Comments on: Jed Irwin on the Insect Trust Gazette

By: Joanna Rajkowska

Joanna Rajkowska — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 12:32:10 +0000

Re: The Insect Trust Gazette, 1964, Poetry Journal, cover illustration by Robert Basara, Philadelphia, 1964
Hi,
I am an artist and I am making a film called Avant-garde for Insects (http://www.rajkowska.com/en/awangarda-dla-owadow/)
It took me already 6 years but now I am in the final stage of editing the film and I would love to use the cover of The Insect Trust Gazette from 1964, with Robert Basara’s beautiful drawing, (of course with all relevant credits). I am not sure how to proceed in terms of copyrights, perhaps you could advice me on that? This film is completely non profit, individual work. 66p Gallery helped me in the beginning of the process, but now this film has its own little life. I don’t send it to any festivals, it exhibited in the galleries.
I would be extremely grateful for any information about how to handle this, as I wouldn’t like to make anyone feel that I using their work without the permission.
Thank you in advance for your help,
Kind regards,
Joanna

By: RealityStudio

RealityStudio — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 23:41:12 +0000

The phrase “insect trust” doesn’t actually appear in Naked Lunch. It’s in Ticket That Exploded.

By: Ed Varney

Ed Varney — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:48:24 +0000

Very interesting to read about a literary magazine “zine” from those heady days. I also published a small magazine, The Poem Company, which printed manuscripts exactly as they came in. We solicited and got something from Burroughs and had an argument as to whether we should print it just as we got it, typewriiten, or to typeset it. We ended up printing it as we received it.
The Poem Company appeared weekly for over a year and we mailed it out for free (postage in those days was 5 cents) to anyone who wanted it and would respond to continued mailings. I loved Burrough’s cut up work.

Ed Varney