For solo voice-overs/recording(s) or several voices (& recording) (= Do It Yourself iv), indeterminate duration

This work has been inspired by the mainly French writers’ group Oulipo who used simple arithmetic processes to create very unexpected texts often with a good deal of humour, a trait shared with the composer. The title also suggests an inspiration from the Chinese poet, Li Po. In any event its title is a play on words. Using several techniques borrowed from Oulipo and involving layers of spoken text, this work can be followed in terms of literal content, the techniques can be often followed and, of course, the resultant total sound. In the recording below, the composer performs live with recorded voices of Elise Lorraine, Clarence Barlow and his own). It is followed by its score. The piece is discussed at some length in the 1983 book chapter, “Oo, Li Po”, in Henriette Ritter and Annelies Schulte Nordholt, eds. La Révolution dans les lettres. Rodopi (Amsterdam) 381–390 (see publication list).