Letter, 3.8 x 8.5 cm, 2.5 x 2.5 cm.
©image: M HKA
Collection: Courtesy Depot Isi Fiszman, Brussels.
"The perfect sound? “O.” A sound that someone would like. The vowel sounds I think are very beautiful. The ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘I’, ‘o’, ‘u’. Anyone of those sounds. The ‘o’ sound is beautiful."
Source: James Lee Byars interviewed by Paul De Vree at documenta 7 in front of The Golden Tower, 1982, Audio fragment from ‘Kroniek’, 10’05”
Add to your list> James Lee Byars.
> Exhibition: James Lee Byars: The Perfect Kiss. M HKA, Antwerpen, 05 October 2018 - 20 January 2019.
> Ensemble: Chapter 3: Question, 1969–1977, Brussels-Mönchengladbach-New York / Hoofdstuk 3: Vraag / Chapitre 3: Question.