HO NYK September 1, 1971 by Helio Oiticica [White Wine Press No. 10]

"HO NYK September 1, 1971 - Experiment the Experimental - What I Do Is Music - Rap in Progress No. 1 with Carlos Vergara" by Helio Oiticica   Helio Oiticica, a major Brazilian figure, writes of the limits of the art world and of what he understands by the concept of the experimental and of MUSIC as a synthesis of his artistic search. Finally in his coversation with Carlos Vergara he explores the idea of collective participation through his experience with the blocos de samba.   In English and in Spanish. The book can be turned upside down and read in the reverse direction for the two different versions.   Helio Oiticica is a major figure of the Brazilian avant-garde of the sixties and seventies. Oiticica's early works, in the mid 1950s, were greatly influenced by European modern art movements. He was a member of Grupo Frente, founded Ivan Serpa, under whom he had studied painting. His early paintings used a palette of strong, bright primary and secondary colors and geometric shapes inf