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Dante Diary: Number 62 / Phillips, Tom., 1989

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Identifier: CC-54050-643008

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Scope and Contents

This sixty-second page of the new series of A TV Dante is titiled "Dante in Egypt." Dated November 5, 1989. Phillips' lecture is titled "Every Picture Tells a Story." On November 8th his lecture is "I Like What I know." Phillips has purchased an 8mm Camcorder and describes his experieince. "Purchased Camcorder and first used it on this trip with battery that didn't last as long as I'd hoped. Took some useful material with various degrees of beginner's ineptitude.....inc long section of rushing water. Missed much through inadequate preparation..... Before leaving I charged Millie with looking into progress or lack of it with Kees and RM in getting Dante off the ground again.Talked to Michael and to Peter. Things don't look entirely bleak. Dante I-VII already shown on Dutch TV and apparently well-received." Phillips continues,'"8 mm video film approx 20 minutes includes rubble / wall / tombs inc. individual tombs / going along side flanking wall / huge statue Ramses II at dawn and dusk / line of sphynxes / plain with pyramids. Nile water with light rushing by." The center of this page contains a graphite drawing of an unknown beautiful woman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1989

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 collage (paper, paint, handwriting, ink, graphite, rubberstamped) in artist box (cloth covered)) ; 30 x 41 cm, in box 39 x 44 x 5 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

alcove 2nd bedroom Phillips Dante diary new series box

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: Luxor, Egypt : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: RUTH; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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