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Sackner, Ruth

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Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

A Humument Page 59, 1980 - 1986

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Identifier: CC-54408-989921
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The poem reads " A most magnificent kind of woners catalogue - DOCUMDNT the universe; and vanish - doumenti--libri----multa--admirandi! - at his bedside - all the reading of the thing with the stamp of art. tp ms and rs." Here Phillips is prising the Sackners' catalogue of their collection of concrete and visual poetry(1986) for which he also designed the cover. The same poem with a different image as a print with only 'tp' for Hansjorg Mayer publications catalogue is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980 - 1986

A Lettrist Lyric, 1996

 Item — Box 615: [Barcode: 31858073143871]
Identifier: CC-03093-3140
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Poem written for Ruth Sackner on her 60th birthday while William Smith was a guest at the Sackner's house. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

A Performance of Concrete and Sound Poetry/An Exhibition of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Cobbing, Bob ; Fencott, P.C. ; Marvin Sackner ; Ruth Sackner., 1982

 Item — Box 387: [Barcode: 31858072461522]
Identifier: CC-17287-17648
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The exhibition was curated by Ruth and Marvin Sackner. The catalogue was issued on the occasion of the exhibition and performance of Cobbing and Fencott at the Richter Library, University of Miami, February 25, 1982. The exhibition and performance was sponsored by Josephine Johnson, University of Miami. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Abrapalabra, 2001

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Identifier: CC-38751-40662
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Omar Khouri contributes an introductory essay about De Araujo's poems. The web address of the Sackner Archive is listed under places with more of De Araujo's work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Bob Cobbing ABC in Sound / Watts, Jonathan P.; Cobbing B; Cobbing W; Sackner MA; Sackner RK., 2013

 Item — Box 388: [Barcode: 31858072463676]
Identifier: CC-58527-10001750
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The exhibitio nwas curated by William Cobbing, Bob Cobbing's grandson and Rosie Cooper at the Exhibition Research Centre in Liverpool. It consisted of printed matter, paintings, documents, films, sound works, objects and artefacts.The Sackners were described as "owners of the most comprehensive archive of sound and concrete poetry." Stored in Bob Cobbing box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2013

Chimaren, 1998

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Identifier: CC-31079-32544
Scope and Contents

This exhibition catalogue lists Andryczuk's personal publications and provides illustrations of them that are ofter tipped-in. It also lists publications of other poets that he has published. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

dbqp, No. 225: water vapour [white], 2005

 Item — Box 304: [Barcode: 31858072460946]
Identifier: CC-46455-49184
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This copy is printed on white papercard stock. One of the poems "waTer vaPour" in this set was commented upon by Bob Grumman in his book "From Haiku to Lyriku" (2007). "Anyway, here's a clue: think lower case uppered. Remember gas expands." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

dbqp: Visualizing Poetics, 2004

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Identifier: CC-42571-44586
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Huth describes his visit to the Sackner Archive on April 13th in the section titled "Home Sweet Museum." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Entwine, 2000

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Ca-Cl: [Barcode: 31858072491289]
Identifier: CC-42925-44968
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These prints are based upon a typing done in 1993 which were photocopied onto a transparent sheet of paper and then laid over the original in five different ways creating five works "with dense patterns and moire effects." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Events / Bob Cobbing ; M Abess ; MA Sackner ; RK Sackner ; M O'Sullivan ; C Cheek ; C Bernstein, 2007

 Item — Box 386: [Barcode: 31858072461514]
Identifier: CC-47382-68379
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This is a November internet update of the Writers House calendar for October featuring the seminar "Suddenly Everyone Began Reading Aloud" relating to the exhibition at the Van Pelt Library titled "Make Perhaps This Out Sense Of Can You." Photographs are included of the participants at the seminar. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Found Poems, 1990 - 1994

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Identifier: CC-10488-10692
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In the colophon, Gallo mentions that the production of this book was made possible in part due to a grant from the Sackner Archive. The binding was done by Daniel Kelm. Each page has a single poem that was printed letterpress or from plates generated thru Alphatype or Postscript applications. The Archive for this book is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990 - 1994

International Mail Archives, 2000

 Item — Box 258: [Barcode: 31858072458270]
Identifier: CC-35717-37470
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This work consists of the responses to a questionaire on Mail Art Archives sent to the recipients by Ferranto. Some of the collectors also indicated that their collections were for sale. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Lecture for Bob Cobbing's Exhibition "Make Perhaps this Out Sense Of Can You" / Sackner, Ruth; Abess M; Sackner MA; Goldsmith K; Traister D; O'Sullivan M; Cheek C; Bernstein C; Joris P; Celan P., 2007

 Item — Box 386: [Barcode: 31858072461514]
Identifier: CC-48182-69206
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Ruth Sackner delivered this lecture at the opening of Bob Cobbing's Exhibition "Make Perhaps this Out Sense Of Can You." It focused on the relation of Mathew Abess, the curator of the exhibition and the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

[Letter to Marvin & Ruth Sackner from Andrew Topel (?)], 2012 November 10

 Item — Box 396: [Barcode: 31858072461605]
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Topel asks the Sackners about life, talks about enclosed items for the archive, and ponders a visit in the coming January

Dates: 2012 November 10

Library Quartet, 2003

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Identifier: CC-42258-44264
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Page 50, plate 44, depicts Wingbook, an artist book in edition of 12 that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Make Perhaps This Out Sense Of Can You / Cobbing B; Abess M; Traister D; Sackner MA; Sackner RK., 2007

 Item — Box 386: [Barcode: 31858072461514]
Identifier: CC-47113-49852
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This invitation was published for the exhibition on the work of the British poet, Bob Cobbing. The exhibition was curated by Matthew Abess who was the scholar in residence at the Sackner Archive during the summer of 2006 between his sophomore and junior years at the University of Pennsylvania. He also wrote the catalogue essay and organized a symposium at the Kelly Writers House with Maggie O'Sullivan and cris cheek, compatriates of Bob Cobbing, participating in the event along with Charles Bernstein and Marvin Sackner. All the Cobbing material for the exhibition came from the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Make Perhaps this Out Sense Of Can You / Cobbing, Bob ; Abess M ; Traister D ; Sackner MA ; Sackner RK., 2007

 Item — Box 386: [Barcode: 31858072461514]
Identifier: CC-48181-69205
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This catalogue was published for the exhibition of works of Bob Cobbing selected from the Sackner Archive. The curator, Matthew Abess, SAS '08, was an intern in the Archive during the summer of 2006 when he researched the material for this exhibition. In addition to writing an in-depth catalogue essay, Matthew Abess organized recorded sound poetry readings on multiple head phones in the gallery, and planned a seminar with cris cheek and Maggie O'Sullivan at the Writers House. This is the second printing of the catalogue with the pages evenly printed throughout. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007