Sharp Facts: Some Selections from Translating Translating Apollinaire 26 / Nichol, bp., 1980
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Scope and Contents
Nichol demonstrates "copying machine disintegrative tendencies" by repeatedly putting the same text through four different photocopying machines. The text breaks down until it gradually disappears, so that "the machine is the message." The process is the same as that employed by Emmett Williams in a series of poems that are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1980
Creator
- bpNichol, 1944-1988 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (44 pages)) ; 26.5 x 20.5 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
box shelf
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: Milwaukee, Wisconsin : Membrane Press. Nationality of creator: Canadian. General: Number of duplicates: 1. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
319-335-5921
Collection organization
Citation
Cite Item
Sharp Facts: Some Selections from Translating Translating Apollinaire 26 / Nichol, bp., 1980, CC-05561-5668. Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed), Sackner011. The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry.
Cite Item Description
Sharp Facts: Some Selections from Translating Translating Apollinaire 26 / Nichol, bp., 1980, CC-05561-5668. Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed), Sackner011. The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry. https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/871085 Accessed May 07, 2025.