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Visual poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4858 Collections and/or Records:

Postmodern Genres, 1988

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Identifier: CC-03877-3950
Scope and Contents

Perloff states "It is the paradox of postmodern genre that the more radical the dissolution of traditional generic boundaries, the more important the concept of genericity becomes. "Hubert contributes an essay critically analyzing the book "Une Piece Ciruclaire" and Perloff one on Cage's "Roaratorio;" both books are held by Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

pour une annee consentante / Levy, Miller., 2002

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Identifier: CC-40422-42393
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The picture on the stick of chewing gum is a female nude. It required restoration at the bottom since the gum cracked in the mail. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

[Pourquoi...] / Sutherland, W. Mark., 1990

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Identifier: CC-02783-2826
Scope and Contents

The pages of a book were altered in the style of Tom Phillips' "A Humument" to create a new poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Power of Ten / Moss, David., 2012

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Identifier: CC-54118-643034
Scope and Contents

This piece is a metaphor for charitable giving. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012

Pranayama: Diaphragm as Parabola, Triangle Theorem, Viloma Breathing / Fultz, Bobbie., 1990

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Identifier: CC-10773-10983
Scope and Contents

The prints provide instructions including line drawings of the body postures for Yoga patterns of breathing. They also appeared in the periodical, Anti-Utopia No.4, 1990, a publication held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Preface to "T" / Korf, Kumi., 1995

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Identifier: CC-38563-40471
Scope and Contents

This booklet illustrates and poetically describes Korf's collage of 1986 "T" is for Time, and "T" is for Tea. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Preface to "T" / Korf, Kumi., 1987

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Identifier: CC-08075-8235
Scope and Contents

This booklet illustrates and poetically describes Korf's collage of 1986 "T" is for Time, and "T" is for Tea. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Premier jeu des 5 familles / Castera, Jean-Marc ; Strid, Astrid ; Pey S ; Blaine J ; Sharoff S., 1999

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Identifier: CC-35900-37661
Scope and Contents

The silkscreen drawings were done by Castera based upon the ideas of Astrid Strid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Preparation for Their Arrival / Lewty, Simon., 1983

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Identifier: CC-07185-7326
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This drawing was originally conceived as a scroll but when it was exhibited at the Miami Art Museum for an exhibtion"Visual Poetics" (2003), it was flattened and placed in a case and has remained as such. A derail of this drawing is depicted in Lewty's exhibition "The Centre of the Field" held at te Ikon Gallery Birmingham, Englanmd in 1984. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Preparatory Drawing For Marvin & Ruth Sackner Artchive Of Concrete And Visual Poetry Painting / Phillips, Tom., 1982

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Identifier: CC-46253-48974
Scope and Contents

This drawing consists of the layout for the text of Phillips' painting for the "Sackner Artchive." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Preparatory Sketches for Marvin & Ruth Sackner Artchive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Painting / Phillips, Tom., 1982

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Identifier: CC-60180-52473
Scope and Contents

This drawing documents Phillips' process that resulted in the fromation of the signature painting commissioned for the Sackner Archive.It ultimately was designed with 90 small paintings. The sketches of the layout led to Phillips' creation of the word Artchive that becomes a mesostic with the lettters placed vertically down the center of the painting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Prepared Tube One: Song of the Red Toad / Michael Basinski., 2011

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Identifier: CC-54929-990345
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According to Basinski, this prepared tube is an example of an "opem," which is a poem for improvisational performance. He indicates that one should perform the opems in ensemble via improvisational interpretation by "reading" and voicing the textual elements through the tubes (or not) and around them. These opems are instruments and should be treated as such and they are scores and, again, should be engaged as such. Use silents and sound. Play. Orchestrate. Duration is variable. This work was displayed in the Gallery's exhibition entitled, Object Poems (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

Prepared Tube One: Song of the Red Toad / Michael Basinski., 2011

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Identifier: CC-54929-990345
Scope and Contents

According to Basinski, this prepared tube is an example of an "opem," which is a poem for improvisational performance. He indicates that one should perform the opems in ensemble via improvisational interpretation by "reading" and voicing the textual elements through the tubes (or not) and around them. These opems are instruments and should be treated as such and they are scores and, again, should be engaged as such. Use silents and sound. Play. Orchestrate. Duration is variable. This work was displayed in the Gallery's exhibition entitled, Object Poems (2011). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

PRES , 1992

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Identifier: CC-61614-10004074
Scope and Contents

Taken from pete spence's Archive 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Prima del Silenzio / Miglietta, Enzo., 1981

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Identifier: CC-06510-6629
Scope and Contents

This drawing made with printed letterform tautologic text achieves an optical image quality through differences in spacing of the letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981