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Artist book (limited edition)

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1493 Collections and/or Records:

Abecedarium / Nieblich, Wolfgang., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-44112-46234
Scope and Contents

Each letter of the alphabet has a composition on a single page in this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Absolutely Incomprehensible, 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-43476-45540
Scope and Contents

The pages depict photographs of lips mouthing words when the pages are flipped that are "absolutely incomprehensible." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

abstract concrete / Scott Helmes., 2009

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Identifier: CC-51570-72669
Scope and Contents

The rubberstamps were provided to Gaglione for an exhibition in 2009 at the Stamp Art Museum in Chicago. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

abstract concrete / Scott Helmes., 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-51570-72669
Scope and Contents

The rubberstamps were provided to Gaglione for an exhibition in 2009 at the Stamp Art Museum in Chicago. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

Academy of Memory / Osowski, FnL., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-38957-40893
Scope and Contents

Each of the small booklets contains part of the three volume story. The booklets are bound in black fabric and tied to small wooden toothpicks with thread. The booklets are placed in a small metal case that is hand engraved with the title Academy of Memory. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Acrophony / Walker, George A.., 1991

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Identifier: CC-00578-592
Scope and Contents

The author defines Acrophony as a means of using symbols (glyphs) to represent sounds. The two main properties of music are duration and pitch; with these two elements in mind, the author set out to compose a notation system using the glyphs of the planets as the scale. Acrophony is a project created in 1991 that explores symbols and sound. Merging visual and soundscape artwork using a unique invented musical hieroglyphic language; Acrophony is a work concerned with art and language. Each of the fifty books is hand printed onto handmade paper with original wood cuts, lino cuts, wood engravings. The box that contains the CD and book is also hand printed and assembled with a vacuumed formed port (hand painted) made from the symbols used in the text and notations. The CD is original music by the artist with hand printed original lino cuts and hand set and cast type for the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Action is Addiction / Critical Art Ensemble ; Kurtz M., 1992

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Identifier: CC-18946-19325
Scope and Contents

One of the persons in this group is Mike Kurtz. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

After Marvell / Clark, Thomas A.., 1980

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Identifier: CC-20174-20569
Scope and Contents

Blank colored pages of varying green hues to provide an allusion to Andrew Marvell's poem "The Garden." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

After Marvell / Clark, Thomas A.., 1980

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Identifier: CC-44498-46648
Scope and Contents

Blank colored pages of varying green hues to provide an allusion to Andrew Marvell's poem "The Garden." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Agentzia: Petit Precis d' Erotomanie (Fugue). No.10 / Julien Blaine., 1968

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Identifier: CC-21988-22400
Scope and Contents

The book consists of identical pages, viz., a printed arrow directed toward a round perforation of the page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Agentzia: Point Poeme. No.23 / Michele Perfetti., 1969

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Identifier: CC-28073-29232
Scope and Contents

Consists of several images in a circular format on a page of fragmented texts and images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Ah Death A Melotragedy / Heft, Caren., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09371-9557
Scope and Contents

The theme of this book is a correspondence from a man dying with AIDS with Heft. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Ajar (A History of Burnt Pans) / Stokes, Telfer ; Nekrasov, Vsevolod., 1991

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Identifier: CC-02984-3029
Scope and Contents

According to Stokes' WEB site: "A ravishing series of visual dishes have been served up for our delectation, varying from the raw to the overdone the verse providing the cutlery for this feast. The text by the Russian poet collaborator plays a role more like the guy ropes and pegs that keep a tent erect and fixed in one place." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Aleator / Paul Heimbach., 1989 - 1990

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Identifier: CC-09200-9381
Scope and Contents

Heimbach used the first page of a German newspaper and transferred letters from the words on this page to the 24 pages of his book such that in the printed, final form, the words are read through layers in three dimensions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989 - 1990