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Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1920-07-30 - 2002-09-29

Nationality

British

Found in 974 Collections and/or Records:

Origins of British Experimental Poetry / Cobbing, Bob; Gomringer E; Houedard DS; Finlay IH; Morgan E; deMelo e Castro EM; Garnier P; Chopin H; Novak L; Fahlstrom O; Cox K; Williams J; Edmonds T., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-17671-18039
Scope and Contents

Cobbing discusses the early concrete poems of Ian Hamilton Finlay, John Furnival, Kenelm Cox, Dom Sylvester Houedard, and Tom Edmonds in depth. This essay is unbpubished. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Other: Brtiish and Irish Poetry since 1970 / Caddel, Richard, editor ; Quartermain, Peter, editor ; Cheek C ; Clark TA ; Cobbing B ; Coffey B ; Crozier A ; Edwards K ; Finch P ; Fisher A ; Fisher R ; Griffiths B ; Halsey A ; Harwood L ; Monk G ; Mottram E ; Turnbull G ; Freer U ; Gilonis H ; James J ; MacSweeney B ; O'Sullivan M ; Sheppard R ; Torrance C ; Leonard T ; Raworth T., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-33687-35348
Scope and Contents

In their introductory essay, "A Fair Field Full of Folk," the editors write about Bob Cobbing as follows: "Cobbing, a resourceful and tireless arts and workshop organizer and publisher, established his radical press Writers Forum in 1954, in 1963 putting its output on a more established and consistent footing, producing cheap mimeographed pamphlets of experimental writing and concrete poetry with great persistence. In his own work he was developing the fusion of visual and aural performance elements that make him a consistent force within British poetry. His re-defining of the nature of the 'text' - as shown by work in this anthology - remains extreme and radical today." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

OU - Cinqueme Saison / Chopin, Henri ; Amirkhanian C ; Chopin H ; Davies H ; Gysin B ; Heidsieck B ; Novak L ; Bekaert J ; Cobbing B ; DeVree P ; Hanson S ; Hodell A ; Rotella M ; Burroughs WS ; deSilva JA ; Dufrene F ; Hausmann R ; Johnson BE ; Wolman G ; Albert-Birot P ; Agam Y ; Bertini G ; Cage J ; Furnival J ; Lora-Totino A ; Lockwood A ; Orton R ; Phillips T ; Seuphor M ; Themerson S ; Ben ; DeVree P., 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-43155-45211
Scope and Contents

The project was coordinated by Nicolas Zurbrugg, and edited and produced by Emanuele Carcano. It includes all the sound poems on CD's that were originally recorded in OU on 45 rpm records plus five additional recordings that were done later in other publications. The two pamphlets are duplicates. The soft cover book includes Chopin's comments about each issue, Chopin's autobiography, and statements from other artists/poets about his sound poems. Tom Phillips' work is the score of the opera "Irma." One of the compact discs includes recordings of his phonetic poems, "Kansas City Numero Collage." The drawing for this poem is held by the Sackner Archive. It is stored on a shelf near Revue Ou. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

OW 2 / Cobbing, Bob., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-20825-21233
Scope and Contents

This is the last book made on Cobbing's original photocopying machine. It broke down in 1996 and was replaced. The replacement was funded by the Sackners who received a few of Cobbing's concrete poetry wall works in exchange for the money. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

OW / Cobbing, Bob., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-45794-48004
Scope and Contents

Cobbing called the photocopied print process "monoduplicator prints." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

OW / Cobbing, Bob., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-20824-21232
Scope and Contents

Reprinted from a work entitled, Aphabetroyal 1966. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Pack of Cards / Cobbing, Bob., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-17362-17726
Scope and Contents

All the images on the outside covers of these greeting cards are abstract. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

PALPI (Poetry and Little Press Information). No.3/Dec / Bob Cobbing, Bill Griffiths, editors ; Musgrove K ; Mottram E ; Green P ; Buck P., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-31337-32813
Scope and Contents

The press profile for this issue was Paul Green's Spectacular Diseases. The mission of Underwhich Editions is described. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

PALPI (Poetry and Little Press Information). No.11/Dec / Bob Cobbing, Gilbert Adair, editors ; Barton D ; Adair G ; Green P., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-31346-32822
Scope and Contents

The cover of this issue was designed by David Barton. The latter also contributes an essay about his work and a bibliography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

PALPI (Poetry and Little Press Information). No.12/Nov / Bob Cobbing, Gilbert Adair, editors ; O'Sullivan M ; Monk G ; Simms C., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-31347-32823
Scope and Contents

The cover of this issue was designed by Colin Simms (falsely attributed to Herbert Burke and corrected in No.13). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

PALPI (Poetry and Little Press Information). No.24/Feb / Bill Griffiths, Bob Cobbing, editors ; Loose G., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-03984-4061
Scope and Contents

The cover of this issue was designed by Gary Loose. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Additional filters:

Subject
Sound poetry 521
Concrete poetry 241
Abstract markings 214
Xerox art 118
Documentation 88