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Flat Out, 1990

 Item — Box: 119
Identifier: CC-05374-5477

Scope and Contents

Words and images printed in phosphorescent ink glow in the dark with the ultraviolet lamp. The story relates to the falling of the sky from hydrocarbon to waste. The earth is burned and most of the people channel up through the jagged holes. Bucko, a dyslexic nomad, one of the few people left, comes out at night and collects part of the sky. He hopes to recreate what once was. The pages spiral out. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1990

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 book object) : 16 pages (plastic, translucent, silkscreen, unconventionally shaped) + object (lamp ultraviolet) in artist bookbinding (anodized aluminum, perforated, unconventionally shaped); base (plexiglas) ; 72 x 45 x 1 cm (book), 12 x 23 x 24 cm (on base)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Materials Specific Details

Published: Arlington, Virginia : Osbornbook. Nationality of creator: American. Copies: About 25 total copies.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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