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Mathematical poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

Els Entra-I-Surts Del Poeta: Eis Entra-I-Surts Del Poeta, 4, 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-22432-22856
Scope and Contents

Originally published in 1973, fourth of seven books covers Brossa's work from 1969-1975. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Erosglifico, 1982

 Item — Box 271: [Barcode: 31858073143376]
Identifier: CC-21797-22208
Scope and Contents

Object is made from Polaroid photograph case. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

four carden peoms for ian & sue [finlay] (151064), 1964

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Houédard, Dom Sylvester (1949-1966): [Barcode: 31858072491487]
Identifier: CC-56420-58838
Scope and Contents

The title was probably not miss-typed by Houedard with carden for garden and peom for poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

From Haiku to Lyriku: A Participant's Impressions of a Portion of Post-2000 North American Kernular Poetry, 2007

 Item
Identifier: CC-47057-49796
Scope and Contents

This is a wonderful tour of Grumman's idiosyncratic take on Haiku. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Gallery Number Ten Publications: Arithmetic Texts, 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-22543-22968
Scope and Contents

Complex number and sign schemes are printed on each page. This issue was edited by Brian Lane and Trevor Wells. Designated No.117 in bibliography of book entitled "The Printed Performance Brian Lane Works 1966-99." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Infinite, 1990

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Depew, Wally: [Barcode: 31858072491388]
Identifier: CC-55174-9995

Ken Cox Memorial / the sun-cheese wheel-ode; a double-rolling- gloster memorial forkencox [white background] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Wright E., 1968

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-53335-100045
Scope and Contents

This copy has a white background onto are which printed colored letters dictated by the analysis on the verso. William Allen comments: "Dom Sylvester's memorial to the artist Ken Cox, who died in November 1968 after a tragic accident. This double-sided print was printed at the Compton Press, Salisbury, in orange and green on yellow stock. The verso side of the print features silkscreen, together with the title and date. Recto, printed in black, contains the full length title "Ken Cox Memorial/Sun-Cheese wheel-ode, a double-rolling-gloster memorial for kencox" and the complex workings of Houedard's Consonant and Vowel System, as well as acknowledging Semi-Bold Flaxman by Edward Wright. The letters K- E- N- C- O- X are missing from the composition - reflecting the loss of the artist. Less than 300 prints were produced on white, pink and yellow stock." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Ken Cox Memorial / the sun-cheese wheel-ode; a double-rolling- gloster memorial forkencox [yellow background] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Wright E., 1968

 Item — Folder 35: [Barcode: 31858072459948]
Identifier: CC-53334-100044
Scope and Contents

This copy has a yellow background onto are which printed colored letters dictated by the analysis on the verso. William Allen comments: "Dom Sylvester's memorial to the artist Ken Cox, who died in November 1968 after a tragic accident. This double-sided print was printed at the Compton Press, Salisbury, in orange and green on yellow stock. The verso side of the print features silkscreen, together with the title and date. Recto, printed in black, contains the full length title "Ken Cox Memorial/Sun-Cheese wheel-ode, a double-rolling-gloster memorial for kencox" and the complex workings of Houedard's Consonant and Vowel System, as well as acknowledging Semi-Bold Flaxman by Edward Wright. The letters K- E- N- C- O- X are missing from the composition - reflecting the loss of the artist. Less than 300 prints were produced on white, pink and yellow stock." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

L'Ave/Cesar, 1986

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Co-Cu: [Barcode: 31858072491354]
Identifier: CC-18654-19026
Scope and Contents

Collage has the shape of an egg. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Life a User's Manual, 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-32004-33535
Scope and Contents Originally published in French in 1978, this novel is considered to be an outstanding example of twentieth century fiction in the tradition of Canterbury Tales and Ulysses. It is composed of a seies of stories that occur at the same time in an apartment building in the 17th arrondisement of Paris. Fictional but meaningful, the people and events are described in humorous and specific detail. The book is constructed like a puzzle and contains an index and a chronology.WikipedIa: Life A User's Manual (the original title is La Vie mode d'emploi) is Georges Perec's most famous novel, published in 1978, first translated into English by David Bellos in 1987. Its title page describes it as "novels", in the plural, the reasons for which become apparent on reading. Some critics have cited the work as an example of postmodern fiction, though Perec himself preferred to avoid labels and his only long term affiliation with any movement was with the Oulipo or OUvroir de LItterature POtentielle.La...
Dates: 1987

Magische Quadrate, 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-36703-38519
Scope and Contents

The magic squares consist of 64 small, hand drawn squares in variations of horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. The prints are black and white and the drawing is multicolored, and both are on translucent paper. The number prints are 64, double digit, random numbers in a grid, printed on plain paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Mathemaku for Pete Spence, 2001

 Item — Box 336: [Barcode: 31858072491115]
Identifier: CC-37492-39345
Scope and Contents

Grumman gave this print to the Sackners during his visit to the Archive in June 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

My days as pebbles in a stream are many-coloured: what is the last one: [1114444], 1998

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-31278-32749
Scope and Contents

The center section of the drawing is stamped with repetitive numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. The sides have column-like ink drawings and the corners list the letters W E I N. An abstract, design and dripped paint are positioned over the right side of the numbers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Plakat #1, 1965

 Item — Folder 2: [Barcode: 31858072459401]
Identifier: CC-13057-13352
Scope and Contents

Carl Fernbach-Flarsheim's name is written on the lower left verso by John Furnival who also writes "unpublished work done for Openings Press Plakat series." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Planet Saturn / Furnival, John., 1968

 Item — Folder 37: [Barcode: 31858072459971]
Identifier: CC-13302-13603
Scope and Contents

This black and white print has mathematical symbols, magic squares and words in which one or more of the stylized letters are printed in reverse, upside down. The central image depicts a 4 x 4 grid of numbers, letters and symbols. This is surrounded by a rectangular border of words, suggestive of Saturn's ring (?) that include "Yahweh, Demon, Sazel, Aziel, Spirit, Saturn, Planet." The words "Sazel and Aziel" are not listed in the dictionary. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Pocket Calculator Poems, 1988

 Item — Box 327: [Barcode: 31858072490943]
Identifier: CC-22230-22652
Scope and Contents

Five prints referred to in book are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Pocket Calculator Poems, 1988

 Item — Folder 17: [Barcode: 31858072459765]
Identifier: CC-22070-22486
Scope and Contents

One print has a hand calculator glued to it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988