Fluxus

Joseph Beuys Sculpture, Drawings, Multiples and Prints / Christie's ; Beuys J., 1989

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Identifier: CC-17252-17610

Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs

Killing the Books: An Action 1971-2, 1972

Item — Box 66: [Barcode: 31858072538493]

Identifier: CC-33342-34980

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The handwritten statement on cardboard collaged to the back of the frame reads, The books are killed - by shooting - by burning - by drowning - by cutting - by gluing - painting white, or red, or black, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS

Killing the Books: An Action 1971-2 / Milan Knizak., 1972

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Identifier: CC-33342-34980

Scope and Contents

The handwritten statement on cardboard collaged to the back of the frame reads, The books are killed - by shooting - by burning - by drowning - by cutting - by gluing - painting white, or red, or black, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

Klavier / Christiansen, Henning., 1965

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Identifier: CC-58287-10001520

Scope and Contents His music scores were dubbed "new simplicity' & this score is an example of that genre. Internet: How are these new cases of Henning Christiansen? The something quite very easy to describe. The first movement of his "Perceptive constructions' for example a chord in different (carefully planned) design butt out to the listener. The items each time exactly 10 seconds. The breaks items also exactly 10 seconds. So the rational design: a complete mechanical arrangement of the materials. Many might say: u-organic, un-musical. And it's probably also intended by Henning Christiansen's side. His music, with its "objective" character and its rationality rebellion against Cage-school zenagtige given himself up to randomness. But it is also, and primarily, a reaction against the particular kind of chance called 'natural' musical and motor responses, which in turn is reflected by the composer's subjective-private feeling tension. He puts a mechanism in time, there should be no urgent...

Dates: 1965

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Klavierdichtung / Bory, Jean-Francois., 1997

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Identifier: CC-41632-43622

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The image is of a deconstructed piano made for Francesco Conz. The piano is painted gold and contains small gilded toy soldiers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

KNOWLES ED 912 Posters (Situazione/Manifesti, No. 2): White Stripes for John Cage, 1967

Item — Folder 26: [Barcode: 31858072459856]

Identifier: CC-14159-14464

Dates: 1967

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / ED 912 / Situazione/Manifesti

Konkrete/Visuelle Poesie / Armin Hundertmark, curator ; Chopin H ; Gappmayr H ; Williams E ; Valoch J ; Schauffelen KB ; Roth D ; Lax R ; Kolar J ; Heidsieck B ; Hansen A ; Knowles A ; Schmit T ; Shiomi C ; Tot E ; Gomringer E ; Gosewitz L., 1992

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Identifier: CC-07966-8122

Dates: 1992

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs

Kopfarbeit Doppelganger/Innen und Aussen / Jaschke, Gerhard., 1992

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Identifier: CC-08266-8428

Dates: 1992

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

La Brosse de Ben / Ben., 1998

Item — Box 272: [Barcode: 31858072460938]

Identifier: CC-31552-33047

Scope and Contents

The black toothbrush is printed "Keep smiling (Ben)" in the artist's characteristic, white calligraphy. The box also adds "embrasse moi (Ben)." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS / Ben

Lagerliste 2/94 / Fricke, M + R ; Lissitzky E ; Teige K ; Ben., 1994

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Identifier: CC-11145-11360

Dates: 1994

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs

Language Box, 1966

Item — Box 298: [Barcode: 31858072460870]

Identifier: CC-27279-27840

Scope and Contents

Each card is printed on both sides with a single word selected by Hendricks "in accordance with no fixed laws. Some are likes, others are antitheses. often the pairs are reversible, sometimes not." The author suggests playing with the cards like building blocks to make whatever individual creation is desired. "Language Box is an invitation to the reader to involve himself in this process of creative synthesis. It is an attempt to break out of, not to break down, traditional habits and inhibitions in order to arrive at a richer, fresher sense of language and the world." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS

L'art est une question de nom Propre / Ben., 1974

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Identifier: CC-23614-24061

Scope and Contents

The message was reproduced from a painting written in white paint on a black background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

L'Art J'aime Pas / Ben., 1978

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Identifier: CC-22146-22568

Scope and Contents

This is designated as Ecart postcards No.17. It consists of the title printed in white on a black background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Le Poipoidrome Ambulant OO / Filliou, Robert ; Pfeufer, Joachim., 1975

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Identifier: CC-11298-11514

Scope and Contents

This work deals with the idea of constructing an environment based upon the ritual of the African Dogon-Tribe called "PoiPoi". -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals

Letters For Iris Numbers For Silence; Thanks II / Mac Low, Jackson., 1964

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Identifier: CC-06788-6907

Scope and Contents

Published in Fluxus 1, 1964 although loose sheet is dated 1961. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

License / Hendricks, Jon; Toche, Jean., 1981

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Identifier: CC-49939-70997

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Each card is laid out in an identical fashion but the licenses differ as to what is given and the Agency granting the license, e.g., License to Read by The Ku Klux Klan, License to Make a living by The Pentagon, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

L'Immortelle Mort du Monde / Filliou, Robert., 1967

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Identifier: CC-13079-13374

Scope and Contents

Aphorisms are printed in a 10 x 10 grid (for 10 performers) with magic marker colors outlining the text in each square. Not referenced in Silverman Fluxus Codex. This is Filliou's first visual work: He wrote it as "Auto-Theater" in Sept. 1960 in Paris dedicated to Daniel Spoerri. The piece was performed once only in Liege (F) 1968 by 10 actors. The Something Else-print is the score for this "dynamic theater performance" that was conceived after the principle of contingency. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats