Richard Strange's "Language Is a Virus from Outer Space: A Cut Up" (2014)

London, England: Richard Strange and Southbank Centre (program, ephemera), 2014.
Program: 11.75" x 8.25", 12 pages, stapled wraps.
Addendum sheet: 11.75" x 8.25", single sheet printed both sides.
Masks (each): 10.375" x 8.375", printed with an image of Burroughs in UV inks, with two 0.375" diameter holes punched.

Program and ephemera from Language Is a Virus from Outer Space: A Cut Up, "conceived, curated and directed by Richard Strange", a series of events at Southbank Centre (London, England) which occurred on 11 October 2014, one-hundred years after Burroughs' birth. "A gonzo gala cut-up evening of art, music, film, dance, song and testimony devoted to William S. Burroughs, the celebrated American writer and author of The Naked Lunch". The program contains a brief essay, "'Images, that's what I eat, thousands of images'" by Don Watson, at page 3.

This copy of the program is accompanied by a single sheet of additional acknowledgments as well as two masks of William S. Burroughs, both printed in UV fluorescing ink for Rupert Thomson's "A Few Words from Mrs Burroughs" [an image of these masks glowing in the audience during the performance can be found at the external link below at Richard Strange's website]. This all was acquired as a gift from Aloes Books publisher James Pennington (London, England).

Listed Events: 

• Haroon Mirza: "Falling Rave"
• Dr. Benway: "Introduction"
• Anni Hogan Trio: "Chainsaw. Hogan. Installation. Project."
• Gavin Turk: "Pot Is Fun Pt.1"
• Jeremy Reed and Ginger Light: "WSB Trip-Tick"
• David Coulter and Seb Rochford: "The Branch and the Bundle" and "Silence Is Frightening"
• Bill Nelson: "Artifex"
• Doctors of Madness: "Decondition"
• intermission
• Eryck Brahmania: "We're All Here to Go" (choreographed by Luca Silvestrini)
• Raf and O: "Dream Machine"
• Rupert Thomson: "A Few Words from Mrs. Burroughs"
• Richard Strange, Kate St John, David Coulter, Terry Edwards, Jack Pinter, and Atar Shafighian: "November, from The Black Rider" (originally by Tom Waits)
• We Are Children (We Make Sound), Audrey Riley, Dan Gaylard, Alastair Beveridge, Charlotte Barrow, Robert Mullally, Niels Bax, Richard Bond, Victor Miqueles, Richard Jones, Edwin Ireland, Abi Murray, Jo Kelsey, Jeremy Price, Peter Hunt, and James Woodrow: "Language Is a Virus from Outer Space" (libretto by Richard Strange, composed by Gavin Bryars)

External Links: 

• Richard Strange: "Language Is a Virus from Outer Space"