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Kern, Bliem

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

George Washington Kern Was My Grandfather, 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-37040-38880
Scope and Contents

This poem was performed at the first Philadelphia Book Fair in 1976. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Meditationsmeditationsmeditations, 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-37038-38878
Scope and Contents

The edition consisted of 10 copies boxed with a tape cassette and a loose portfolio from the book that was painted by Kern and signed. 100 copies were boxed with a tape, a loose portfolio and signed in book (current copy). 400 copies were boxed with a tape. 250 copies were available in book form only. The 12 prints in the box are pages taken from the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Nuclear Prayer, 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-37042-38882
Scope and Contents

This poem, composed on an IBM Selectric Correcting Typewriter, was first performed at the School of Visual Arts, New York in April 1978. It was presented and printed here for the 11th International Festival of Sound Poetry in Toronto, Canada, held in October 1978. The envelope is a yellow color. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Ode To The Foot, 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-37047-38887
Scope and Contents

The poem in this book, that was first performed at the FOOTBALL in May 1981, was based upon a paper by Alex Alexander on Foot Fetish. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Pharoah On The Ferry, 1981

 Item
Identifier: CC-37045-38885
Scope and Contents

This work is a modern enactment of the passage of the Sungod of night, or Osiris, through the first gate of the Neter-Khertet (divine underworld). The poem is accompanied by line drawings of New York scenes done by Kern. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981