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Bissett, Bill, 1939-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1939-

Nationality

Canadian

Found in 268 Collections and/or Records:

Gideon Music / Harris, David W. ; Payne, Gordon ; bissett b., 1967

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Identifier: CC-36545-38346
Scope and Contents

Author's second book. The poems were created by David W. Harris, later known as David UU (pronounced "double U," and the drawings by Gordon Payne. This book was designed and printed by bill bissett. The originals of the typewriter poems published in this book, "Monument for a City" and "Verklarte Nacht" are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Gronk Final Number Series: Write Me an Adventure. No.2 / bill bissett., 1983

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Identifier: CC-36253-38043
Scope and Contents

Each page of this book reproduces a collage made from newspapers and magaziines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Gronk: Rose Way in the East. No.7 / Andrew Sukanski ; bissett b., 1969

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Identifier: CC-30108-31506
Scope and Contents

Issues of Gronk were usually published in tirage of 400 copies. The poems are combinations of handwritten Haikus and ideograms. Their layout and style were influenced by bill bissett as acknowledged by Suknaski . -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Gronk: RUSH: what fuckan theory: a study uv language. No.8 / bill bissett., 1972

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Identifier: CC-30401-31820
Scope and Contents

The edition size was probably between 300 - 400 copies. On this copy, the word "RUSH" is rubberstamped on the cover. A duplicate has the label "Rush" and a simple line drawing of a landscape. Derek Beaulieu in "seen of the crime" views this work as an early seminmal work of conceptual writing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Hit'N'Run Lecture Series Announcement: What Fuckan Theory. No.2 / bill bissett., 2005

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Identifier: CC-45312-47498
Scope and Contents

Stored in Room 3o2 Books box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

Hochelaga / Gadd, Maxine ; bissett b., 1970

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Identifier: CC-32771-34363
Scope and Contents

The cover design and two reproduced drawings in the book were done by bill bissett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Homage to Sam Langford / Curnoe, Greg; bissett b; Nichol bp., 1970

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Identifier: CC-20288-20685
Scope and Contents

This work is presented as a narrative text with color coding of the rubberstamped words, paragraph by paragraph, to indicate place or characteristics of activity of author. In this respect, the idea is similar to Anne Noel's drawing series of colored text, "Conflux," which is held by the Sackner Archive. Curnoe was killed by an automobile while riding his motorcycle at age 55 years in June 1993. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

image being / bissett, bill., 1975

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Identifier: CC-22398-22821
Scope and Contents

bill bissett designed the covers and did the drawing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

image being / bissett, bill., 1975

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Identifier: CC-48423-69450
Scope and Contents

bill bissett designed the covers and did the drawing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

image being / bissett, bill., 1975

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Identifier: CC-48469-69498
Scope and Contents

bill bissett designed the covers and did the drawing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Industrial Sabotage No.50: Lineage (Mock-Up) / curry, jw; Baker C; Bennett JM; bissett b; Coleman V; DiMichele B; Duggan MB; Dutton P; Grumman B; Laba M; Jupitter-Larsen G; Nichol bp; Ross S; Silliman R; Truhlar R; Tzara T; Troendle Y; Drake LB; lore q., 1990

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Identifier: CC-20273-20670
Scope and Contents

Also includes R. Beland, jw curry, K. Connely, G. Evason, M. Fratocelli, E. Bushmiller, A. Darlington, L. Banjii, D. Cunliffe, J. Glass, D. Jensen, T. Kupferberg, R. Lieberman, M. Peach, H. Polkinhorn, and G. Reitzenstein as contributors. This mock-up of Curvd H&Z No.415 is missing full page originals that were directly printed from works by G. Evason, b. bissett, M. Peach and G. Reitzenstein. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

is for th use of th peopul / bissett, bill., 1971

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Identifier: CC-48347-69372
Scope and Contents

This poem was reproduced in Dust No.16. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971