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Performance poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 886 Collections and/or Records:

Sharp-Edged Like Cement / Durruthy, Angela; Cobbing B; Fencott PC., 1982

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Identifier: CC-14649-14962
Scope and Contents

Describes forthcoming performance of Cobbing & Fencott at the Richter Library, University of Miami. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Silence / Cage, John ; Satie E., 1973

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Identifier: CC-16643-16997
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This the 4th printing of the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Simple Harmonic Motions / Lazer, Hank ; Bruggeman, Inge ; Berry, Jake., 2000

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Identifier: CC-40282-42253
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The book was made by Bruggeman based on poems by Lazer. The poems are illustrated with drawings of repetitive events, the electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram, an experimental music score, sine waves, and graphic solutions to mathematical equations. The poems on one side of the book are set in readable type, the poems on the verso are set in illegible smudged type. The compact disc is a recording of the author reading and performing his poems with The Alabama Poetry Ensemble. Jake Berry made the recording. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

[Slipcase Cover for the The Little Rabbits La Grande Musique] / Joel Hubaut., 2000

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Identifier: CC-36370-38161
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The cover of the slipcase of this promotional compact disc is "The Pink Night Trip" installation by Joel Hubaut. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Solo Decollage Piece - 1961 for Wolf Vostell / Patterson, Ben., 1961

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Identifier: CC-50777-71855
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This work was purchased from Eugen Gomringer who probably intended to publish it in his poesia konkreta series. It is not reproduced in Patterson's "Black and White File" (also held by the Sackner Archive) that records all his works from 1958-1998. The English text was translated into German presumably under the direction of Gomringer as a typing also held by the Sackner Archive along with three small ink diagrammatic drawings that differ from the one drawn on the verso of this work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1961

Solo Decollage-Stuck - 1961 fur Wolf Vostell (Solo Decollage Piece - 1961 for Wolf Vostell) / Patterson, Ben., 1961

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Identifier: CC-50781-71859
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This work was purchased from Eugen Gomringer who probably intended to publish it in his poesia konkreta series. It is not reproduced in Patterson's "Black and White File" (also held by the Sackner Archive) that records all his works from 1958-1998. This piece is the German translation. It includes three small ink diagrammatic drawings that differ from the one drawn on the verso of the original English work that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1961

Something Else Press / Higgins, Dick., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09191-9372
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This exhibition consisted of all the Something Else Press publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Something Else Yearbook / Herman, Jan, editor ; Andersen E ; Bukowski C ; Gette PA ; Giorno J ; Hausmann R ; Heidsieck B ; Higgins D ; Knizak M ; Knowles A ; Lurie B ; Oliveros P ; Picabia F ; Valoch J ; Vostell W ; Zelevansky L ; Altmann R ; Bory JF ; Coolidge C ; Herman J ; Janicot F ; Lucier A ; Lurie B ; Marcus A ; Mayer B ; Niikuni S ; Schwitters K ; Shiomi M ; Weissner C ; Wilson SC ; Nebesky L., 1974

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Identifier: CC-36427-38219
Scope and Contents Printed Matter: This book exists as the only edition of what was originally intended as an annual yearbook series from Something Else Press. The book compiles a range of material: various types of poetry, essays, collages, event documentation, photographs, drawings and more. It also includes older work by Kurt Schwitters and Francis Picabia that was deemed relevant to the more contemporary contributions. The publishers designated this volume as a yearbook because wanted to present a record of things that they had come in contact with at a given time. As a result, the quality and relevance of contributions varies widley while standing out as a sort of time capsule for the subject matter that came in contact with Something Else Press. The publishers call it "a great, big diary, spontaneous and full of zest." With over forty-one contributors including Charles Bukowski, Paul-Armand Gette, John Giorno, Dick Higgins, Milan Knizak, Alison Knowles, Alvin Lucier, Pauline Oliveros, Mieko...
Dates: 1974