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Political poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1438 Collections and/or Records:

Symphonic Poem / Robinson, Aminah Brenda ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-58817-10002039
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive lent "Cries of Poindexter Village" to this exhibition. In the catalogue, Robinson (1940-2015) describes this work as "a two-volume book I made for my son, Syndey. One volume is 'Schoolyard,' and the other is 'Bethlehem Journey,' a hinged book with a large cloth painting inside. Both volumes are about the voices of the children coming up in Poindexter and the characters who lived there and some of their stories." The folder contains documentation for the exhibition, press releases and a thank you note thanking the Sackners for lending their piece to the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Taschenbuch der Panzer / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Gardner, Ian., 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-11758-11976
Scope and Contents

The eight colored prints play off the image of the Pansey, the flower as a camouflaged image of Panzer, the German armored tank. A section of this book is entitled, "Detached Sentances on Camouflage: In the Manner of Shenstone. William Snenstone (1714-1763) was a poet and gardner. This list aphorisms about floral and military tank camouflage. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Teach Yourself Fucking, 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-41328-43311
Scope and Contents

Stored in Yeah magazine box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Techne, Quaderni di: Poetry As Sign; Sign As Poetry. No.42/Jul / Eugenio Miccini, Lamberto Pignotti, Sarenco, editors., 1974

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Identifier: CC-01424-1457
Scope and Contents

Published for the First Congress of the International Association for Semiotic Studies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Techne, Quaderni di: Teatro Pubblico. No.30 / Sarenco., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-01400-1433
Scope and Contents

Edited by Eugenio Miccini. The theme of this book is graffiti art and its political reprecussions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Tell Me What Attackd Yu / bissett, bill., 1971

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Identifier: CC-23518-23963
Scope and Contents

Reprint from b. bissett's book "Nobody Owns th Earth," published by Anansi Press in 1971. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Temple, n. (after Claude Lorrain) / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stewart, Mark., 1983

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Identifier: CC-11912-12134
Scope and Contents

Temple, according to Finlay's definition, signifies a sacred place or a place menaced by bailiffs. The accompanying image is taken after Claude Lorrain's "Landscape with Apollo." The poem refers to the buiding housing Finlay's artworks, "Temple" and seizure of these works by bailiffs because of a local tax dispute. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Temple, n / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Stewart, Mark., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-12088-12312
Scope and Contents

Temple denotes the exhibition space at Finlay's residence. The caption under an image of a Greek temple includes a definition, a quote from The Metamorphosis of Ovid, and the storming of Finlay's Temple by the Strathclyde region tax collectors who launched a surprise attack on Budget day, March 15, and successfully looted the garden TEMPLE. The definition is "a marbled edifice, a veined edifice; the seat or summit of reason." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Terminal Zone: Poesie et Nouvelles Technologies / DeCampos A ; Kostelanetz R ; Donguy J ; Kac E ; Minarelli E ; Castellin P ; Balpe JP ; Cage J ; Balestrini N ; Williams E ; Gysin B., 2002

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Identifier: CC-40212-42182
Scope and Contents

The catalogue has six pages altered with drawings by Joel Hubaut - they were not part of this exhibition. He particapated in a sound poetry component of the exhibition through a CD recorded by Dmitry Bulatov for his book, An International anthology of sound poetry. There are essays on holograms by Augusto De Campos, Eduardo Kac, and Richard Kostelanetz. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Terminal Zone - Poesie et nouvelles technologies / Kac E ; Donguy J ; DeCampos A ; Kostelanetz R ; Minarelli E ; Castellin P ; Balpe JP ; Knowles A ; Tenney J., 2002

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Identifier: CC-51352-72441
Scope and Contents

Joel Hubaut, a participant in this exhibition, hand lettered an anti-Bush, anti-Iraq war political discourse on the inside of the front cover where he signed and dedicated the book to the Sackners. He also marked the paragraph in the preface in green ink that described his work.This catalogue is stored in the box with Hubaut material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Terror/Virtue, 1983

 Item — Box 184: [Barcode: 31858072459542]
Identifier: CC-12419-12646
Scope and Contents

The leaflet provides an explanation for the image on the medal. Virtue is signified by two classical columns and terror by the two posts of the Guillotine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

That's Not Art That's Illustration, 1999

 Item — Folder 73: [Barcode: 31858072538089]
Identifier: CC-32247-33805
Scope and Contents

The print depicts a human-like dog with a handwritten text that decries the designation "artist" to many contemporaries. The poem concludes, "The only people left who seem to be artists are illustrators. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999