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Artist book

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2627 Collections and/or Records:

from vowels / Hasekura, Takako., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-36967-38800
Scope and Contents

The prints depict poems formed from a rectangular grid of English vowels with superimposed word play derived with English or Japanese words as well as rubberstamped images. The captions to the poems are in Japanese and English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Games without Rules/ Inexplicable Return / Fingesten, Peter., 1964

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Identifier: CC-11344-11560
Scope and Contents

The theme of the book and brochure deals with spoofs on classic modern artists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Ganglia 5 Cent Mimeo Series: Sail. No.29 / bp Nichol., 1969

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Identifier: CC-36913-38746
Scope and Contents

The inside of this booklet is folded to appear like a sail. Each page has a single word relating to sailing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Genesis / Czerwinska, Johanna., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-28809-30124
Scope and Contents

Czerwinska prepared the text of this book object on a single sheet of light weight, translucent paper, then folded and twisted the pages prior to binding. The reader cannot unfold the pages without destroying the book. The latter is displayed by standing it upright and allowing its pages to cascade out. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Geometry & New Math (books about sex) / Beining G ; Beube D ; Johnston A ; Soppe J ; Johanknecht S ; Prez J ; Hannon B., 1996

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Identifier: CC-10632-10841
Scope and Contents

The theme of this exhibition is the relation between the book and sexual practices. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

George Maciunas, Fluxus and the Face of Time Volume II / Truck, Fred ; Maciunas G., 1984

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Identifier: CC-60657-10003526
Scope and Contents The number of copies of this book are unknown but because of the magic marker lines, no two are exactly the same.Steve Heller on internet describes tenghe original Selectric Composer, announced in 1966, required text to be typed twice. On the first pass, the machine would automatically measure the length of the line, providing the operator with a color+number (i.e. green-2) combination to be noted in the right margin. When the operator finished all lines of the document, they would put a clean sheet of specially coated paper into the machine and engage the justification lever. This time, prior to typing each line of text, the operator would turn a color dial to the noted color, and another dial to the noted number. Once the dials were set, the operator would begin typing the text. While typing, the Composer would insert incremental amounts of additional space between words such that the line would always be flush on the right margin. Errors could not be corrected, and when they...
Dates: 1984

George (Son of My Own Mag). No.4 / Jeff Nuttall, editor., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-30617-32057
Scope and Contents

Stored with My Own Mag. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

George's Cabal / Joan Iversen Goswell., 2008

 Item
Identifier: CC-51839-72939
Scope and Contents

This book describes the falsehoods of George Bush that led to America's reasons for entering the iraq war. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Gesetzbuch (Book of Law): Octes / Hartmann, Werner., 1980

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Identifier: CC-09723-9916
Scope and Contents

Hartmann incorporated 44 hand-drawn pages of his made-up, hieroglyphics on the blank pages at the end of an ancient bookkeeping journal. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980