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Concrete poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 485 Collections and/or Records:

Some Myths of Concrete Poetry / Cobbing, Bob; Mayer, Peter; Chopin H; Bann S; Finlay IH; Mills S; Belloli C; Finch P; Gomringer E; Wright E; Fahlstrom O; Themerson S; Jandl E; Morgan E; Furnival J., 1972

 Item — Box 392: [Barcode: 31858072461563]
Identifier: CC-17728-18097
Scope and Contents

Reprinted from Stereo Headphones No.5, 1972. The authors debunk the assertion of Stuart Mills who in Akros No.18, 1972 stated that the poem-poster was introduced by Ian-Hamilton Finlay. They go on to further describe the pioneers of Concrete Poetry in their opinion. Rebuttals to their conclusions by Stephan Bann and Henri Chopin are also published. Mentions that Ernest Fenellosa, who died in 1908, used the term 'concrete poetry' in an essay, 'The Chinese Character as a Medium for Poetry' in 1901. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Songs All over the Place / Cobbing, Bob, editor., July 1986

 Item — Box 395: [Barcode: 31858072461597]
Identifier: CC-17535-17901
Scope and Contents

These poems were written by students at Epping Forest High School, Loughton, Essex, when Bob Cobbing was the visiting poet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: July 1986

Songsignals, 1971

 Item — Box 633: [Barcode: 31858072464732]
Identifier: CC-17539-17905
Scope and Contents

Edited by Peter Finch. This is issue No.1 of Second Aeon Folder series; the second and final number, J.P. Wards's "From Alphabet to Logos," is also held by the Sackner Archive. In the introduction, Cobbing describes how he altered the found poems in this work to their final form. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Sonnets in Concrete: Volume One / Brilliantes, Jos C.., 1968

 Item — Box 359: [Barcode: 31858072461266]
Identifier: CC-23354-23796
Scope and Contents

Brilliantes used typewriter characters to create distinctive shapes from the characters alone, viz. cats, dogs, lions, tigers, giraffes, bedbugs, girls with hula hoops, farmers, toothbrushes, scissors, pans etc. His images are quite unique in typewriter art and poetry and there are no other examples like his in the Sackner Archive. This book is stored in the same portfolio box as Bridgwater's "Typograms." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Source Unknown, 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-33897-35569
Scope and Contents

The book is an expansion of a print (Four People) that depicts a story akin to "it didn't happen on my shift!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Sprache ist fuer wahr ein Koerper, 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-39601-41560
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive holds "Exploding Galaxy," "Lotterie Romane," "E835," and "Geschutztes Messer," works that are depicted in photographic reproductions in this catalogue. There is also a listing and description of the objects made by Schauffelen 1966-1976. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Still Adding To My Alphabet Sound Poems This Morning, 1967

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-56697-58932

[Sundial], 1967

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Finlay, Ian Hamilton: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-12350-12576
Scope and Contents

This photograph depicts a sundial sculpture, "The Four, Seas, -Ons In, Sail. A sail is placed in the center to deflect the sun and cast a shadow. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Supersehtext, 1974

 Item — Box 614: [Barcode: 31858072461001]
Identifier: CC-37522-39379
Scope and Contents

This sheet depicts rows of 35 mm film strips that document Kriwet's mandalas as public literature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Swarms, 2010

 Item — Box 331: [Barcode: 31858072490976]
Identifier: CC-51532-72630
Scope and Contents

The images in this book are letraset collages; the fold-out depicts the "untitled" letraset collage in the collection of the Sackner Archive. The loose sheet is an Beaulieu's explanation as to why he prefers letraset and typing to computer generated art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Symphonic Concrete Cine-Text / Sackner, Ruth ; Sackner, Marvin ; Abess, Matthew, 2006

 Item — Box 311: [Barcode: 31858072490760]
Identifier: CC-62407-47546
Scope and Contents Matthew Abess, a second year undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, poet and scholar, spent the summer of 2006 researching the work of the British poet, Bob Cobbing in the Sackner Archive. In honor of the Sackner's 50th wedding anniversary, Matthew conceived of a poetic interpretation by mining the letters R-U-T-H and M-A-R-V-I-N in Cobbing's bibliographic entries in their original positions on the page and reprocessing the letters on 50 pages on a photocopier so that the letters on the final page are completely obscured and abstract. Metaphorically, the letters take on a new beautiful life and interpretation. Also included are six pages of working notes. The poet's explantion of his process is as follows: Please see below my brief explanation of the piece. It is rather inarticulate, so please feel free to edit as you see fit! Respectfully, Matthew "Symphonic Concrete Cine-Text" Curated by: Ruth & Marvin Sackner Edited by: Matthew Abess, 24.06.2006....
Dates: 2006

Syntax, 2000

 Item — Box 331: [Barcode: 31858072490976]
Identifier: CC-36501-38299
Scope and Contents

The cover depicts a letter picture. The pages are mostly abstract markings with a few letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Taw, 1995

 Item — Box 298: [Barcode: 31858072460870]
Identifier: CC-27721-28826
Scope and Contents

The black sculpture consists of the Hebrew letter Taw (T). The numerical value of this letter is 400. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Telegrams from My Windmill / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-11679-11897
Scope and Contents

This is Finlay's first book of concrete poetry based upon a typed layout. Sixtenn poems are printed in red color. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964