Can You Tell Me How What You Are Doing Now Is To Do Something Philosophical? , 1980
Scope and Contents
Peter H Barnett: Can you tell me how what you are doing now is to do something philosophical? (Assembling Press, 1980) consists of handwritten philosophical questions arranged four to a page. Each page has a rectangular cutout of a quarter, a horizontal half page or a vertical half-page, allowing the questions to be seen in continually changing groups and associations. The title expresses the theme: what would it mean to act philosophically, or to take a philosophical initiative? -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1980
Creator
- Barnett, Peter H. (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 soft cover book + pages (unconventionally shaped) (30 pages)) ; 21.6 x 21.2 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
boxed artist materials
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, a gift from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: Brooklyn, New York : Assembling Press. Nationality of creator: American. 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
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