zaj
Zaj was formed from Walter Marchetti and Juan Hildago with the support from John Cage. Zaj was an experimental music and performance group. Zaj is foundet 1964 in Madrid the members are:
Jose Luis Castillejo, Ramires Cortes, Juan Hidalgo, Walter Marchetti, Tomas Marco and Eugenio de Vicente
Note on the Zaj Group
There is no official history of the Zaj Group. The general spirit of the works with which the group is identified is unhistorical, frech and even the question of who actually belongs to the group is never allowed to intrude. Those who once worked with the group are described as "no longer working with us," rather than not Zaj. The word "Zaj" itself is without meaning, except as it becomes identified with the group. For some Zaj manifestations, the word has been spelled in an alternate way-"Zej" or "Zoj" for instance. Let it sufficeto say, by way of historical remarks, that Juan Hidalgo and Walter Marchetti were founders of the group, some time around 1964 at Madrid. Since that time there have been forty or fifty Zaj manifestations at Madrid, elswhere that Spain (thus transcrending the intranational, regional difference that have plagued the cultural avant-garde in Spain until now), and even in vari0us other European countries. There are also many Zaj publications, which Something Else Press has undertaken to distribute.
The bachround of the parcipants at first tended to be musical. Both Juan Hidalgo and Walter Marchetti are highly skilled com posers and musicians. They were well known in Italian musical circles during the period of Hidalgos stay there, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and when Hidalgo returned to Spain, bringing the Italian Marchetti with him, it was a considerable loss to the Italian musical scene. However, in works of the sort which characterize Zaj, theimagery is not necessarily musical at all. For a considerable time there was musical imagery in most Zaj work, but it cam to be increasingly confined to the titles, alluding to well-known musical works, until finally, as Castillejo points out in his excellent description, the first text in the pamphlet, even the allusion disappeared. Castillejo himself is a good example of the non-musical Zaj member.By profession he is a diplomat, currently fist Secretary of the Spanish Embassy at Algiers. However he has writtenmany essays, art criticism, know best in this country through Art International, and a collection of his superb short writings, oriented into and out of concrete poetry, has been published by Zaj under the title la caida del avion en el terreno baldio, available through Something Else Press. Again, Tomas Marco writes criticism for various Spanish magazines and is a lwa student. The overall tendency of Zaj group is, then, towards very original events in general, both for performance and non-performance, and the group is one of most exciting and active ...
zaj BIOGRAFIA
1.
MADRID JULIO 1964 JUAN HIDALGO, WALTER MARCHETTI Y RAMÓN BARCHE CREAM
ZAJ
MADRID 19. NOVEIMBRE 1966 INVITACIÓN RETROACTVA AL "TRASLADO A PIE DE TRES OBJETOS"
REALIZADO POR HIDALGO, MARCHETTI Y BARCE...
1965
Size: 28.3 x 22.5 cm
Price: 140, - Euro
"concierte de teatro musical"
2.
Juan Hidalgo
Walter Marchetti
Remon Barce
Madrid, 21 Novembre 1964
Price: 160, - Euro
Verano de 1966, zej
3.
VIAJE A ARGEL 1966
VERANEE ESTE ANO EN ARGEL Y ENCUENTREJE CON JUAN HIDALGO EL DIA 27 JULIO..
A card with a typewritter program.
Price: 120, - Euro
4.
Zaj invited to the exhibition of paintings by Jose Cortes on January 27, 1966 at half past 7 pm on AMADIS, Ortega y Gasses, 71. Madrid, 6.
Price: 60, - Euro
los, the, les, i 4 libros zaj
5.
la caíde del avión en el terreno baldío, josé luis castillejo
viaje a angel, juan hidalgo
arpodrate seduto sul loto, walter marchetti
la polítika, josé luis castillojo....
Price: 80, - Euro
teatro estudio de madrid
6.
zaj presenta la poesía-acción de Bernard Heidsieck
T. E. M.
barquillo, 32, 4. miércoles 11 de enero de 1967 ? ocho de la tarde
Price: 80, - Euro
Juan Hidalgo, 1969
7.
Price: 120, - Euro
erucigrama zaj
8.
juan hidalgo, 1967
Price: 80, - Euro
el sobre verde
9.
juan hidalgo, madrid 4/65
Size: 10,8 x 6,4 cm
Price: 65, - Euro
zaj BIOGRAFIA, 1965
10.
Size: 28.4 x 22 cm
Price: 120, - Euro
NOCHE zej EN ARGEL
11.
con JUAN HIDALGO, 1966
Size: 27 x 21 cm
Price: 180, - Euro
oh presenta en barcelona FESTIVAL ZAJ 3
12.
diciembre 1966
Size: 43.8 x 9.8 cm
Price: 160, - Euro
Exposicion por Correspodencia, zaj
13.
Jose Luis Castillajo
Size: 22.7 x 17.3 cm
Price: 120, - Euro
Variacion...
14.
jose luis castillejo
zaj 1966
Size: 17.5 x 18.5 cm
Price: 120, - Euro
COMPOSITION WITH RED,..
15.
jose luis castillejo
zaj, 1966
Size: 17.6 x 17.1 cm
Price: 120, - Euro
Las juvenudes...
16.
zaj, 1966
Size: 13.4 x 11.2 cm
Price: 80, - Euro
A Zaj Sampler
17.
