Rob Swift - OuMuPo, Vol. 2

In the 1960s, French surrealists Raymond Queneau and François Le Lionnais started the literary movement Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, or OuLiPo (which translated means Workshop for Potential Literature), and which was designed to foment the creation of new forms of writing by imposing limits upon it. From that came other branches for painting, film, music, cartoons, and even cooking. Two of these spinoffs, Ouvroir de Musique Potentielles (OuMuPo, for music) and Ouvroir de Bandes Dessinées Potentialles (OuBaPo, for comic strips), were used together in the French label Ici d'Ailleurs' OuMuPo series. Read More