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Found poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:

For Jean on Her Birthday - A Short-but-Waterproof Book About Swimming, 2000

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Co-Cu: [Barcode: 31858072491354]
Identifier: CC-35705-37456
Scope and Contents

The blue, plastic wrist strap contains a key. The collage consists of six strips of paper with texts and images that give techniques for swimming. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Found Poems, 1990 - 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-10488-10692
Scope and Contents

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

[German Text], 2004

 Item — Box 302: [Barcode: 31858073143590]
Identifier: CC-52332-73455
Scope and Contents

The tube is collaged with paper that contains old German text. It is burnt at the edges. Two corks seal the ends. The rod is collaged with letraset letters and is wrapped in tissue paper that is printed with wishes for a Happy New Year in an unidentifiable language. It is tied at both ends with string. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Ground Rock Salt Grade, 1971

 Item — Box 634: [Barcode: 31858072491313]
Identifier: CC-17784-18154
Scope and Contents

A polyvinyl fragment from a found bag was utilized as the stencil for the print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Handschriftliches, 1993

 Item — Box 292: [Barcode: 31858072460714]
Identifier: CC-23752-24199
Scope and Contents

Five drawings were made by Cepl and 4 drawings and a collage by Broel. All of the works are unique in this edition of 30. Broel's drawings were superimposed on sheets of found handwriting by others while Cepl's are in his own calligraphy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Inkwell & Paperweight, 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-38035-39921
Scope and Contents

Cutts lists the sources for the minimalist, colored, poems in this book, e.g., from Alan Halsey's catalogue, perhaps from Boudin, untraceable quotation from Stephane Mallarme, etc. For example, one poem reads, "the only texts I ever - wrote were the titles." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

(Invisible) Random Sightings, 1999

 Item — Box 618: [Barcode: 31858072461035]
Identifier: CC-48657-69689
Scope and Contents

This issue contains a photograph that is reprinted and reproduced in (Uh..One & Uh..Two) Random Sightings. The cover photograph is by Alan Horvath. Reprints numerous collages from Serif (volume 8, number 4, 1972, Marijuana Newsletter #2 (1965), The Day is a Prayer they Can't Understand (1967), Cleveland Undercovers (1966), All Gods Must Learn to Kill (1967). Also reprints Farewell the Floating Cunt (1964) in its entirety. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Make Perhaps This Out Sense If Can You / Cobbing, Bob., 1989

 Item — Box 390: [Barcode: 31858072461548]
Identifier: CC-17716-18085
Scope and Contents

The title sentence first was printed in the Kilburn Times and was also the title of an exhibition curated by Mathew Abess at the University of Pennsylvania,. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989