Hjertet er af gas, ikke benzin!

Altså i titlen på Tristan Tzaras skuespil Le Coeur á gaz har Peter Laugesen gjort opmærksom på i en kommentar. Gaz betyder på fransk ikke benzin, men gas, og my bad! Der sikkert skyldtes en association til 'gasoline' (og Gasolin). Jeg retter nu og opreholder Malinowski-linket, der må sgu være en forbindelse!

Ivans benzinhjerte (4)

Jeg ved ikke, om det er blevet påpeget af andre, men Ivan Malinowskis nyklassiske, opkørt aggressive digt "Benzinhjertet" (som skoleelever nyligt har skullet skrive dansk stil om, fremgår det af google) fra Åbne digte, 1963, kan da blive nødt til henvise direkte (i sin anderledes direktehed (mere tysk end fransk(/rumænsk) dadaisme dér)) til Tzaras hjerte af gas!

BENZINHJERTET

Forude (naturligvis) døden
I bakspejlet landskab på landskab
Konsumerede marker og byer
Afbrændte piger
Spildprodukter
Brugt tid
Blå os
Gas
Målet en verden af ekskrementer
Enorme køkkenmøddinger
Spørg ikke hvorfor
De forbrænder forældre
Æder lærere og idoler
Grammofonplader
Formgivne billigbøger
Du har også et åndeligt røvhul
Om bremserne er i orden
Er af mindre betydning
Men forstoppelse er en dødssynd
Dit liv er et måltid benzin
Hastigt indtaget
Selvbetjening
Speederen i bund
Et flyttelæs på halvfjerds år
Skal gennem dine pupiller
Du skal drikke en sø
Fordøje syv okser
Tredive tønder skov
I form af aviser
Tygge dig igennem en hel botanik
Platin eller plastic:
Ned skal det
Deraf afhænger
Balancen i naturen
Og den fri verdens fremtid
Spørg ikke hvorfor
Forude
Endnu større marker og markeder
Landskab på landskab
Ganske almindelige
Landskaber
Af uvis varighed
Saksen skjult
Jernbaneoverskæring e.l.
I bakspejlet (naturligvis) lutter ragelse
Du inhalerer livet
Du er og bliver et nåleøje
Og tråden har to ender

Davids gashjerte (3)

Da David Bowie optrådte i Saturday Night Live i 1979 var hans kostume inspireret af Sonia Deleunays kostumer til andenopførslen i 1923 af Tzaras Gashjertet, se bare:





(påpeget i denne blogpost, der inkluderer en lille tegnefilm om andenopførslen)

Andys gashjerte (2)

Andy Warhol som medvirkende i Tzaras  Gashjertet (måske som Næsen?)!

 Er det netop blevet afsløret af Blake Gopnik på art.net :

"THE DAILY PIC (#1778): Ever since Larry Fink’s new book of Warhol shots came out a few weeks ago, there’s been much true talk about how full of elegance and insight they are. Some of them, as it turns out, are also full of information, even more exciting for a Warhol biographer like me.
Today’s Pic is captioned “Fashion Shoot” in the book, but it turns out that it’s more than that. With help from Warhol Museum super-sleuths Matt Wrbican and Greg Pierce, I’ve discovered that what we are looking at in this image is a September 7, 1966 reading of the play The Gas Heart by Dada artist Tristan Tzara, as newly translated by the filmmaker Robert Cordier (he’s at right in this image). Wrbican and Pierce put me on to the play’s flyer (below, from a Time Capsule in the Warhol archives), which mentions a cameo by Warhol but leaves out appearances by his ever-present Superstars Gerard Malanga and Ingrid Superstar, seen in front of Warhol in Fink’s photo. And then a glance I got at Fink’s contact sheets proved to me that it’s the same event, since the “Computer Woman” of the flyer is clearly visible in other shots."
(Photo ©Larry Fink; flyer courtesy the Andy Warhol Museum)

Tristans gashjerte (1)

Le Cœur à gaz (Wiki-opslag her), Tristan Tzaras poetisk gakkede dada-skuespil, første gang opført i Paris 1921 og skandale-opført i 1923 ved dadaismens svanesang, multimedie-showet Le Cœur à barbe (det skæggede hjerte), også i Paris, hvor Andrè Breton, der var i konflikt med blandt andre Tzara, sprang op på scenen og kom i karambolage med både skuespillerne, der havde svært ved at flytte sig på grund af Sonia Deleunays kostumer, og andre dadaister og brækkede armen på en vis Pierre de Massot med sin stok.

Personer:

Mund
Øre
Øje
Næse
Hals
Øjenbryn

Sådan begynder stykket i Michael Benedikts oversættelse, hentet på nettet:

(NARRATOR:)

Act One.

The gas heart ...

(introduce the sound of the gas heart)

walks slowly around, circulating widely;

(Pause while we listen to sound of gas heart walking around,

from left to right and back in the audio field. This sound will

persist throughout the duration of the play.)

At one extreme of that circle stands Neck.

At the opposite extreme stands Nose.

Confronting us.

(which means please place Nose and Neck at extreme left and right)

All of the other characters,

Eye, Mouth, Ear, and Eyebrow

enter and leave as they please.

This is the only and the greatest three-act hoax

of the century;

it will satisfy only industrialized imbeciles who believe

in the existence of men of genius.

The Actors are advised to give this production

the attention due a masterpiece such as Macbeth or Chanticleer,

but to treat the author ---

who is not a genius ---

with no respect and to note the levity

of the script which brings

no technical innovation to the theater.

Eye and Mouth now enter the circle

and Eye begins:

(EYE:)

Statues jewels roasts

Statues jewels roasts

Statues jewels roasts

Statues jewels roasts

Statues jewels roasts

and the wind open to mathematical allusions

cigar pimple nose

cigar pimple nose

cigar pimple nose

cigar pimple nose

cigar pimple nose

cigar pimple nose

he was in love with a stenographer

eyes replaced by motionless navels

mister mygod is an excellent journalist

inflexible yet aquatic a good-morning was drinking in the air

what a sad season

(NARRATOR:)

To which mouth responds:

(MOUTH:)

The conversation is lagging isn't it?

(EYE:)

Yes, isn't it.

(MOUTH:)

Very lagging, isn't it?

(EYE:)

Yes, isn't it?

(MOUTH:)

Naturally, isn't it?

(EYE:)

Obviously, isn't it?

(MOUTH:)

Lagging, isn't it?

(EYE:)

Yes, isn't it?

(MOUTH:)

Obviously, isn't it?

(EYE:)

Yes, isn't it?

(MOUTH:)

Very lagging, isn't it?

(EYE:)

Yes, isn't it?

(MOUTH:)

Naturally, isn't it?

(EYE:)

Obviously, isn't it?

(MOUTH:)

Lagging, isn't it?

(EYE:)

Yes, isn't it?

(MOUTH:)

Obviously, isn't it?

(EYE:)

Yes, isn't it