Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002
Person
Nationality
British
Found in 643 Collections and/or Records:
As I Think Joyce Would Have Maintained / Cobbing, Bob., 1979
Item — Box 394: [Barcode: 31858072461589]
Identifier: CC-17669-18037
Scope and Contents
This poem was published in Kollected Kriss Kringle Vol 4 by Anarcho Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1979
as i was saying / Cobbing, Bob ; Upton, Lawrence., 1996
Item — Box 390: [Barcode: 31858072461548]
Identifier: CC-44980-47155
Dates:
1996
Ballet of the Speech Organs: On Bob Cobbing / Cobbing, Bob ; Smith, Steven Ross ; Toop D ; Cheek C ; Griffiths B ; Adler J ; Burwell P ; Hollo A ; Harwood L ; Nuttall J ; Rowan J ; Claire P ; bissett b ; Valoch J ; Ginsberg A ; Jandl E ; Nichol bp ; Dufrene F ; Kerouac J ; Beckett S ; Joyce J ; Chopin H ; Stein G ; DeVree P., 1998
Item — Box 389: [Barcode: 31858072461530]
Identifier: CC-44993-47169
Scope and Contents
Cobbing describes the first time he used words in a non-semantic way (1959). Now does no belive that there are any distinction beween music and art and poetry and dance. He indicates that he does not notate his sound poems because "every shape one sees on a page, conjures up a sound - any sound one hears conjures up a pattern, a mark on the page. Ross asks Cobbing about his sound scores [abstract markings] and how he reads these marks. He cites Norman McLaren who drew a sound track on film. McLaren stated that "a thin line will give you a high sound, a thicker line will give you a lower sound. If you make a little tiny point it'll give you a high 'ping,' if you make it a rounder blob, a biggr blob, it'll give you a 'boom'..." Cobbing indicates than when he makes marks on paper, he writes in sound. Cobbing tells about a painting he made that was exhibited in a library entitled "Integration alone is not enough" (1962/1963) in which Margaret Thatcher, then a local representative saw...
Dates:
1998
Bang On / Cobbing, Bob ; Upton, Lawrence., 1996
Item — Box 388: [Barcode: 31858072463676]
Identifier: CC-44944-47117
Dates:
1996
Basil Bunting - Poem for Two Voices / Cobbing, Bob., 1974
Item — Box 394: [Barcode: 31858072461589]
Identifier: CC-17672-18040
Scope and Contents
All the words in this poem begin with the letter "b." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1974
Beethoven Today / Cobbing, Bob., 1970
Item — Box 385: [Barcode: 31858072461506]
Identifier: CC-17468-17834
Scope and Contents
Cobbing created repeticious text variations on the title "Beethoven Today" by forming poems in either a circular or quadrangular arrangement. The pages have yellow and orange color -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1970
Beethoven Today / Cobbing, Bob., 1970
Item — Box 392: [Barcode: 31858072461563]
Identifier: CC-19973-20361
Scope and Contents
Cobbing created tautologic variations on the title "Beethoven Today" by forming poems in either a circular or quadrangular arrangement. Al the pages are printed on white paper stock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1970
Best Wishes for 1972, 1972
Item — Box 635: [Barcode: 31858072464757]
Identifier: CC-17762-18131
Dates:
1972
Best Wishes for 1996 / Cobbing, Bob., 1995
Item — Box 385: [Barcode: 31858072461506]
Identifier: CC-45144-47325
Dates:
1995
Best Xmas Wishes / Cobbing, Bob., 1980
Item — Box 385: [Barcode: 31858072461506]
Identifier: CC-17760-18129
Dates:
1980
Bill Jubobe, 1977
Item — Folder 23: [Barcode: 31858072459823]
Identifier: CC-18756-19130
Scope and Contents
This work was made for a performance in Saarbrucken, West Germany, January 1977. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1977
Bill Jubobe: Selected Texts of Bob Cobbing 1942-1975 / Cobbing, Bob ; O'Huigen, Sean., 1976
Item — Box 388: [Barcode: 31858072463676]
Identifier: CC-17490-17856
Scope and Contents
This is an anthology of Cobbing's works textural and abstract xerox works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates:
1976
Bird Yak / Bob Cobbing ; P.C. Fencott ; Hugh Metcalfe, 1985
Item — Box 394: [Barcode: 31858072461589]
Identifier: CC-17561-17927
Dates:
1985
Birdyak 75th birthday / Bob Cobbing ; H Metcalfe, 1995
Item — Box 389: [Barcode: 31858072461530]
Identifier: CC-61901-10004374
Dates:
1995
Birdyak / Bob Cobbing ; Hugh Metcalfe, 1987
Item — Box 394: [Barcode: 31858072461589]
Identifier: CC-17562-17928
Dates:
1987
Birdyak - Extreme Quartet / Bob Cobbing, editor ; P Metcalf ; J Pike, 1996
Item — Box 390: [Barcode: 31858072461548]
Identifier: CC-45176-47359
Dates:
1996
Birdyak in Concert / Bob Cobbing, 1993
Item — Box 389: [Barcode: 31858072461530]
Identifier: CC-61903-10004376
Dates:
1993
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- Sound poetry 373
- Concrete poetry 152
- Abstract markings 143
- Xerox art 92
- Documentation 53
- Performance poetry 51
- Fragmented text 35
- Text over text 24
- Letter picture 18
- Repetitious text 18
- Visual poetry 18
- Critical text 17
- Conventional poetry 16
- Permutation 15
- Visual art 15
- Alphabetical text 14
- Visual/verbal 14
- Computer art 12
- Found poetry 10
- Typewriter poetry 9
- Conventional non-fiction 8
- Calligraphic text 7
- Language poetry 7
- Calligraphic markings 6
- Constellation 6
- Computer text 5
- Exhibition review 5
- Shaped poetry 5
- Cancelled text 3
- Conceptual text 3
- Reference text 3
- Correspondence art 2
- Dada 2
- Diagram 2
- Illustrated book 2
- Mirror writing 2
- Neologism 2
- Performance art 2
- Phonetic text 2
- Portrait 2
- Typewriter art 2
- Artist book 1
- Artist book (limited edition) 1
- Asemic writing 1
- Biography 1
- Book catalogs 1
- Constructivism 1
- Conventional fiction 1
- Exhibitions 1
- Experimental fiction 1
- Experimental listening music 1
- Experimental typography 1
- Illustrated book (limited edition) 1
- Mathematical poetry 1
- Minimalist poetry 1
- Music 1
- Musical notation 1
- Palindrome 1
- Performing arts festivals 1
- Picture poetry 1
- Political poetry 1
- Political text 1
- Typography 1