Anne Bean, Yol, Paul Burwell - Land River Land (Signed)
'Land River Land' brings together poetry by artists Anne Bean, Yol, and the late Paul Burwell — three experimental pioneers known for blurring the boundaries between sound, text, and performance. Bean, a central figure in UK performance art since the 1970s, and Yol, a Hull-based artist working with noise, text, and found objects, both collaborated extensively with Burwell until his death in 2007.
This collection is a rare convergence of creative forces who consistently push the limits of form and meaning. With a foreword by Mark Anthony Pearce and exclusive cover art by artist Seth Guy, 'Land River Land' is essential reading for anyone drawn to the radical edges of experimental art.
ANNE BEAN:
Anne Bean is a London-based artist working with sculpture, installation, sound,
photography, painting and drawing. Her artistic practice has been pivotal in the
development of live and performance art in the UK. Captivated by process and
collaboration Bean works as the ‘space-between’ - a receiver, receptor, and conjuror.
These strategies enable her to plug into time and timelessness. Since 1970 Anne Bean has presented solo and collaborative projects, worldwide.
Recently, her work was shown at Tate Britain, Somerset House, the Whitechapel
Gallery, Matt’s Gallery, Turner Contemporary, the Hatton Gallery, Paris Photo, Photo
London, Venice Biennale, Modern Art Oxford as well as a solo show with England &
Co at Frieze Masters. In 2024, a performance was commissioned for Venice
Performance Art Week and a new film on Bow Gamelan Ensemble (1983-1990), was
funded by the DACS Recollect programme which premiered at Tate, 2025. She received a Paul Hamlyn Foundation award in 2024.
YOL:
Yol is an artist working in performance, visual art and text. Found objects, mouth noise, mangled language. Starting points are space/situation, found objects, and self generated mangled text, explored alongside experimental vocal techniques. End point is broken sounds, broken words. Everything is an instrument, or nothing is, it’s hard to tell. His work appears in the form of physical performances, installations, and DIY-released products.
PAUL BURWELL:
Paul Burwell was born in Ruislip in 1949. After studying drums with Max Abrams, he continued his studies at the Ealing College of Art attending the workshops of John Stevens. Throughout the 1970s, Burwell would frequently collaborate with David Toop and often as a trio with the poet Bob Cobbing. He continued to work with artists of varying disciplines including Steven Berkoff, Stephen Cripps, Carlyle Reedy, Simon Finn and Paul McCarthy. Burwell was the founder member of the London Musicians Collective holding membership card number 1. From 1983-1990, alongside Anne Bean with whom he had worked as a duo for several years and Richard Wilson, Burwell formed the Bow Gamelan Ensemble stretching the definitions of the musical performance event. Before his death in 2007, he was based in Hull, turning a former rowing club into a living/ experimental art space. He is the subject of a recent documentary ‘Burning Bridges: The Story of Paul Burwell’ (2024), directed by Matt Stephenson.
Published October 2025.
A5 chapbook, forty-six pages.
Strictly limited to twenty copies, each book signed by the artists and individually numbered.
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