Ira Cohen

(Deceased)

Ira Cohen, editor, filmmaker, photographer, and poet, was born in 1935. He is the founder of numerous ground-breaking movements and reviews such as the Akashic Record, the Starstreams Poetry Series (Kathmandu), and the Universal Mutant Repertory Company (when he became known as “The Father of Mylar Photography”): he has also worked as contributing editor of publications such as Ins and Outs (Amsterdam), Ignite (New York), the NY Black Book, and Nexus (Dayton, Ohio). Selected volumes of his poetry have been published in Holland (The Stauffenberg Cycle and Other Poems), in Oracle, Arizona (On Feet of Gold, Synergetic Press) and England (Media Shamans Ratio 3 with Gerard Malanga and Angus MacLise), as well as countless audio and CD recordings of performances with diverse artistic collaborators including Paul Bowles, Brion Gysin, William Burroughs and Jack Smith. His photographs have been used on various record covers by artists including Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Pharoah Sanders and other covers for Bill Laswell at Axiom Records.

Publications

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Into the Mylar Chamber
Fulgur Press, Ira Cohen, Into the Mylar Chamber, Occult Photography, Art
Into the Mylar Chamber
Fulgur Press, Ira Cohen, Into the Mylar Chamber, Occult Photography, Art

Between 1968 and 1971, in a loft on New York’s Jefferson Street, the poet, photographer and filmmaker Ira Cohen created some of the most mythic images of the late 1960s.

Fulgur Press, Ira Cohen, Into the Mylar Chamber, Occult Photography, Art

Periodicals

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Abraxas: Volume 2
Fulgur Press, Abraxas, Robert Shehu-Ansell, John Clowder, Marcelo Bordese, Grevel Lindop, Jon Crabb, Allan Graubard, Ian MacFadyen, Edwin Pouncey, Ira Cohen, Mark Titchner, Misior, Dan Harms, Peter Dube, Desiree Isphording, Doreen Valiente, Lauren Simonutti, Residue, Barry William Hale, Robert Fitzgerald, Amy Hale, Talon Abraxas, Cristina Francov, Peter Redgrove, Shani Oates, Edward Gauntlett, Christopher Greenchild, Malgorzata Maj, Heather Tracy, Jack Sargeant, Adi Newton, Ithell Colquhoun, T. Thorn Coyle, Alan Moore, Gavin Semple
Abraxas: Volume 2
Fulgur Press, Abraxas, Robert Shehu-Ansell, John Clowder, Marcelo Bordese, Grevel Lindop, Jon Crabb, Allan Graubard, Ian MacFadyen, Edwin Pouncey, Ira Cohen, Mark Titchner, Misior, Dan Harms, Peter Dube, Desiree Isphording, Doreen Valiente, Lauren Simonutti, Residue, Barry William Hale, Robert Fitzgerald, Amy Hale, Talon Abraxas, Cristina Francov, Peter Redgrove, Shani Oates, Edward Gauntlett, Christopher Greenchild, Malgorzata Maj, Heather Tracy, Jack Sargeant, Adi Newton, Ithell Colquhoun, T. Thorn Coyle, Alan Moore, Gavin Semple

Following the enormous success of the first issue, we are delighted to announce Abraxas No.2 is now available. Substantially larger than the first issue, Abraxas No.2 offers over 200 pages of essays, poetry, interviews and art.

Fulgur Press, Abraxas, Robert Shehu-Ansell, John Clowder, Marcelo Bordese, Grevel Lindop, Jon Crabb, Allan Graubard, Ian MacFadyen, Edwin Pouncey, Ira Cohen, Mark Titchner, Misior, Dan Harms, Peter Dube, Desiree Isphording, Doreen Valiente, Lauren Simonutti, Residue, Barry William Hale, Robert Fitzgerald, Amy Hale, Talon Abraxas, Cristina Francov, Peter Redgrove, Shani Oates, Edward Gauntlett, Christopher Greenchild, Malgorzata Maj, Heather Tracy, Jack Sargeant, Adi Newton, Ithell Colquhoun, T. Thorn Coyle, Alan Moore, Gavin Semple

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