Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998
Dates
- Existence: 1938 March 15 - 1998 October 25
Biography
Dick Higgins was born in Cambridge, England in 1939 and died in Quebec in 1998. He was a Fluxus artist who studied with John Cage and Henry Cowell (1958-1959), and co-founded Happenings in 1958. He is credited with coining the phrase intermedia to describe his particular approach to artmaking that included (but is not limited to) his visual, musical and literary efforts. He was a theorist, poet, composer, performance artist, printmaker, filmaker, and book publisher. Most notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.
Nationality
American
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
1: Kunstlerbucher, Schriften von Kunstlern / Bisson-Millet, Paule-Leon ; Higgins D ; Roth D ; MacLow J ; Mayer HJ ; Bory JF ; Gomringer E ; Williams E ; Ulrichs T ; Nannucci M ; Gette PA ; Chopin H ; Finlay IH., 1992
Americans In Print / Higgins D ; Carothers M ; VanHorn E ; VanHouten K ; King S ; Kostelanetz R ; Kyle H ; McCarney S ; McGrath J ; Osborn K ; Zelevansky P ; Gomez M ; Hamady W ; Scobey P ; Tetenbaum B., 1989
Art Contemporain 10-5155-20: Verbe et image: poesie visuelle. No.5 / Dick Higgins, Karl Kempton, editors ; Dencker KP ; deAraujo A ; Broudy H ; Bruscky P ; Buchwalder E ; Cross D ; curry jw ; Egyedi B ; Essary L ; Fontana G ; Helmes S ; Higgins D ; Mukai S ; Petasz P ; Wolf-Rehfeldt R ; Yamanaka R ; Yoshizawa S ; Zelevansky P., 1983
This issue depicts superb examples of visual and concrete poems drawn from around the world. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Artists' Books, Audio, Graphics, Multiples, Publications & Video / Volatile ; Antin E ; Bennett JM ; Higgins D ; Johnson R ; Ono Y ; Osborn K ; Porter B ; Rosenthal R ; Roth D ; Smith EK ; Sprinkle A ; Cage J., 1992
Festival Internacional de Poesia Viva, First (Second Presentation) / Fernando Aguiar, curator ; Vigo EA ; Higgins D ; Kempton K ; Blaine J ; Heidsieck B ; Papp T ; Bentivoglio M ; Nannucci M ; Xerra W ; Ori L ; Lora-Totino A ; Maggi R ; Adler J ; Claire P ; Aguiar F ; Aragao A ; Hatherly A ; Pimenta A ; Olbrich JO ; Groh K., 1988
Second presentation of the First International Festival of Live Poetry (first exhibition catalogue is also held by the Sackner Archive). This exhibition included selected originals and photographs from the first exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Festival Internacional de Poesia Viva, First (Second Presentation) / Fernando Aguiar, curator ; Vigo EA ; Higgins D ; Kempton K ; Blaine J ; Heidsieck B ; Papp T ; Bentivoglio M ; Nannucci M ; Xerra W ; Ori L ; Lora-Totino A ; Maggi R ; Adler J ; Claire P ; Aguiar F ; Aragao A ; Hatherly A ; Pimenta A ; Olbrich JO ; Groh K., 1988
Second presentation of the First International Festival Of Live Poetry (first presentation also held by Sackner Archive) held one year after the initial exhibition. This exhibition included selected originals and photographs of the first exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
La Vie des Lettres / Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, The ; Higgins D ; Apollinaire G ; Ben ; Blaine J ; Bory JF ; Breton A ; Broodthaers M ; Canal F ; Cheung CH ; Chopin H ; Corfou M ; Crotti J ; Dautricourt J ; Dupont A ; Iliazd ; Hubaut J ; Lemaitre M ; Mallarme S ; Satie A ; Sabatier R., 1987
This catalogue consists of French art/poetry lent by the Sackner Archive to a Bass museum exhibition on Miami Beach. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Mart-Communica: L'Archivo di Nuova Scrittura. No.2 / DellaGrazia P ; Higgins D., 1999
No.1: a propos de... periodiques d'artistes apres 1945 / Lecointre, Didier ; Ozanne, Denis ; Blaine J ; Furnival J ; Higgins D ; Lemaitre M., 1994
No.1 / Dolcefarniente Distribution ; Bory JF ; Sarenco ; Higgins D ; Blaine J ; Heidsieck B ; Janicot F ; Sanesi R ; Duchamp M ; Miccini E ; DeVree P ; Chopin H ; Arias-Misson A., 1987
No.91: Books G-H / Am Here Books ; Giorno J ; Gysin B ; Hamady W ; Havel V ; Herms G ; Higgins D ; Hirschman J ; Hornick L ; Horovitz M ; Houedard DS ; Hoyem A., 1994
[Photographs from Saarbrucken Visual Poetry Exhibition] / Trinkewitz, Karel; Higgins D; Sackner MA; Sackner RK; Takahashi S; Ruutsalo E; Dencker KP; Schauffelen KB; Trinkewitz K., 1984
The Sackners were invited to a televised conference for German TV in which the definitions of visual and concrete poetry were discussed in German that lasted hours with no definitive conclusions. The concluding respondent in the conference, Wolfgang Schmidt, gave a wink to the Sackners and replied to the question "What is Visual Poetry" with I...DON'T....KNOW! The event included an exhibition and poetic performances. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Self Portrait, 1970
The text begins, "OMBWHNW ($5.95) is enigmatic like the title. It's 'bound like a prayer book.'" The book that it cites is Foew&ombwhnw published by Something Else Press in 1969. It is not known whether this print was ever editioned or the size of the edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Some Signs of the Times / Copithorne, Judith; Higgins D; Apollinaire G; Herbert G; Toronto Research Group; Stein G; Cage J; Wittgenstein L; Lissitzky E; Mayakovsky V; Tobey M; bissett b; Joyce J; Gysin B; Michaux H; Simpson G; Roth D; Cobbing B; Gomringer E; Nichol bp., 2006
This is an unpublished essay dealing with Copithorne's personal involvement in visual poetry -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
The Book of Life Part Two, 1977
The Book, Spiritual Instrument / Rothenberg, Jerome, editor ; Guss, David, editor ; Mallarme S ; Gibbs M ; Guss D ; Young D ; Knowles A ; Quasha G ; Higgins D ; Meltzer D ; Eluard P ; McClure M ; Hejinian L ; McCaffery S ; Duncan R ; MacLow J ; Eshleman C ; Meltzer D ; Hirschman J., 1996
This book consists of a collection of essays dealing with the book. Mike Gibbs translated Mallarme's essay, "The Book" and illustrated it with photographs. Karl Young contributed an essay on performance books in which the book functions as a dynamic object; he also describes and depicts Mayan glyphs. Allison Knowles describes her Book of Bean; she was interviewed by George Quasha. Jack Hirschman translated the interview from Liberation with Edmond Jabes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.