This book is a score for a performance piece given at Magazzini del Sale in conjunction with the exhibition, Materializzazione del Linguaggio, organized for the Venice Biennale by Mirella Bentivoglio. The work was based upon a treated text of John Ruskin's commentary, "The Stones of Venice" (1851-1953). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Published in Codesigns, Writers Forum, 1976. First performance at National Poetry Center, October 15, 1974. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.