Ginsberg’s America (Berkeley, 1956)

This book is a visual rendition of Allen Ginsberg’s delivery of his poem America at Berkeley in 1956. The poem – Ginsberg’s voice – is transcribed and typeset in Times Bold, while the audience’s laughter and comments is painted in Indian ink straight on the silkscreen film. (Printed with Kees Maas at the GRA silkscreen workshop, 2009.)