ArchivesSpace at the University of Iowa

Scope and Contents

Stored in Furnival box. The cover is plakat 3, 1965 and the drawing was first published in Ou Dec 1964. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Wikipedia: П. O. (or Pi O, born 1951) aka Peter Oustabasides is an Australian, working class, anarchist, poet of Greek origin. Born in Katerini, Greece, П. O. came to Australia with his family around 1954. After time in Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre, the family moved to the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. П. O. was inspired to start writing poetry in 1970 when he heard Johnny Cash reciting (religious) poetry while tuning his guitar. П. O. thought he could do as well or better. His work ranges from standup-type rants to 'conceptual' page poetry and concrete poetry, with a heavy emphasis on wordplay and capturing the vitality of everyday speech. Thematically, he commonly portrays the issues of non-Anglo-Celtic working class life.He has had numerous books published since his first, Fitzroy Brothel in 1974, more notably the epic verse novel 24hrs. From 1978 to 1983, he was involved in producing the radical poetry magazine 925. He is a fixture of Melbourne's...

Scope and Contents

Letter concerns Harris' acceptance of Blaine's text in Spanish for "Fleye" issue No.4. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents

This print was hung in the most important exhibition of concrete poetry in its time. The numbering scheme used to classify the posters is based upon the pages of the exhibition catalogue with the same title. The lexical key is published in the catalogue but not on the poster. An arrow pointing to the left means 'yes' and an arrow pointing to the right means 'no.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents

The appended folded, loose sheet consists of the English translations of the poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents

The exhibition was curated by Philadelpho Menezes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.