The 21 Columns of Language / Leandro Katz., 2010
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Scope and Contents
These wall texts were from the Reina Sofia Museum exhibition "Encuentros De Pamplona" for the typewriter and scroll sculpture "Word Colmn IV" lent by the Sackner Archive. The original text is dated 11/8/71. The English text is as follows;"Columns or else enumerative lists of words, any or the least utterance, statement of fragment of speech, isolated words chosen at random and therefore not necessarily arranged in alpabetical or other systematic order and in any tense, state, length or form, be it generative, transformational, with or without orthographical errors, comforming to or violating grammatical rules and any other condition of speech, the verbal expression in contrast with action or thought presenting the object to the mind like a picture and composed in sections of text, inscriptions or scriptures approximately 7 feet tall which may accumulate, join, rise and elevate into the depth of the atmosphere of 60 KM and be called THE 21 COLUMNS OF LANGUAGE each one named after a specific place or location through and throughout the American continent, north, central and south America, which may or may not indicate its still undetermined final site position and all sections of which shall be numbered, named and distributed among individuals throughour the world who will act as depositaries until the time of their final erections for which purpose they will receive lists of those who also have been entrusted with the care of particular sectionsof the columns." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 2010
Creator
- Katz, Leandro, 1938- (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (2 wall texts (foam board)) ; 31 x 22 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
flat files
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Katz, 2010.
General
Published: Madrid, Spain : Reina Sofia. Nationality of creator: Argentine. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: RUTH; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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