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Bern! Porter! Interview! Conducted by Margaret Dunbar / Porter, Bern ; Pittore-Eurifico C., 1982
The text of the book mainly is in the form of interviews which lend an insight into Porter's multi-faceted creative life. There are also many tongue-in-cheek comments. Several pages are collaged with artist stamps designed by Carlo Pittore. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Bern! Porter! Interview! Conducted by Margaret Dunbar / Porter, Bern ; Pittore-Eurifico C., 1982
The text of the book mainly is in the form of interviews which lend an insight into Porter's multi-faceted creative life. There are also many tongue-in-cheek comments. Several pages are collaged with artist stamps designed by Carlo Pitttore. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
I've Left: A Manifesto and a Testament of SCIence and -ART (SCIART) / Porter, Bern ; Higgins D ; Roth D ; Ives N., 1971
Dick Higgins, in his introduction, describes Porter as a "one-man art and technology movement...a brilliantly inventive but uncrackable Maine hickory nut." This book relates to the period when Porter left for Australia and supposedly sums up all his knowledge as a physicist, poet, publisher, sculptor, illustrator, and humorist. Bern Porter was born February 14, 1911 and died June 7, 2004. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.