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Emmett Williams was an American poet and visual artist who played a central role in Fluxus and the concrete poetry movement of the mid-20th century. Williams is best known for his ‘Anthology of Concrete Poetry’, a collection of works by international poets and artists, which Williams defined as “direct” poetry, “using the semantic, visual and phonetic elements of language as raw materials” and ‘Sweethearts’. Williams worked closely with Daniel Spoerri and Claus Bremer between 1957-1959 at the fulcrum of concrete poetry and dynamic theatre in Darmstadt. In the early 1960s, Williams was the European coordinator for Fluxus and helped to found the Domaine Poetique in Paris. Between 1966-1970, Williams was the editor, together with Dick Higgins, of Something Else Press, which published numerous books by artists associated with the Fluxus movement. “Life is a work of art and a work of art is life. Fluxus perceived the entirety of life as a piece of music, as a musical process. I think that t

Emmett Williams (April 1925 – February 2007) Emmett Williams was an American poet and visual artist who played a central role in Fluxus and the concrete poetry movement of the mid-20th century. Williams is best known for his ‘Anthology of Concrete Poetry’, a collection of works by international poets and artists, which Williams defined as “direct” poetry, “using the semantic, visual and phonetic elements of language as raw materials” and ‘Sweethearts’ . Williams worked closely with Daniel Spoerri and Claus Bremer between 1957-1959 at the fulcrum of concrete poetry and dynamic theatre in Darmst

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