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The Bill of Rights: The Fourth Amendment, 2002

 Item — Box: 143
Identifier: CC-38921-40852

Scope and Contents

The Fourth Amendment concerns the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures. Richard Minsky describes his version on this amendment on his website. Regarding the enclosed book, Neuromancer, "The novel that introduced us to Cyberspace. Every day there are more issues about government searches of our emails, web habits, and hard drives. You can read about the implications at The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Quest of the Unquietmind. The book was originally issued as a paperback in 1984 and received major awards for science fiction writing. The binding is in limp black leather, to preserve the soft feel of the paperback. A shuriken (Ninja throwing star) is on the cover, and is an image that appears throughout the text. The pink slipcase has the text of the fourth amendment hot-stamped in hologram foil on one side. The hologram makes the text appear as colored digital code from a distance. On the other side of the case (Case is also the name of the protagonist) is an embedded Network Interface Card. In the novel, Case jacks into the cyberspace network through a neural interface."According to an interview of Richard Minsky by Bob Andelman on http://vimeo.com/36516102, only nine copies of this book object were produced even though 25 copies were planned. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2002

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 book object) : soft cover book (272 pages) in cover (collaged, metal plaque) + artist bookbinding + case (wood, painted, circuit board, label, hologram foil) ; 19 x 12 x 3 cm (book), 21 x 13 x 6 cm (case)

Language of Materials

English

Original Sackner Archive Location

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Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Materials Specific Details

Published: New York : Richard Minsky. Signed by: Richard Minsky (b.c.- label inside back cover, verso). Nationality of creator: American. Copies: 9 copies of 25 total copies. 1 number copy.

Processing Information

Added by: RUTH; updated by: MARVIN.

Source

Genre / Form

Topical

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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