumult was increased by the
> sight of another Picabia work, this time done in chalk on a blackboard.
> Part of this consisted of the words "RIZ AU NEZ," which, read out loud,
> can mean either "rice in the nose" or "laugh in your face" (ris au nez).
> The noise level rose further: at this point Breton, as had been arranged,
> wiped the blackboard clean of its transient Picabia with a damp sponge.
> More poems were read.. .. .:.:~:. :.:~ .. .: ~:.. .:.:~:. :.:~ .. .: ~:
Very good. Anything else? =)
