Concrete poetry
Subject Source: Sackner Database
Found in 485 Collections and/or Records:
Theravada: sun / moon / Burgess, Molly., 1975
Mahayana typewritings are stored in a custom wooden box made by Molly Burgess whereas Theravada typewritings are stored between two plexiglas book covers. The limited edition book, 'Still,' of 25 copies depcits excellent reproductions of the originals to the extent that it is difficult to distinguish the original from the letterpress reproductions. However, the originals are typed on a single page whereas the reproductions in the book are printed on sleeve pages. A comparison between the blackness of the lettering generally showed more blackness with the originals than the reproductions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
This is a Square Poem, 1992
This is a square poem / Cobbing, Bob., 1997
This book is an anthology of previously published sound poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Three Poems for Voice and Movement: Working Copy / Cobbing, Bob., 1971
Designated Writers Forum 'fours' number one. The handwritten additions provide directions for ordering the poetry and the timing of each piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Title: Of the Work / Cobbing, Bob., 1977
Totem, 1965
The sculpture that was assembled from different dimensional, wooden typeface forms is stylistically typical of works done by Gette in this period. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Trigram / Cobbing, Bob., 1972
Designated writers forum scores number two. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
(Uh..One & Uh..Two) Random Sightings, 2001
This book includes reproductions of "Book 14 T that consisted of abstract markings rendered on the mimeograph machine. The book reproduces 'The Para-Concrete Manifesto (1996)' is from the original mimeograph printing. Some of the pages inside 'untitled (1964)' also reproduced in the book were based upon images used for levy's '6 cleveland prints' (renegade press, 1964). There were 5 copies published; probably each one different from the other. Here, copy #2. is reprinted. The pages are colored abstract markings with some containing letter pictures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Ukraine Still Lives On: Visual Poems, Aphorisms, Poetical Paintings, 1994
The Sackner Archive also holds the printed edition of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Ukrainian Concrete Poems], 1994
Each print depicts the original poem in the Ukrainian language along with a English translation stapled to it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Untitled Plaque 2 (politeness strategies series), 2002
The plaque reads I'm {fine. tired. awesome. The signed certificate of authentification is stored in the study small notebook. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
[Untitled postcard], 2004
untitled [rieni] , 1971
Untitled [Woodface Type Sculpture] , 2002
The painted white sculpture is made from varying size wooden typefaces and fonts including Art Deco arranged in a vertical column attached to a white wooden base. The artist's signature is composed of the wooden type letters on the bottom of one face of the sculpture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Verbotetture: Architetture di Parole Nello Spazio della Pagina, 2001
Verbotecture is a neologism meaning a construction of words in the space of the page. This book is an anthology of previously published works of Lora-Totino dating from 1966 to 1998 They "identify with Concrete Poetry, but with the need of an accurate relation among the semiotic-graphical values and the meaning of the poem." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Verbum Parola Mot Word / La Rocca, Ketty., 1966
This piece, reproduced in yellow letters on a blue background, was the front piece in the catalogue of La Rocca's works at Galleria Carini, 1989. The photograph verso is rubberstamped, "ketti la rocca, via de serrogli 66, firenze" and hand dated '66. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Visual Poems, Text Poems, Book Three, Book Four, Book Five, 1970 - 1980
The titles of each book, each containing 32 prints with each print glued one to a page, are written on the covers by Cobbing. These books constitute a "scrapbook of Cobbing's published prints." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
