Semiotic poetry

Seven Cold Spot Todos (Geometric) / Jacob Drachler., 1979

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Identifier: CC-15705-16034

Scope and Contents

All of these poems have been placed on the verso of the circular top of a commercial "Cold Spot Freezer Pail Pack." All are titled, e.g., Steady/Unsteady, Lapped/Overlapped, etc. with triangles, squares and circles to illustrate the title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

[Sign Language] / Baker, Carlyle., 1996

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Identifier: CC-24098-24550

Scope and Contents

The drawing consists of a grid of letter-like word forms that have a shapes similar to a whole note in music but are at diverse angles. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Sino, pan de proposicion / Pino, Francisco., 1974

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Identifier: CC-41159-43141

Dates: 1974

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Subvers: On Language. No.8/Aug / Herman de Vries., 1972

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Identifier: CC-31408-32896

Dates: 1972

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals

Subvers: On Language. No.8/Aug / Herman de Vries., 1972

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Identifier: CC-31409-32897

Dates: 1972

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals

Textum (Web) / Fox, Terry., 1989

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Identifier: CC-11406-11622

Dates: 1989

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

The Book of Glyphs / Prost, R.., 1982

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Identifier: CC-62411-47550

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Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California. Exhibition was curated by Karl Kempton. It appears that the letters and symbols on the pages were drawn by hand and then offset printed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

The General / Burka, Jan., 1964

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Identifier: CC-22361-22784

Scope and Contents Original working copy of poem utilized for publication in Revue Ou No.22. Wikipedia: Jan Burka was born on June 14, 1924, in Postoloprty, as the younger son in an intermarriage. In 1940, he studied at a private art school, and then attended a course in graphics at the Vinohrady Synagogue, led by Petr Kien. After some time in Prague, he was deported as Geltungsjude, and was sent to Terezín on 10 August 1942. In Terezín, he was once again reunited with Petr Kien, and even in the difficult conditions in the ghetto, continued to study drawing. In Terezín, he lived to see liberation. He also met his future wife, renowned figure skater Ellen Burka, née Danby, in Terezín, who was raised in the Netherlands. After World War II, Burka (with Danby) settled in Amsterdam, where he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Rijksakademie beeldende van Kunsten), under Lütke and Westerman. From 1945-1951, he worked as a graphic artist in Amsterdam. In 1951, he moved to Toronto in Canada, where...

Dates: 1964

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Un Filet De VoiI... / Retournement / Moineau, Jean-Claude., 1970

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Identifier: CC-60082-55012

Dates: 1970

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Ut To Be Realized, 1977

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Identifier: CC-16368-16718

Scope and Contents

The drawing consists of a grid of letter-like forms in the artist's personal language. De Cointet produced experimental performances in which signs of this language often mixed with English letters and numbers were utilized. De Cointet died young in the early 1980's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977