"Monster languages" is the expression Swedish artist Öyvind Fahlström (1928-1976) used to refer to his experiments in creating new languages: "birdo," based on American bird sounds; "fåglo," based on Swedish bird sounds; and "whammo," based on onomatopoeic expressions in comic books. Of the few works that Fahlström produced employing "monster languages," the 1963 radio play Fåglar i Sverige [Birds in Sweden] is the most ambitious.
Listen to samples of Fåglar i Sverige by clicking here.
Fahlström stayed with Jasper Johns in Charleston SC while working on the beginning stages of this project. While there he created notational poetic word outlines that diagrammed his understanding of bird sounds, songs, and calls. Game structures with organized arbitrariness were one of his approaches for the creation of what he called, "life material."
Listen to samples of Fåglar i Sverige by clicking here.
Fahlström stayed with Jasper Johns in Charleston SC while working on the beginning stages of this project. While there he created notational poetic word outlines that diagrammed his understanding of bird sounds, songs, and calls. Game structures with organized arbitrariness were one of his approaches for the creation of what he called, "life material."
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