Jean-Michel Espitallier's Salle des Machines Reviewed
Jean-Michel Espitallier played a singular role in the French poetic renewal of the 1990s. In 1989, he co-founded Java, an experimental 'bad genre' review, with Jacques Sivan and Vannina Maestri, rebelling against lyricism. His work Salle des machines is reviewed in artpress n°422, May 2015, p. 81.
Key facts
- Jean-Michel Espitallier was a key figure in 1990s French poetic renewal.
- He co-founded the experimental review Java in 1989 with Jacques Sivan and Vannina Maestri.
- Java was described as a 'bad genre' review that opposed lyricism.
- The review of Salle des machines appears in artpress n°422, May 2015, page 81.
Entities
Artists
- Jean-Michel Espitallier
- Jacques Sivan
- Vannina Maestri
Institutions
- Java
- artpress
- Flammarion
Sources
- artpress —