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Hieroglyphics

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 220 Collections and/or Records:

[Untitled] / Hartmann, Werner., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-09447-9634
Scope and Contents

The hieroglyphics that are reproduced in this article are typical of Hartmann's style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

[Untitled] / Jackman, Sandra., 1985

 Item
Identifier: CC-08196-8357
Scope and Contents

The photograph is mounted on a folded card. The note on the card to the Sackners gives Jackman's impressions after her first visit to the Archive: "We really did not have the slightest conception of the scope of your terrific collection. I'm still digesting it." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Untitled Locations / Ely, Timothy., 1981 - 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-14122-14427
Scope and Contents

The book symbolizes a trip to an imaginary planet with text hand written with made-up characters. This is illustrated with maps of new, mysterious continents and charts of fantasy geometries. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981 - 1983

Works & Interviews 1999 - 2014 / Jacobson, Michael., 2014

 Item
Identifier: CC-60500-10003411
Scope and Contents

In an interview with Lynn Alexander, Michael Jacobson describes asemic writing and the influence of Tim Gaze on his work. Jacobson states that asemic writing is a nataural combination of texts and images and "sits between art & literature." He believes "asemic writing is descended from all forms of writing,...and also captures the techno-anxiety & information overload of a post-literate culture better than traditional forms of literary expression." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2014

Zeichen an der Wande / Burckhardt, Marischa., 1988

 Item
Identifier: CC-52848-73986
Scope and Contents

The work depicted on the recto resembles the style of Victor Hartmann. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Zeichen Setzen / Buchwalder, Ernst., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-24061-24513
Scope and Contents

This New Year's greeting print has the shape of a equilateral triangle. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Zombic News. No.1 / John Maizels, editor., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-00111-114
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive holds the hand-colored prints of both covers by John Maizels. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Zombic News Texts & Artwork / Maizels, John., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-06283-6398
Scope and Contents

These prints represent working texts and images for utilization in Zombic News. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Zombic Scroll / Maizels, John., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-06664-6783
Scope and Contents

The drawing consists of made-up colored hieroglyphics. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

[Zombic Tablet], 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-06535-6654
Scope and Contents

The appearance of this work with an irregular, round border, is reminescent of the "Rosetta Stone." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Zombic Text / Maizels, John., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-06534-6653
Scope and Contents

Each print of the edition was handcolored in a slightly different way. The image is wholly untranslatable hieroglyphics. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994