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Dangling Participle, 1998

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CC-32014-33545

Scope and Contents

This work was purchased from the exhibition "Textiles/Fibers/Threads: The Book Show" at The Center for Book Arts, New York. The exhibition was curated by Kumi Korf and Charlotte Thorpe. Hensel describes her work as follows: "The words we all speak and think link together in sentences, disjointed phrases, odd web structures, broken threads and dangling participles. The words rush out of a vein, they cascade over all our experiences. This particular piece is about those threads of conversation left unfinished, dangling out of context, with sometimes unexpected consequences. At the time that I wrote this piece, I was thinking about the cruelty of teenage girls and about the half-truths and innuendos we hear on the news daily. This is a meander through the effects of impulsive adolescent conversations and rumors." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1998

Creator

Extent

1 item (1 poem object) : 1 object (handmade flax paper, wool yarn, linen thread, cords, wood, paint, computer text) in box (wooden, painted, hinges, paper lining, ink, handwriting) ; 48 x 14 x 5 cm (object), 11 x 35 x 12 cm (in box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Original Sackner Archive Location

second bedroom

Custodial History

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

Separated Materials

The wool yarn object has been placed in Box 193, and the box can be found in box 255.

Materials Specific Details

Published: East Lansing, Michigan : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: American. General: About 1 total copies.

Processing Information

Added by: RED; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

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

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