Zaj

Ephemera from the Zaj group, a music and performance art collective that was formed in 1959 in Milan, Italy by composers and intermedia artists Walter Marchetti and Juan Hidalgo, with the support of John Cage. Other participants in the group included the writer, concrete poet and diplomat José Luis Castillejo and performance and interdisciplinary artist Esther Ferrer. 

During the 1960s, members of Zaj took part in various Fluxus events organized by George Maciunas, and the Something Else Press included their work in the Great Bear pamphlet series. 

Marchetti disbanded the group is in 1993. 

Walter Marchetti | Arpocrate seduto sul loto

Walter Marchetti

Arpocrate seduto sul loto 

Madrid, Spain: Artes graficas Luis Pérez, 1968

[unpaginated], 21.5 x 30 cm., softcover

Edition size unknown

Rare artist book containing various scores and performance materials from the zaj artist who died in 2015 of a heart attack at the age of 84. The book covers works made from the years 1965 to 1966. 

Walter Marchetti | noche zaj

Walter Marchetti

noche zaj

Madrid, Spain: el grupo zaj, 1969

22.3 x 17.7 cm

Edition size unknown

Walter Marchetti cofounded the ZAJ group in Madrid in 1964, with Juan Hildago and Jose Luis Castillejo.This silk screened blue and silver card features abstract stars as circles placed on a grid. The card was remade in 1983 as a larger silkscreen work, published in an edition of 30 copies by Edizioni Francesco Conz.

noche zaj is available for $175.00 US from The Idea of the Book, here.