1967, A Gread Bear Pamphlet, 16 pages.
Price: 80,-Euro
zaj en un concierto, 1967
18.
Size: 32.3 x 22.6 cm
Price: 120, - Euro
zaj en BILBAO, 1967
19.
Size: 12.4 x 25 cm
Price: 120, - Euro
zaj !AHORA COMO NUNCA! zaj, 1967
20.
Size: 25.5 x 8.3 cm
Price: 80, - Euro
zaj en ARCOY, 1967
21.
Size: 24.4 x 10.5 cm
Price: 90, - Euro
zaj presenta el libro de jose luis castillejo, 1967
22.
Size: 12 x 28 cm
Price: 80, - Euro
JUAN HIDALGO, 1967
23.
Size: 12.2 x 16.1 cm
Price: 60, - Euro
SUPLEMENTO AL CALENDARIO UNIVERSAL zaj, 1968
24.
Size: 17 x 9.6 cm
Price: 80, - Euro
3 texts to juan hidalgo all zaj-friends
25.
Jiri Valoch, 1968
Size: 14 x 28.4 cm
Price: 80, - Euro
PF - PARTY CON zaj, 1968
26.
Size: 13.8 x 9.9 cm
Price: 60, - Euro
zaj desea a todos sus amigos..., 1968
27.
Size: 23.8 x 17 cm
Price: 120, - Euro
ZAL IS BIGGER THAN LIFE
28.
CARL ANDRE, 1968
Size: 27.5 x 21.5 cm
Price: 140, - Euro
R. CORTES zaj MADRID, 1968
29.
Size: 18.5 x 8 cm
Price: 80, - Euro
! cinco anos de zaj !
30.
josè luis castillejo
invierno 68 - 69
Size: 23.4 x 18.8 cm
Price: 90 ,- Euro
Juan Hidalgo
"LA BARROCA ALEGRE"
( THE GRAY BAROQUE)
Two photo of Juan Hidalgo, signed, titeled and numberd, 5/19, 1969,
Sice each 18,2 x 24,1 cm.
Price: 6500,-Euro.
una pregunta zaj
juan hidalgo
madrid, 1969
31.
Size: 10 x 6.5 cm
Price: 60, - Euro
experimento excepcional
32.
IGNACIO YRAOLA zaj, 1969
Size: 9.9 x 21.3 cm
Price: 90, - Euro
Almizclero
zaj Marzo zaj, zaj 1969 zaj
33.
Size: 20.6 x 8.5 cm
Price: 90, - Euro
Madrid, 1969
34.
Size: 15.5 x 22.4 cm
Price: 90, - Euro
leo zaj
35.
lectura zaj
Juan Hidalgo
Madrid, 1970
Size: 9.5 x 6.5 cm
Price: 45, - Euro
Modern writing / La escritura moderna
36.
Jose Luis Castilleo
Bonn, 1970
Size: 20.1 x 13.1 cm
Price: 80, - Euro
zaj de regreso de argelia
37.
Size: 15 x 11.7 cm
Price: 60, - Euro
diga !zaj!
38.
Size: 11.5 x 8.4 cm
Price: 45, - Euro
IGNACIO YRAOLA & zaj
39.
Size: 10 x 21.2 cm
Price: 60, - Euro
zaj y Eugenio de Vicente
40.
LABO 1
Size: 16.2 x 11.5 cm
Price: 60, - Euro
41.
zaj - 7 color paper
Size: each 9.8 x 13.7 cm
Price: 240, - Euro
42.
san sebastian, museo de san telmo. 1967
8 y 10 de dicembre siete y media tarde
2 conciertos zaj con juan hidelgo y walter marchetti en una exposición de sistiaga, 10.12.1967
Price: 80, - Euro
Walter Marchetti
"Interram utopicam"
LP, CAMPS RECORDS, Milano, 1977.
Price: 120,-Euro
- zaj en canaria
zaj, 1964 - 1990, en canarias
A silkscreen on a glass-plate and a book,
21 x 13 x 2,5 cm,
Price: 180,-Euro
PREMIOS
CANARIAS
Catalogue, with Juan Hidalgo, 1996, 140 pages.
Price: 24,-Euro
ARTE CANTERAS
Catalogue with Juan Hidalgo, 56 pages, 1998.
Price: 12,-Euro.
ARTE EN CANARIAS
IDENTIDAD COSMOPOLITISMO
Catalogue with Juan Hidalgo, 180 pages.
Price: 28,-Euro
juan hidalgo
UNA VOZ (un etceteral)
LP and a booklet,
Alga Marghen, 01, in a edition of 323 copies, 2001.
Price: 160,-Euro
juan hidalgo
obra reciente
Un Gran Canaria y Un Gas Mas?
Catalogue, 16 pages, 2003,
Price: 18,-Euro
walter machetti
- walter marchatti
walter marchetti: "musica visible"
centro atlantico de arte moderno, las palmas de gran canaria, 2004,
256 pages with many pictures.
Price: 48,-Euro
PREMIOS CANARIAS
DE BELLAS ARTES
Catalogue with Juan Hidalgo, 2005, 76 pages.
Price: 22,-Euro.
zaj concierto de zeatro musical
Sensxperiment, 2007, 38 pages.
Price: 28,-Euro.