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This paper was presented an the SHARP 2001 Conference. The Sackner Archive is mentioned as providing crucial support to many authors working in the field of book arts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Richard Minsky has translated the essay on himself by Joelle Naim into English as a stapled page enclosure. This issue also contains an essay on Kickshaw Press publications. All of the books produced by John Crombie and Sheila Bourne who own this press are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Richard Minsky is interviewed for his exhibition of the "Bill of Rights" at Louis K. Meisel Gallery. The series in entirety is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Clive Phillpot contributed an essay, "Reading Artists' Books," in which he wrote that "Visual artists have explored and exploited the nature and structure of the book. both in former times and with renewed vigor more recently, with the result that the book has come to be appreciated widely as an extremely fruitful and subtle multidimensional means for the transmission of human experience. In addition, artists have come to demand of their readers that they develop their ability to utilize various forms of reading, whether retinal or tactile, whether linear, peripheral, oscillatory, or random, in order to be able to engage fully with the content embedded in each book." Books by Carothers, Ligorano, and Mabe were lent to this exhibition by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes an article on Minsky and mentions that the Sackner Archive has subscribed to his latest book, "Minsky in Bed." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackner Archive lent an artist book by Jack Hirschman to this exhibition, which was organized under the auspices of the US Information Agency to tour Africa. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackner Archive lent an artist book by Jack Hirschman to this exhibition, which was organized under the auspices of the US Information Agency to tour Africa. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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There is a brief essay by D. Fendrick about the book as a work of art. "Boite-en-Valise" and "The Large Glass and Related Works" by M. Duchamp that are mentioned and reproduced in this catalogue are held by the Sackner Archive as is Lucas Samaras' "Book." The loose sheet is a price list. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition was sponsored by the Center for Book Arts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Marvin Sackner delivered a lecture on the Sackner Archive database. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The catalogue "The Altered Page," selections from the Sackner Archive that was curated by Marvin Sackner and Richard Minsky is listed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The text of Minsky's book describes in computer type and illustration the actual thought process and physical creation of his book Pop Delusions. It also has his friends' comments on Facebook as the work proceeds. Minsky writes "A complete photographic record of the construction includes the conceptual, technical, and aesthetic decisions made along the way." A Chinese bill is included in each book; muliple bils are used in the construction of the house along with Minsky's credit cards. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This amendment states that excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Minsky used the book Forlorn Hope: The Prison Reform Movement by Larry E. Sullivan to illustrate this point. He notes that during the 1990's the drive toward prison reform reversed. Prison libraries were closed, chain gangs and striped uniforms came back, and prison populations increased. The book is bound in stripes with the word "CONVICT" on the back cover, printed inkjet on canvas, and is chained to a miniature jail cell of painted wood.According to an interview of Richard Minsky by Bob Andelman on http://vimeo.com/36516102, only nine copies of this book object were produced even though 25 copies were planned. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Richard Minsky created the bookbinding and box for the poetic text written by Mitch Cullin entitled "Branches." The book was published by The Permanent Press. The illustrations were done by Ryuzo Kikushima. The front cover is punctured with five bullet holes. The cover consists of a sheriff's badge pinned to a shirt pocket and a name badge with the word "Branches." The box is affixed with a black gun leather holster on which the fifth amendment of the constitution is printed in gold, lowercase, italic text. The title of the book refers to the protagonist in the autobiographical poem, I.A.C. Branches, a bigoted Texas Sheriff, who uses his authority and gun without remorse to rape, torture gays, and shoot Mexican border intruders. The fifth amendment states that no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual...

Scope and Contents Richard Minsky burnt a paperback copy of The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie and enclosed it within a reliquary he created using photoshop and an Epson inkjet printer to print on paper. Minsky used classical Islamic designs from "The Grammar of Ornament" by Owen Jones. The interlaced patterns relate to Islamic fundamentalism and the opened design spaces were incorporated by Minsky. Also included are two special stained glass windows on either side of the reliquary, through which the burnt book can be seen. Therefore the work becomes untouchable and is martyred like a saint. The first amendment relates to respecting the rights of religions, freedom of the press, the right of peaceful assembling and the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. As Minsky noted on his WEB site, upon publication the author lost the freedoms of Press, Religion, Speech and Assembly in some countries. The Fatwah issued on Rushdie, and the...

Scope and Contents The Fourth Amendment concerns the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures. Richard Minsky describes his version on this amendment on his website. Regarding the enclosed book, Neuromancer, "The novel that introduced us to Cyberspace. Every day there are more issues about government searches of our emails, web habits, and hard drives. You can read about the implications at The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Quest of the Unquietmind. The book was originally issued as a paperback in 1984 and received major awards for science fiction writing. The binding is in limp black leather, to preserve the soft feel of the paperback. A shuriken (Ninja throwing star) is on the cover, and is an image that appears throughout the text. The pink slipcase has the text of the fourth amendment hot-stamped in hologram foil on one side. The hologram makes the text appear as colored digital code...