Skip to main content

Words and Pictures, No. 8, 1996

 Item — Box: 246
Identifier: CC-27252-27758

Scope and Contents

Simon Ford writes a description of John Latham's "Still and Chew" event in 1966 that produced the first British work of Conceptual Art. The aim was to extract and capture the 'essence' of Clement Greenberg's influential collection of essays entitled "Art and Culture" and at the same time demonstrate Latham's theories concerning art, event, and time. Students of Latham at St. Martins Art School chewed pages from the book which was borrowed from the library, spat them out into a container that held sulfuric acid. This was allowed to ferment into alcohol, distilled and the distillate placed into a vial. The vial was returned to the library that declined to accept it. Latham was fired from his teaching position. The vial was packaged along with documentation into a brief case and subsequently was acquired by MOMA. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1996

Creator

Extent

26 items (1 periodical object) : 2 soft cover books + pages (photocopied) + card (ink, handwriting) + 1 pencil + 1 bottle (glass, film) + 1 folder (paper, engraved) + 4 cards + 1 record 33rpm fragment (label) + 1 object (vinyl, paper) + 2 color photographs (plastic laminated) + 1 object (latex, velcro) + 1 badge (color photograph, plexiglas, key ring) + 1 collage (paper, leaves) + 1 booklet (spiral spine) + 1 drawing (ink, magic marker, collaged) + 3 color photographs + 1 booklet (accordion) + 1 folder (papercard, printed) + folder contents (2 photographs b&w), all in box (cardboard, collaged, label) ; 22 x 16 x 5.8 cm (box)

Language of Materials

English

Original Sackner Archive Location

shelf alphabeti

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: London, England : Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. Signed by: several contributors. Copies: About 100 total copies. 10 number copy.

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

Contact:
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921