Birdo…fåglo…whammo – New monster languages (Short introduction)

Teddy Hultberg: Birdo...fåglo...whammo - New monster languages

Birdo…fåglo…whammo – New monster languages

Short introduction to Öyvind Fahlström’s Birds in Sweden

To grasp both Öyvind Fahlström’s artistic development and the basic idea behind his compositions for the radio, there is only one way to begin – with his “Concrete Manifesto”, written in 1953 and one of the first of its kind. At this time the author was leaving his surrealist poetry to find a new way of expression.

Teddy Hultberg: Birdo…fåglo…whammo – New monster languages