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LUCAS SAMARAS
Born in Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece, 1936. 1948 came to U.S. Obtained citizenship
1955. Studied at Rutgers University 1955-59 (B.A.); Columbia Graduate School 1959-61.
One-man shows include: Reuben Gallery, New York, 1959; The Green Gallery, New York,
1961, 1964. Some group exhibitions: "New Forms-New Media," Martha Jackson Gallery,
1961; "The Art of Assemblage," Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1961; "Lettering by
Hand," Museum of Modern Art, 1962. Lives in New York City.
JACK SMITH
Born in Columbus, Ohio 1932. 1950 came to New York, spent most of his time with theater
groups. Studied dance with Ruth St. Denis and Lee Strasberg. 1951-56 first film
"Buzzards Over Baghdad." Acted in films of Ken Jacobs. 1960 filmed "Overstimulated";
1961 "Scotch Tape" using "creatures from the dark corners of society." 1962-63 filmed
"Flaming Creatures," a controversial film banned in New York state and rejected from the
Third International Experimental Film Competition. Warhol has mentioned the
importance of this film for him. 1963 filmed "Normal Love." 1965 did a play "Rehearsal
for the Destruction of Atlantis" for New Cinema Festival. 1966 worked on "In the Grip of
the Lobster." Essays appear in Film Culture; photographs collected in The Beautiful
Book. Lives in New York City.
GARY SNYDER
Born in San Francisco, California 1930. Spent youth in Seattle, Washington. Attended:
Reed College (B.A.) 1951; Indiana University 1951, University of California, Berkeley,
1953-56 for studies in Oriental languages. Has worked as a logger, Forest Service trail
crew member in Oregon, Washington, California. Became friends with Ginsberg,
Kerouac, Philip Whalen, Michael McClure, and Philip Lamantia. 1956-64 spent mostly in
Japan on a scholarship from the First Zen Institute of America. Prior to living in Japan
worked on an American tanker travelling to the Persian Gulf and South Pacific Islands.
1961-62 spent four months in India; he, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky and Joanne Kyger
met Dalai Lama. 1964 taught in the Department of English at the University of California,
Berkeley. 1965 studied Zen monastery life and training methods through a Bollingen
Foundation grant. Publications include: Rip-rap, 1959; Myths and Texts, 1960; The
Wooded Fish: Basic Sutras & Gathos of Renzai Zen, 1961; Six Sections from Mountains
and Rivers Without End, 1965; The Back Country, 1967; Earth House Hold, 1969. Lives in
Nevada City, California; building a house with Allen Ginsberg.164
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