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The items offered for sale in this catalogue are very well researched. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Auction catalogue. The collection of Harry Ruhe offered in this catalogued was comprised mainlyof Fluxus items. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book consists of a collection of essays in its first half written with a highly academic approach to performance. Its second half features experimental writing and layout. Thus, it begins with an essay by Campbell Tatham, " Mythology and Postmodern Fictions: Magic is Afoot," a work characterized as a "verbal" performance by the editors. It is printed with a typewriter font and includes several shaped texts. Another "verbal" performance using the same approach along with concrete poems is found in the essay contributed by Raymond Federman, "Voices within Voices." Finally, Ihab Hassan provides an experimental drama in his essay, "Prometheus as Performer: Toward a Posthumanist Culture?" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Acconi's sculpture "Name Calling Chair" is an excellent example of sculptural concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Michael Basinski contributes a manifesto on the death of the reading of visual poetry as is currently practiced and advocates a more opened interpretation of the content with major use of improvision on rereadings. Rick Royer writes an essay commenting on this idea. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The historic introduction of Jacques Donguy deals with the experiences of concrete poetry since 1953 beginning with Gomringer and the de Campos brothers up to contemporary times. The anthology follows an international bibliography, constructing the first panorama of this art of textual, sound and visual experimentation. The origin of the Sackner Archive is described as follows: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry of Miami in the United States began in 1975, following their discovery of the work of Tom Phillips. They became interested at first in the Russian Avant Garde, then in 1979, they discovered the Anthology of Concrete Poetry of Emmett Williams. Departing from there, Marvin Sackner has not stopped acquiring books and works of poets included in this anthology. This archive has given a place for exhibitions and may be compared to the Jean Brown Archives, purchased in 1986 by the Getty, and to the Hans Sohm Archives, now in the Stuttgart Museum....

Scope and Contents This is one of the most outstanding, comprehensive, well illustrated, and documented exhibition catalogues in this genre. In addition to the description of the exhibition approched by movement or country, there are several interviews of the pioneers in the field. Excerpts are translated into French of manifestos and critical texts at pivotal historical points. Brief biographies of the poets/artists in the exhibition are provided. The Sackner lent several works to this exhibition. The Table of Contents includes the following: A. Coron : Avant Apollinaire, vingt siecles de poemes figures.- G. Lista : Entre dynamis et physis ou les mots en liberte du futurisme.- M. Decaudin : De l'espace figure a l'espace signifiant.- J.-P. Bobillot : Du visuel au litteral, quelques propositions.- M. Dachy : Dada, la langue comme utopie.- M. D. : L'Ursonate de Kurt Schwitters.- V. Markov : Les futuristes russes.- A. Schwarz : Les dix facettes d'une poetique libertaire.- M. Davidson : Le texte...

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Auction catalogue. Depicts an Untitled drawing by Saul Steinberg (No.128) that was purchased by the Sackers at this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.