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This catalogue documents each issue of De Tafelronde and reproduces exemplary visual/verbal poems from the publications. An index of contributors is provided. This book is stored with the periodical of the same name. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Archive of New Writing, as named by Carrega and supported by Della Grazia, opened October, 1989 and issued this catalogue. The Sackners are cited in Carrega's article "Why? Because?" (page 14); "I came to know Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins, Marvin and Ruth Sackner, the most important world collectors of the verbo-visual experience." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes essays by Cesar Espinosa and Emily Hicks, and statements by Vincenzo Accame, Pierre Garnier and Max Bense. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a major exhibition of concrete and visual poetry organized by Michael Glasmeier. Almost every classification of visual/verbal imagery was represented in this catalogue. This catalogue depicts 71 dom sylvester houedard, eight Ladislav Novak typewriter poems. This catalogue depicts images of works included in several Hansjorg Mayer portfolios of concrete poetry. It also depicts images from runs of periodicals such as Affiche, Futura, POTH, Rot, Revue Ou, Rhinozeros, etc. Most of the works in this exhibition are also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is one of the most extensive collection of word-image material with emphasis on concrete poems ever commercially published. The text is brief, e.g., a preface by Jean-Francois Bory and a postface by Isabelle Maunet-Salliet. Each image is printed one to a page. Although the emphasis is on French poets, there are images from poets all over the world. Significant omissions that are bound to occur in such a large undertaking include among others d.a. levy, Dick Higgins, Dom Silvester Houedard, Steve McCaffery, bill bissett, Edgardo-Antonio Vigo, Leon Ferrari, Mira Schendel, Ana Hatherly, Herman de Vries, Ernesto M. de Melo e Castro, Ben, Herman Damen, Enzo Miglietta, Carlfriedrich Claus, Alan Riddell, and Rachid Koriachi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover reproduces a cancelled text poem by Man Ray from his Dada period. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by Roberto Sanesi. This book contains reproductions of six of the 15 drawings by Accame, "Visioni del Particolare," a work held by the Sackner Archive (cited in this book as well). . -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This is one of the most outstanding, comprehensive, well illustrated, and documented exhibition catalogues in this genre. In addition to the description of the exhibition approched by movement or country, there are several interviews of the pioneers in the field. Excerpts are translated into French of manifestos and critical texts at pivotal historical points. Brief biographies of the poets/artists in the exhibition are provided. The Sackner lent several works to this exhibition. The Table of Contents includes the following: A. Coron : Avant Apollinaire, vingt siecles de poemes figures.- G. Lista : Entre dynamis et physis ou les mots en liberte du futurisme.- M. Decaudin : De l'espace figure a l'espace signifiant.- J.-P. Bobillot : Du visuel au litteral, quelques propositions.- M. Dachy : Dada, la langue comme utopie.- M. D. : L'Ursonate de Kurt Schwitters.- V. Markov : Les futuristes russes.- A. Schwarz : Les dix facettes d'une poetique libertaire.- M. Davidson : Le texte...