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This issue is contains materials from a symposium on the work and life of Greg Curnoe held May 11-12, 2001. Concurrently, there was an exhibition held jointly by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto, "Greg Curnoe: Life & Stuff." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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David Moss writes in the brochure that "this work was inspired by the blue gates and doors of Zefat...an unspoken metaphor hovers over this ancient custom of painting entrances blue in Zefat...the text of this little book is the well-known verse of Psalms 118:19: "Open for me the gates of righteousness; I shall enter them and I shall praise God." The abstsract Hebrew letters of this verse are uniquely designed by Moss to fit into the four gate-like papercuts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Cameron writes, "6pp green typescript of dsh version of opening of Protrepticus of Clement of Alexandia with annotations in brown type signed this version for cc." The book that dsh reviews is by Jeanine Miller: "The Vedas: Harmony, Meditation and Fulfilment" (London: Rider, May 1974) Wikipedia: This describers the first of the three surviving works of Clement of Alexandria, a Christian theologian of the 2nd century.The work is, as its title suggests, an exhortation to the pagans of Greece to adopt Christianity, and within it Clement demonstrates his extensive knowledge of pagan mythology and theology. It is chiefly important due to Clement's exposition of religion as an anthropological phenomenon. After a short philosophical discussion, it opens with a history of Greek religion in seven stages. Clement suggests that at first, men mistakenly believed the Sun, the Moon and other heavenly bodies to be gods. The next development was the worship of the products of agriculture, from...

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John Furnival and dom Silvester Houedard, the editors define this venture as follows. "typography - openings are constituted by poet/ typographer/ artist - openings are active poetry - openings make everybody make poetry - poetry means making poesis - a typographer thinks that the poem is the first of of the first things first." graphics - we aim to produce a series which is not a complete integration of graphics and text, i.e. not an illustrated poem or a captioned drawing but a picture/poem - in fact, we always start out with, and work from, the poem - the difficulty lies in maintaining the balance between text and drawing." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The proof copy verso lacks information on poetry, graphics, typography, and printing contacts as on the distributed copy. On the verso of this pamphlet, Furnival writes, "Rough proof of propectus for OPENINGS PRESS, founded in 1964 by John Furnival + dom Silvester Houedard." They define this venture as follows. "typography - openings are constituted by poet/ typographer/ artist - openings are active poetry - openings make everybody make poetry - poetry means making poesis - a typographer thinks that the poem is the first of of the first things first." graphics - we aim to produce a series which is not a complete integration of graphics and text, i.e. not an illustrated poem or a captioned drawing but a picture/poem - in fact, we always start out with, and work from, the poem - the difficulty lies in maintaining the balance between text and drawing." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The loose sheet contains a text by Fahlstrom explaining this series of prints. The black and white prints, each numbered on the right side, are presented in a horizontal, scroll-like fashion. The dark, somber, abstract-expressionist thematic forms depicted in the prints are combined with letters & letter-like characters. Based on a prior work of 1952, Opera might have served as a scenic backdrop for the Wagnerian Ring operas. *WEB 1998: Sharon Avery-Fahlström. This silkscreen print is realized in ten panels with wallpaper-like margins which permit an overlapping installation. The concept was to install the work in a continuous line. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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For this presentation book, Fava photographed and documented his book works and artist furniture available for sale. The Sackner Archive purchased the book, "Tomo Africano," from this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Cards No. & No. were scanned into record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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There was also a 2nd edition printed in 1986. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The duplicate copy does not contain the letter from Molero-Prior. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes a brief essay on the history of photocopying. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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There is not one concrete poem in this anthology. Basmajian's poem on page 18 "On Filling Out Another Job Application" is reminescent of Jas Duke's poetry. Unfortunately, it is still timely today as this book is being catalogued (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The project was coordinated by Nicolas Zurbrugg, and edited and produced by Emanuele Carcano. It includes all the sound poems on CD's that were originally recorded in OU on 45 rpm records plus five additional recordings that were done later in other publications. The two pamphlets are duplicates. The soft cover book includes Chopin's comments about each issue, Chopin's autobiography, and statements from other artists/poets about his sound poems. Tom Phillips' work is the score of the opera "Irma." One of the compact discs includes recordings of his phonetic poems, "Kansas City Numero Collage." The drawing for this poem is held by the Sackner Archive. It is stored on a shelf near Revue Ou. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The words are printed in silver ink on a blue paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the annual Christmas card. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Pedro Pietri (March 21, 1944 -- March 3, 2004), was a Nuyorican poet and playwright who co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. He was the poet laureate of the Nuyorican Movement.Internet: Out of Order / Out of Service comprises 330 compositions that express the complex vision of the world of the poet-performer Pedro Pietri. The collection is divided into seven sections. "To write a poem" includes the lines that have at their center the reflection (smitizzante and surrealist) to make poetry. "Forget logic" leads us beyond the mirror of normal daily life in the universe upside down and absurdist poet. "Because I love you" is composed of a sequence of letters and declarations of love disenchanted, sometimes cynical and bitter, always refused to violence with violence of sentimentality and pathos. "Tremble the night" makes us partakers of nocturnal dimension, dreamlike, visionary Pietri, where plans and prospects are systematically and methodically challenged and overturned. "In this...