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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:

Symphonic Concrete Cine-Text, 2006

 Item — Box 311: [Barcode: 31858072490760]
Identifier: CC-62407-47546
Scope and Contents Matthew Abess, a second year undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, poet and scholar, spent the summer of 2006 researching the work of the British poet, Bob Cobbing in the Sackner Archive. In honor of the Sackner's 50th wedding anniversary, Matthew conceived of a poetic interpretation by mining the letters R-U-T-H and M-A-R-V-I-N in Cobbing's bibliographic entries in their original positions on the page and reprocessing the letters on 50 pages on a photocopier so that the letters on the final page are completely obscured and abstract. Metaphorically, the letters take on a new beautiful life and interpretation. Also included are six pages of working notes. The poet's explantion of his process is as follows: Please see below my brief explanation of the piece. It is rather inarticulate, so please feel free to edit as you see fit! Respectfully, Matthew "Symphonic Concrete Cine-Text" Curated by: Ruth & Marvin Sackner Edited by: Matthew Abess, 24.06.2006....
Dates: 2006
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / CORRESPONDENCE

system and random / Cobbing, Bob ; Cheek C., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-45017-47193
Scope and Contents

This a cut-up from the text of Chris Cheeks presntation at the third sub-voicive colloquium. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets (unprocessed)

Ta-A-Ti / Cobbing, Bob., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-17147-17505
Dates: 1989
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Ta-A-Ti (Original and 4 Performance Sheets) / Cobbing, Bob., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-17570-17936
Scope and Contents

Consists of original collage made from colored papers and four black & white prints made from the collage by a photocopier technique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Tag / Cobbing, Bob ; Upton, Lawrence., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-45186-47370
Dates: 1999
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

Tan Tandinanan (and other poems) / Cobbing, Bob., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-17656-18024
Scope and Contents

This work is a working copy for a performance which utilizes previous published poems by Cobbing with added sound poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Tan Tandinanan tandinane, 1992

 Item — Folder 22: [Barcode: 31858072459815]
Identifier: CC-20238-20634
Dates: 1992
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PAINTINGS, PRINTS AND BROADSIDES / TO BE PROCESSED / Bob Cobbing

tan tandinanan tandinane / Cobbing, Bob., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-17611-17979
Dates: 1989
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Tapocketa Chapbooks: Found Sound. / Bob Cobbing., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-60553-64487
Dates: 1978
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals(unprocessed)

Tara X Acum / Upton, Lawrence ; Cobbing, Bob., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-44966-47140
Dates: 1996
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

Target / Upton, Lawrence ; Cobbing, Bob ; Tipping R., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-45233-47418
Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

Tell me about some possible approaches to fun / Cobbing, Bob., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-61910-10004384
Scope and Contents

Poem incorporates words having the stem, "fun" and synonyms or descriptions of "fun. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Tell Me about Some Possible Approaches to Fun? / Cobbing, Bob., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-17653-18021
Scope and Contents

Poem incorporates words having the stem, "fun" and synonyms or descriptions of "fun." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

Ten Poems for Cantebury / Cobbing, Bob., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-17498-17864
Scope and Contents

Most of the poems in this book have been published previously. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

Text for Fylkingen, 1977

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Cobbing, Bob (3 of 3): [Barcode: 31858072491347]
Identifier: CC-17755-18124
Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS / Bob Cobbing

Text-Sound-Compositions 1 A Stockholm Festival 1968 / Francois Dufrene; Bob Cobbing; Ake Hodell., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-62914-10004568
Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Audiovisual Materials (unprocessed)

Text(ure), 1977

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Cobbing, Bob (3 of 3): [Barcode: 31858072491347]
Identifier: CC-17754-18123
Dates: 1977
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS / Bob Cobbing

The Body Event: David Toop from John Latham / Toop, David ; Latham, John ; Cobbing B., 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-51611-72710
Scope and Contents

The Body Event is a sound work for computer and voice made by David Toop in collaboration with John Latham in 2004.The transcription of an interview of Latham by Toop was transcribed by Elisa kay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets (unprocessed)

The Computer's First Translation / Morgan, Edwin, editor; Cobbing B; Furnival J; Parfitt W; Finch P; Morgan E., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-32393-33964
Scope and Contents

The card depict unreadable poems that might have been produced, according to Morgan's imagination, by bugs in computers' first programs on making translations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

The Congruence of Speed and Stall / Cobbing, Bob., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-17336-17700
Dates: 1990
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

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Abstract markings 214
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Visual poetry 44
Fragmented text 39
Critical text 36
Text over text 34
Conventional non-fiction 30
Visual art 23
Repetitious text 22
Typewriter poetry 21
Visual/verbal 20
Biography 18
Letter picture 18
Permutation 16
Alphabetical text 14
Computer art 14
Found poetry 14
Calligraphic markings 13
Conventional fiction 13
Calligraphic text 11
Language poetry 10
Reference text 9
Artist book 8
Shaped poetry 8
Book review 7
Constellation 7
Political text 7
Music 6
Computer text 5
Experimental fiction 5
Musical notation 5
Picture poetry 5
Artist book (citation) 4
Cancelled text 4
Conceptual text 4
Exhibition review 4
Illustrated book (limited edition) 4
Political poetry 4
Assembling 3
Auto-destructive art 3
Correspondence art 3
Dada 3
Exhibitions 3
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Typography 3
Bibliography 2
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