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[optical m's square Braille version] / Cameron, Charles., 2013

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Identifier: CC-58062-10001308

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Scope and Contents

Composed on an IBM Selectric typewriter that was originally typed c.1964 and now retyped 2013. Cameron comments that this is what a Braille version of the optical pattern might look like. If exhibiting it, it might need to be lit from different angles to obtain different effects, and if backlit you can see parts of the pattern, selected by the patterned "weights" of my finger on the typewriter key, dependent to some degree on the rhythms of typing inherent in the pattern itself. It's also something of an homage to John Cage, with whom I briefly corresponded in 1964 or 5. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2013

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 page (typed, braille)) ; 28 x 22 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

shelf binder second bedroom alcove

Custodial History

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

General

General: Title provided by Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Published: Rocklin, California : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: Charles '13 [Cameron] (l.r.). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: MARVIN; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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