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This book served as a catalogue for an exhibition entitled, "Visual Poetry International," held at gallery 'de doelen' Rotterdam and later at Centre 't Hoogt, Utrecht, The Netherlands in 1975. There is also a supplement to the book with the same title as well as an exhibition poster that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Amazon.com: The avant-garde movements of Central Europe were an integral part of modernism's evolution as it reached its peak throughout the continent during the 1920s. Written documents--manifestoes, artists' statements, and reviews--were the lifeblood of these movements and, during the periods when political events conspired to isolate them, one of their few means of communication and exchange. Much of this crucial evidence has become lost to us, and the artistic avant-gardes of Central Europe have been a blind spot of modernist studies. Until their narratives have been recovered, the story of modernism will remain incomplete. In this book an international team of scholars has selected an essential compendium of documents that take an important step toward regaining this lost perspective.Between Worlds contains primary documents of the avant-gardes in Austria, the Czech lands, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Yugoslavia from 1910 to 1930. The manifestoes and magazines of...

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This pamphlet served as a catalogue for an exhibition entitled, "Visual Poetry International," held at Centre 't Hoogt, Utrecht, The Netherlands in 1975. T -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The exhibition was curated by R C Kenedy. Tom Phillips designed the cover of this catalogue of British book arts. Sections are devoted to private presses, fine binding, typography and concrete poetry. Particular mention is paid to John Furnival "who paints builds whole landscapes from semantic elements" and Ian Hamilton Finlay "who creates poetry through providing words with a rigorously controlled and potently significant environment." Page 230 depicts John Christie's Word Clock III (1978) that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackners met Christina Weiss at a conference in Saarbrucken, West Germany (1984) held in conjunction with the exhibition, Visuelle Poesie, organized by Klaus-Peter Dencker. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue includes essays by Axel Marwuart, Siiegfried J. Schmidt, Klaus Peter Dencker, Bob Cobbing, Jeremy Adler, Manfred Sundermann, and Mirela Bentivoglio dealing with concrete, visual and sound poetry. The series of color photographs by Michael Badura depicted o pages 13 & 14 were held by the Sackner Archive but were damaged by light and had to be destroyed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the 2nd edition of the catalogue whose content appears to be the same as the 1st edition (also held by the Sackner Archive). Several works held by the Sackner Archive are reproduced in this extensive international anthology of shaped, concrete and visual poetry, including among others Iliazd & Ernst "Maximilliana," Hrabamus Maurus, Journal Amusant, Mallarme's "Un Coup De Des," Fraenkel's "Visual Interpretations of Un Coup De Des," Apollinaire's "Calligrammes," Lurcat's "Le Bestiaire Fabuleux," King's "Alphabeta Concertina," and Johns and Beckett's "Fizzles." The ancient shaped poems predominate from German sources. The 1986 bibliography of the Sackner Archive is cited as one of the references. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is the 1st edition of the book which differs from the 2nd edition (also held by the Sackner Archive) in terms of the description on the publication page. For example, it has a caption that reads, "Gedruckt mit Unterstutzung der Bergischen Univesitat - Gesamthochschule Wupperthal und des Westfiels College, London." Several works held by the Sackner Archive are reproduced in this extensive international anthology of shaped, concrete and visual poetry, including among others Iliazd & Ernst "Maximilliana," Hrabamus Maurus, Journal Amusant, Mallarme's "Un Coup De Des," Fraenkel's "Visual Interpretations of Un Coup De Des," Apollinaire's "Calligrammes," Lurcat's "Le Bestiaire Fabuleux," King's "Alphabeta Concertina," and Johns and Beckett's "Fizzles." The ancient shaped poems predominate from German sources. The 1986 bibliography of the Sackner Archive is cited as one of the references. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Although this book deals mainly with ancient poetry, attention is also paid to contemporary poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes illustrations of "A Journey," silkscreen prints by Emmett Williams; the originals are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.