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Letter picture

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1208 Collections and/or Records:

Reproduction / Mairey, Francoise., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-59354-10002442
Scope and Contents

These four pages of typing of fgh are reproduced four times with the same explanation page for each group. The four pages of fgh are each increasingly darker in tone. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Revolte, 1988

 Item — Box 298: [Barcode: 31858072460870]
Identifier: CC-15974-16309
Scope and Contents

Each letter of the word REVOLTE, separately framed, is made of chewing gum by the artist who describes in each accompanying diary text what, when, and duration of the type of gum he chewed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

rhythmus r / Ruehm, Gerhard., 1968

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Identifier: CC-27225-27705
Scope and Contents The text which deals with plays on the letter 'r' was first written in Morbisch in 1958.Sims Reed Jamuary 2014 eMail: "rhythmus r", is a key work of Gerhard Ruhm, a program of linguistic concretism implemented consistently through all the senses. This printed version uses the mechanical flexibility of the typewriter and communicates the associative content of the written word by the spatial arrangement of words beginning with the letter 'R'. When read, the eye wanders up and down the pages, columns of R-words are printed close to page edges, the leitmotif of "regen rauscht" or 'rain rushing' cascading to the page sides. The acoustic recorded version is loud - Ruhm producing torrents of rain, paper tears, with listeners following the 'R' verb series ""rauscht reibt rast" (Roar, rub, rest). With the artist book, Ruhm has also attempted to produce a similar acoustic sensation with one of the pages being a sheet of abrasive pink sandpaper. The printing on the verso of the sandpaper...
Dates: 1968

Risco / Augusto De Campos; Moyses Baumstein., 1986

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Identifier: CC-16038-16380
Scope and Contents

When properly lit and placed, the colorful letters of the front hologram that reads POESIA combines with the black letters of the second hologram to read RISCO. The holograms were constructed by Moyses Baumstein. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Risco / Augusto De Campos; Moyses Baumstein., 1986

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Identifier: CC-16038-16380
Scope and Contents

When properly lit and placed, the colorful letters of the front hologram that reads POESIA combines with the black letters of the second hologram to read RISCO. The holograms were constructed by Moyses Baumstein. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

R.O.A.R. (Rank on a Rank) / Cobbing, Bob., 1987

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Identifier: CC-19615-20001
Scope and Contents

These prints have not been published in an edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Rose Window / Kempton, Karl., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33752-35416
Scope and Contents

In this book, Kempton composed circular, computer made poems that are formed from letters. They are presented one on each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

rR / Burda, Vladimir., 2000

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Identifier: CC-36725-38548
Scope and Contents

The image was adapted from Tlaloc #7, 1965. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

rR / Burda, Vladimir., 2000

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Identifier: CC-36726-38549
Scope and Contents

The image was adapted from Tlaloc #7, 1965. This proof version of the card was rubberstamped by jw curry in blue ink. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Rubber Condom [I], 1980

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Identifier: CC-28106-29265
Scope and Contents

Pages consist of rubberstamped, random arrangements of varied colored letters and numbers that signify a metaphor for sexual orgasm. The two copies with identical cover and number of pages differ in the rubbrstamped letters and numbers/ -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980