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Typewriter poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1812 Collections and/or Records:

Soundsword [2] / Claire, Paula., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-20032-20422
Scope and Contents

Designated Folders #12. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Space - Heaters / Deutsch, Joel., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-59325-10002412
Scope and Contents

Deutsch wrote a one page poem about the feminine qualities of the typewriter, entitled "FINAL WARNING."goddam typewriterstaring me in the eye- WATCH OUT!pretty soonyou'll feel the rapeof paperslipping through your roller thighs& the rap of metal cocksthrough your slotwhere i whisper harshlywith ten fingersthe pain it is to be fleshwithoutmagic margins -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Spare Change, 1970

 Item — Box 328: [Barcode: 31858072490927]
Identifier: CC-22087-22504

splendid weeping (180267) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-53337-59004
Scope and Contents

This might be considered a prophetic poem about the Wall Street crash of the internet bubble stocks in 2000 since Houedard used the @ symbols along side packed parentheses to evoke weeping for the imagery of this poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Spontaneous Appealinaire; Contemplate Apollinaire, 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-56670-10000065
Scope and Contents

The typewritten pages are pasted to a large black sheet of papercard. The work was included in the I.C.A. exhibition of Guillaume Apollinaire, 1968. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

SPOOOOL: The Complete Poet Rolls / Lebon, Elizabeth., 2015

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Identifier: CC-60917-10003774
Scope and Contents Spooool reproduces the one-off rolls written by Elizabeth Lebon between 2013 and 2014. The artist wrote with a typewriter on till rolls. "From Newquay to Brooksby's Walk" is 23 metres long. "Forwards not Forwards", "Tide Weighs Four", "Water Looking, Letter, Yes", and "Bodies" are all 10 m by 6 cm. These five texts tune in as five voices to Elizabeth Lebon's literary manifesto -- a 63-metre long typescript. The typewriter was used as a pretext for staying away from contemporary writing cliches. Repetition, mistakes, and fragile paper turn these rolls into an archetypal masterwork that took two years in the making, during which the artist's relationship with writing constantly drifted between form and content. Lebon developed a performance-oriented personal language, consistent with the very nature of her performances (see Twelve Tapestries). She sees this arrangement as a new form of writing that questions the sounds of her language -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth...
Dates: 2015

spring poem 1970 / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

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Identifier: CC-08729-8903
Scope and Contents

The poem is in three lines and reads "redid yr yellow bride." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

spring (water) fall / Cameron, Charles., 2013

 Item
Identifier: CC-58060-10001306
Scope and Contents

Composed on an IBM Selectric typewriter. In a personal communication to the Sacknsrs, Cameron comments 'a companion piece perhaps to Apollinaire's "Il Pleut des voix de femmes" -- and perhaps strikes me particularly because as a Brit born and raised, the idea that fall (US) is a season (ie autumn, UK) is new and fresh to me -- so from spring to fall offers both a seasonal and a watery connection. Original ca 1780-1982, this copy 2013. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2013

staleslate / Sharkey, John J.., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-56711-10000097
Scope and Contents

The words stale, slate and tales are typed in diminishing density from page top to page bottom starting with staleslatetales and ending with tale. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

[Stamp Sheet Typewriter Poetry / Chopin, Henri., 1998

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Identifier: CC-53742-642821
Scope and Contents

An ampersand is depicted in the middle of each of 40 stamps that are surrounded by repetitive typed characters. The name H. Chopin in miniscule letters is printed at the right lower corner of each stamp. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

STAR-BARN a concrete poem / d.a. levy., 1966

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Identifier: CC-60430-55597
Scope and Contents

The image of this stencil is fine but the paper is fragile and torn in a few places. The work designated by levy as a concrete poem has images which classifies it more as a visual poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

STAR-BARN a concrete poem / d.a. levy., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-60430-55597
Scope and Contents

The image of this stencil is fine but the paper is fragile and torn in a few places. The work designated by levy as a concrete poem has images which classifies it more as a visual poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Still 2: bondage / Burgess, Mali aka Burgess, Molly., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-57195-10000521
Scope and Contents

'Still 1' typewritings are stored in a custom wooden box made by Mali Burgess whereas 'Still 2' typewritings are stored between two plexiglas book covers. The limited edition book, 'Still,' of 25 copies depcits excellent reproductions of the originals to the extent that it is difficult to distinguish the original from the letterpress reproductions. However, the originals are typed on a single page whereas the reproductions in the book are printed on sleeve pages. A comparison between the blackness of the lettering generally showed more blackness with the originals than the reproductions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975