The seven folders consist of a drawing by each artist and a sheet of tissue, numbered and rubberstamped with capital letters. Andryczuk's drawings are on the outside of the folded sheet and Scherstjanol's ink drawings are inside with the tissue papers between. The colophon is a collaboration of both artists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This second edition has been extensively revised as to additional calligraphic content. Scherstjanoi has made a small drawing of lips near the inscription page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The ink hieroglyphic drawings were redone in 1996 from an earlier sketch book and colored drawings were done in 1996 as new works. Kai Selbar did the silkscreens for the pages and covers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Although the edition size is nine copies, every drawing in each of the copies is unique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is one of six copies of a handwritten book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Although the edition size is 25 copies, the pages, except for the two photographs, have been handmade by the artist so that each copy of this issue can be considered unique. Scherstjanoi acknowledges that this work was influenced by drawings of Alexander Pushkin, literary works by Leo Tolstoy, and visual images by Alexi Kruchynch and Vladimir Khlebnikov. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Internet: Valeri Scherstjanoi (b. 1950) -- poet, sound-performer, graphic artist-scribentist. Author of a number of poetry books, and since 1983 he has been writing theoretical texts (original poet's theory and practice of Ars Scribendi) and articles on the history of the Russian futurism in magazines, collections, literary miscellanies and anthologies. From 1994 to 1998 he was the art director of the International festival "bobeobi" (Berlin). In 1998 he published an anthology of sound poetry: Tango mit Kuehen. Anthologie der russischen Lautpoesie des 20. Jahrhunderts, where in the printed form he united and commented on the works of the Russian poets of the beginning of the century. He is acting as a free author of experimental radio performances, and also as a sound-performer, as a scribentist in the field of graphic art -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The calligraphic works are dense, difficult to read, overwritings that give abstract images somewhat similar to the early poetic calligraphic poems by Carlfriedrich Claus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This drawing is a New Year gift to Marvin Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Most of the pages consist of a listing of German villages that are printed on the left side of the page. The right side consists of handwritten calligraphic markings and ideograms. Although five copies of the book were made, each is actually unique since the calligraphy varies from one to another. The last six pages provide documentation for the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Message on verso indicates that artist is a friend of Robert Rehfeldt who lives in East Berlin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book provides a sampling of Scherstjanoi's oeuvre from 1982-2008. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Nine of the 11 drawings reproduced in this book were composed by Scherstjanoi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.