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A Humument Page 246 MAS Dedicated [NIMS & LifeShirt] / Phillips, Tom., 2001

 Item
Identifier: CC-37169-39013

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Scope and Contents

This drawing relates to Marvin Sackner's invention of the LifeShirt recording device that monitored breathing. The background for the text in large letters is NIMS, Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, the company of which Sackner was the founder and former chairman of the Board of Directors. The poem reads, "join - written breath - to written heart - to the nerves talking - in a shirt - to record all physical maladies - and yet no pains of the soul." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2001

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 drawing (gouache, ink) in mat (papercard)) ; 20 x 13 cm, in mat 27 x 19 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

alcove Phillips Humument box miscellaneous

Custodial History

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

General

Published: London, England : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Tom Phillips (l.r.). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: MARVIN; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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