Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998
Dates
- Existence: 1938 March 15 - 1998 October 25
Biography
Dick Higgins was born in Cambridge, England in 1939 and died in Quebec in 1998. He was a Fluxus artist who studied with John Cage and Henry Cowell (1958-1959), and co-founded Happenings in 1958. He is credited with coining the phrase intermedia to describe his particular approach to artmaking that included (but is not limited to) his visual, musical and literary efforts. He was a theorist, poet, composer, performance artist, printmaker, filmaker, and book publisher. Most notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.
Nationality
American
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Emblematic and Non-Emblematic Aspects of English Renaissance Pattern Poetry / Westerweel, Bart; Higgins D; Adler J; Ernst U; Herbert G; Gomringer E; Mallarme S; Maurus H., 1992
The author analyzes English Renaissance pattern poetry from George Herbert, Robert Herrick, Richard Willis and its relationship to the classical shaped poetry, Christian models, and emblem forms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Iuvenilia Loeti: Raccolta di Poeti Latini Medievali, 1969
This is a survey of medieval, Latin shaped poetry with critical text. Several pages by Rabano Mauro (Hrabamus Maurus) are reproduced from a book that is also held by the Sackner Archive. The marginata was inserted by Dick Higgins, the previous owner of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Pattern Poetry as Paradigm / Higgins, Dick., 1990
Poetics Today is published by Duke University Press. In vol.10, no.2 Higgins discusses the roots of pattern poetry and its contemporary influence. The Sackner Archive catalogue is listed as a reference. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Pattern Poetry in Poland between the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century / Rypson, Piotr; Adler J; Hatherly A; Higgins D., 1987
This manuscript was in the archive of Dick Higgins. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
(R)evolutions in the Tradition of Visual Poetry / Whitman, H.A. IV; Solt ME; Higgins D; Hollander J; Theocritus; Simmias of Rhodes; Maurus H; Samuel A; Carroll L; Mallarme S; Perloff M; Delaunay S; Cendrars B; Andrade CD; Huidobro V; VanDoesburg T; Gomringer E; Pignatari D; Fahlstrom O; DeCampos A; DeCampos H; Kostelanetz R; Duke JH; thalia; Riddell A; Pi O; Finlay IH; Kac E; Phillips T., 1993
This paper is a well researched survey of concrete and visual poetry done by an undergraduate student. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.