Porter, Bern, 1911-2004
Biographical / Historical
b. 1911; physicist & methodology specialist
Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:
Here Comes Everybody's Don't Book, 1984
Hold On To Your Hat: Interviews with Bern Porter, 2012
Hollywood Show / Terence McMahon, curator ; Bennett JM ; Porter B ; Ackerman A ; Olbrich JO ; Helmes S ; Rocola R ; And M--Was E ; Minoy ; Groh K ; Perfetti M--Crozier R ; Luis ; Baroni V ; Ernst K ; Baik KN ; Pittore-Eurifico C ; Hompson DD ; Sommers R ; Gajewski H ; DeJonge K ; Jupitter-Larsen G ; Wiloch T ; Urban J ; Walsh E ; Giacomucci U ; Pyros J ; Bloch M ; Spiegelman L ; Fallico A ; Pilcher BE ; Blurr B ; Silva F ; Albrecht d ; Pegase ; Siff E ; Leigh M ; Truck F ; Bleus G ; Horus ; Stetser C ; Scott M ; Higgins EF-III ; Black B., 1983
Terrence McMahon curated this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
I've Left: A Manifesto and a Testament of SCIence and -ART (SCIART), 1971
Dick Higgins, in his introduction, describes Porter as a "one-man art and technology movement...a brilliantly inventive but uncrackable Maine hickory nut." This book relates to the period when Porter left for Australia and supposedly sums up all his knowledge as a physicist, poet, publisher, sculptor, illustrator, and humorist. Bern Porter was born February 14, 1911 and died June 7, 2004. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Less Than Overweight / Porter, Bern., 1993
Each page reproduces found poetry from popular trade publications, handwriting specimens, and photocollages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Lost and Found Times. No.9/Nov / John M. Bennett, editor ; Ackerman A ; Beining G ; Bennett C ; Bennett JM ; Crozier R ; Ernst K ; Higgins D ; Kostelanetz R ; Petasz P ; Porter B ; Rosenberg MR ; Steele C ; Yalkut J., 1980
Edited by John M. Bennett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Lost and Found Times. No.10/Aug / John M. Bennett, editor ; Ackerman A ; Beining G ; Bennett C ; Bennett JM ; Crozier R ; Ernst K ; Hagglund SG ; Helmes S ; Hompson DD ; Nettelbeck FA ; Porter B ; Rosenberg MR ; Saville K., 1981
Edited by John M. Bennett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Lost and Found Times. No.16/Jul / John M. Bennett, editor ; Ackerman A ; Beining G ; Bennett C ; Bennett JM ; Brock R ; Cole D ; curry jw ; Ernst K ; Frank J ; Hagglund SG ; Heman B ; Kaplan E ; Laba M ; Lipman J ; Porter B ; Random S ; Raphael D ; Swede G., 1984
Edited by John M. Bennett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Lost and Found Times. No.19/May / John M. Bennett, editor ; Ackerman A ; Baroni V ; Bennett JM ; Claire P ; Crozier R ; curry jw ; Ford CH ; Berry J ; Hagglund SG ; Hill C ; Porter B ; Mico ; Huth G ; Bennett C ; Evason G ; Heman B ; Laba M., 1986
The cover was designed by Vittore Baroni. Issue includes three collaborations between Charles Henri Ford (haiku) and Reepak Shakya (collage). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Me. No.1 / Carlo Pittore ; Porter B., 1980
Stored under Pittore. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Me. No.2 / Carlo Pittore ; Porter B., 1981
Stored under Pittore. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Metamorphosis 1 / Fallon, Tom; Porter B., 1981 - 1982
Metamorphosis 2 / Fallon, Tom; Porter B; Pound E; Stein G., 1981 - 1982
Multiple World: An International Survey of Artists' Books / Mallarme S ; Roth D ; Porter B ; Alatalo S ; Barton CJ ; Broaddus JE ; Connor B ; Coolidge C ; Deisler G ; Drescher H ; Drucker J ; Ely T ; Finlay IH ; Gini G ; Hamady W ; Higgins D ; Noel A ; Laxson R ; McClure M ; Rower ASC ; Carvalho J ; Corris M ; Berchenko G ; Ehrenberg F ; Irland B ; Hofstra S ; Keeley S ; Kasper M ; King R ; Lara M ; Lierner B ; Ligorano N ; Reese M ; Lohr H ; Long R ; Lyons J ; McGarry J ; Melhorn-Boe L ; Ng K ; Noel A ; Ohtake S ; Piper A ; Schwarz R ; Strugalla J ; Scobey P ; Sleigh C ; Smith K ; Trusky T ; Tuttle R ; VanHorn E ; Zelevansky L ; Zimmerman P., 1994
This catalogue consists of critical texts that are presented in experimental typographic layouts. A check list of contributors to the exhibition is also included. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Music in Visual Art / Bogdanovic, Nenad ; Baroni V ; Porter B ; Groh K ; Olbrich JO ; Paz H ; Larter P ; Fierens L ; Bruscky P ; Gagnon JC ; Stake C ; Adamus K ; Sevcik P ; Nielsen MO ; Wolf-Rehfeldt R ; Bates K ; Pawson D ; Daligand D ; Suel L ; Massa J ; Lenoir P ; DeGrott J ; Galantai G ; Capatti B ; Maggi R ; Strada G ; Colonna G ; Chiarlone B ; Roncoroni F ; Luigetti S ; Lora-Totino A ; Zito R ; Cavellini GA ; Watanabe T ; Nakayama S ; Baik KN ; Dudek-Durer A ; Ruch C ; Ruch G ; Fricker H ; Stussi M ; Koraichi R ; Padin C ; State of Being ; Pittore-Eurifico C ; Barbot F ; Borba G ; Holmes M ; Springer H ; Spiegelman L ; Private World ; Hill C ; Meade R ; Held Jjr ; Fish F ; Segay S ; Nikonova R ; Schnyder A ; Weber FJ ; Perneczky G ; Ziegler H ; Radovanovic V ; Todorovic M ; Supek J ; Kamperelic D ; Kamperelic R ; Tisma A ; Bogdanovic N., 1987
This is a follow-up project by Nenad Bogdanovic to his first networking project "Communication Art." Unfortunately, there are no pictures of the contributions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
my my Dear me / Porter, Bern., 1985
Each page reproduces a collage made by Bern Porter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Neverends, 1988
Numbers, 1989
Opening: Openingnisolc [Opening Closing]. No.8 / Hansjorg Mayer., 1966
On the recto side of this broadside, the words 'opening' and 'closing' are printed in normal fashion and in mirror image. On the verso side, these words are printed over each other in a packed grid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Outsider, The: For Kenneth Patchen. No.4-5 / Lou Webb, Jon Webb, editors ; Patchen K ; levy da ; Johnson R ; MacLow J ; Williams E ; Knowles A ; Kryss TL ; Hollo A ; Antin D ; Higgins D ; Merton T ; Miller B ; Blazek D ; Porter B ; Patchen M ; Meltzer D ; Bukowski C ; Edson R ; Hansen A ; Ginsberg A ; Plymell C ; Perchik S ; Wantling W ; DiPrima D ; Meltzer D ; Ferlinghetti L ; Blazek D ; Miller B ; Bly R ; Dowden G ; Cocteau J., 1968
This is the most visually exiting issue of the periodical. It was available in a hard cover and stiff cover edition. The Sackner Archive copy holds the stiff cover version. There is a section that deals with remembrances of Kenneth Patchen by other poets and writers as well as an interview of Patchen. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.