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This catalogue is a retrospective of Kocman's Artists' Books and Papers. Jiri Valoch contributed a critical essay that traced the interdisciplinary art movements of the 1970's, the European political and artistic community in which Kocman worked, and his studies in bookbinding and aesthetics. He describes Kocman's work as "a synthesis combining intellectual detachment informed by his conceptual experience with a remarkable sensibility and strong lyricism and with a continuous questioning of the nature of art." Several examples of Kocman's works are held by the Sackner Archive. For example, the catalogue depicts a reproduction of Poe's "The Raven," one of Kocman's paper re-making books that is held by the Sackner Archive. The catalogue lists "The Metamorphosis" by Kafka (1980) and Fragment of Videvdat and Other Fragments (1988), as well as several editioned books held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The German title translated into English is "The Meaning of Words. The text is placed one word on each page and reads " page by page you discover the mystery of this book." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This might be a unique typed book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This might be a book rather than an exhibition catalogue but the author is not readily apparent. The title translates to works on writing or letttering. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This might be a book rather than an exhibition catalogue but the author is not readily apparent. The last page of this copy has been cut and mended with Acotch tape without destoying he content of the poems. The title translates to works on writing or letttering. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This exhibition, curated by Kornelia Roder, provides an extensive review of Mail Art examples and exhibitions in Eastern Europe. It is well documented with respect to visuals and text. Several practitioners have contributed essays. Among them, Guy Schraenen's "Addressee Unknown" is particularly relevant to the field. He writes, "Although Mail Art was influenced by visual and concrete poetry, a language of pictures internationally understood, it was English that became the language of Mail Art right from the start. This is the reason why you speak of Mail Art rather than of Art Postal, Arte Postale, Arte Correo or Postkunst...Postal items to unknown addressees have created a circle of related minds. Such ties are the grandeur of a worldwide movement of communication. But Mail Art is only a facet of it. Mail Art used to be a fashion, and as a fashion it will again disappear. It has, however enriched the international art scene by numerous works which otherwise would have been...

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This catalogue was edited by Jiri Valoch. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Jiri Valoch contributed the opening essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Consists of an anthology of the works by 12 Czechoslovakian concrete poets from the sixties and seventies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.