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Antonin Artaud
12+ albums
spoken wordAvant-Gardedadaexperimentalsound poetry
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Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (born September 4, 1896, in Marseille; died March 4, 1948, in Paris) was a playwright, actor, director, poet, and artist. Antonin is a diminutive form of Antoine (little Anthony) and was among a long list of names which Artaud went by throughout his life. Antonin Artaud, more about... Antonin Artaud had his first mental breakdown at the age of 16 and, from there on out, spent much of his life in and out of asylums. Diagnosed with “incurable paranoid delirium,” Artaud suffered from hallucinations, glossolalia, and bouts of violent rage. And his treatment probably did about as much harm as it did well. He was prescribed laudanum, which gave him a lifelong addiction to opiates. He endured some truly horrific procedures like electric shock treatment along with the highly dubious insulin therapy, which put him in a coma for a while. In spite of this, Artaud proved to be a hugely influential theorist and playwright, famous for coining the term, “Theater of Cruelty.” His performances were designed to assault the senses and sensibilities of the audience and awaken them to the base realities of life -- sex, torture, murder and bodily fluids. Artaud wanted to break down the boundary between actor and audience and create an event that was ecstatic, uncontained and even dangerous. His ideas revolutionized the stage. As the late great Susan Sontag once wrote, “no one who works in the theater now is untouched by the impact of
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Antonin Artaud: "Pour Finir Avec Le Jugement De Dieu (To Have Done With God's Judgment) (DJ Spooky Remix)"
2802Opening Text
1993Alienation Et Magie Noire
1774Conclusion
1765sound effects and my cry in the stairwell
153601. opening text
1377La recherche de la fécalité
1288Final Sound Effects
126903. the dance of the tutuguri, text
1241008. sound effects and my cry in the stairwell
110albums
Pour en Finir Avec le Jugement de Dieu
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Sound Unbound
Pour en finir avec le jugement de Dieu: Artaud Remix
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Futura Poesia Sonora (Disc 3)
Surrealism Reviewed
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Sound Unbound Audio Companion: Excerpts And Allegories From The Sub Rosa Archives
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To Have Done With The Judgement Of God
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"Pour en finir avec le jugement de Dieu"
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Sound Unbound: Excerpts and Allegories From the Sub Rosa Catalog
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Pour En Finir Avec Le Jugement
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Sound unbound : excerpts and allegories from the Sub Rosa au