On the back cover and internet, it is stated that Jenee Mateer is a photographer and video artist. She holds an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and she teaches photography and digital media at Towson University in Baltimore MD. Jenee says: "I see my work as a meditation on issues of gender, desire, identity and the complexities of language (communication). Inspired by the philosophy of Wittgenstein and Bachelard, influenced by images from popular culture, art history, advertising and various books on science, number and communication theory, electronics and computers, I search for answers to questions about responsibility, choice, chance, fate and man's place in the chaotic and complex universe." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

On the back cover and internet, it is stated that Nico Vassilakis is a multimedia artist, poet and writer. He was a curator for the Subtext Reading Series in Seattle. His visual poetry videos have been shown at festivals and exhibitions of innovative language arts. Vassilakis' writings have appeared in numerous magazines, including: EOAGH, West Line Coast, Aufgabe, Rampike, Talisman, Thermos and Golden Handcuffs Review. His latest publications are TEXT LOSES TIME, staReduction -- a vispo essay, Disparate Magnets, Protracted Type, a collection of visual poetry, and recently, West of Dodge. Along with Crag Hill, he is currently editing The Last Vispo Anthology 1998-2008. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

On the back cover and internet, it is stated that Since 1972 he dedicates to experimental and visual poetry, using the most diversified techniques and supports. Published 9 poetry books, 3 juvenile books and 6 anthologies of Portuguese and International Visual Poetry. Since 1983 participated in more that 100 International Festivals of Performance and Poetry in Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Holland, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, China, Macao, U.S.A., Hong-Kong, Korea, Turkey and Iceland. Organized several exhibitions of visual poetry and Festivals of Poetry and Performance since 1985. In 2005 he created the "Soneto Ecologico", a sonnet measuring 110 x 36 meters, made with 70 trees. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

assimo Sannelli. Born: 1973, 27th November. I live in Genoa, Italy. I try to follow what I think it's the better way to live. So I'm a writer and an artist; a translator and an actor always working with voice(s). That's all. When I make these visual poems or electronic drawings, I'd like to force my mind to be a better communicator of the inner self. These poems are created by a normal word-processor, in order to be as light as children are. That's all the power I can use, it's not a great one, and I like it. Massimo says: "this IS DONE, and that IS DONE, another thing is TO DO, later: theater, music, art, translations, poetry, performance. i don't know the *direction* of my work(s). the absolute and invisible Work is filled of works: the first is abstract, the others do exist. all is real. the mind quotes itself. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

There are reproductions of nine collages done by Blazek in this book. Most copies have the publisher name stricken out and c/o Abyss stamped in; this is not the case in this copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The original work was a 40" x 40" x 40" construction of glass and paint. Each one of the three photographs depicts a different view. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The original work was a 40" x 40" x 40" construction of glass and paint. Each one of the three photographs depicts a different view. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The original work was a 40" x 40" x 40" construction of glass and paint. Each one of the three photographs depicts a different view. This photograph shows the work inprogress. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Tom Phillips comments on El Greco's paintings at an exhibition held in the National Portrait Gallery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Moss writes "The four children of the Passover Haggadah intrigue us every year...We now open the folder and we see these four children in a rather unconventional treatment...The unification of the folksy and the literate are embodied here. For each of these primitive looking four children is actually a Hebrew word. When turned on its side and opened, each one's title magically appears: Chacham - the Wise one; Rasha - the Wicked one; Tam the Simple one and SHYL - the one who dooes not know how to ask." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This poem deals with philosophy of one's self. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This Christmas presentation book subtitled "On the Way to Little Sparta" was conceived by Finlay and photographed by Robin Gillanders. It relates the closing of Finlay's famed garden by the Scottish government. The sign on the first gate into the garden reads, "Following the authority's action against the Garden Temple, Little Sparta is closed to the public." The second gate sign reads, "Strathclyde Region made war on Little Sparta - Strathclyde Region is no more." The third gate sign reads, "Closed with the support of The Scottish Arts Council." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is a review the Gallery Diet exhibitions of 2010. It includes the show by Rachel Perry Welty whose large collage based on the Talking Heads song s held by the Sackner Archive. This piece has been loaned to exhibitions and is expected to be returned to the Sackner Archive in 2012. It is noteworthy that a large color photograph by Welty about the same size as the Sackner held collage was priced at $8,000 as one of an edition of six copies by Yancy Richardson Gallery at Pulse Art Fair Miami in December 2011. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each of the artists describes his/her methods and thought processes involved in the creation of the works. The cohesive elements in the visual poems are the use of color and form. This publication was a gift from the poets on the occasion of their visit to the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

David Moss writes, "The use of watermarks in papers goes back to the thirteenth century in Italy. A watermark is created by attaching a wire design to the screen used for handmade paper. The paper is slightly thinner where the wire sits so that when the completed sheet is held up to the light, the image is visible." The text for this print is a personal prayer to be recited by women when they light the Shabbat candles.The style of lettering is known as the Veiber-Teich font and the image is a typical Eastern European candelabra. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Sackners contributed three works in this exhibition to the Lowe Art Museum by Paul Berger, Gordon Matta-Clark and Luigi Veronesi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.