Scope and Contents The two copies of this piece are identical except for different colored paper stock onto which the poems were printed. The original pieces came in a stapled plastic bag that deteriorated with time.Wikipedia: Eugenio Miccini (1925 in Florence "“ 2007 in Florence) is considered to be one of the fathers of Italian visual poetry. Graduated in Pedagogy, in 1963 he founded together with poets, musicians and painters Gruppo '70, creating the Italian term "poesia visiva" (visual poetry). Visual poetry is an art research characterized by predominance of the image on the typographical text, aimed to obtain compositions where words and images, signs and figures, are integrated without solution of continuity on the semantic plane (Dizionario della lingua italiana Devoto-Oli, Le Monnier). In Italy the Sixties have been rich of activities of Gruppo 70, starting from two meetings organized in Florence in 1963, focusing on "Art and Communication" and in 1964 "Arte and Technology", where discussion...

Scope and Contents The two copies of this piece are identical except for different colored paper stock onto which the poems were printed. The original pieces came in a stapled plastic bag that deteriorated with time.Wikipedia: Eugenio Miccini (1925 in Florence "“ 2007 in Florence) is considered to be one of the fathers of Italian visual poetry. Graduated in Pedagogy, in 1963 he founded together with poets, musicians and painters Gruppo '70, creating the Italian term "poesia visiva" (visual poetry). Visual poetry is an art research characterized by predominance of the image on the typographical text, aimed to obtain compositions where words and images, signs and figures, are integrated without solution of continuity on the semantic plane (Dizionario della lingua italiana Devoto-Oli, Le Monnier). In Italy the Sixties have been rich of activities of Gruppo 70, starting from two meetings organized in Florence in 1963, focusing on "Art and Communication" and in 1964 "Arte and Technology", where discussion...

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The shapes of the cards have the appearance of fragments of a jig saw puzzle. Date of publication stated as 1969 but numbering system indicates 1970. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The newspaper periodical included as a loose insert is issue No.1 of Arte Contemporanea published by Galleria Flori in Florence, Italy 1969 and is designated as a supplement to Techne. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.