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The Adventures of Captain Morgan / Marroquin, Marjo ; Marroquin, Raul., 1994

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Identifier: CC-44769-46936

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Scope and Contents

Raul Marroquin was born in Bogota, Colombia, in 1948 and has lived in the Netherlands since 1971. He has worked with film, video and photography as well as installations. He is considered one of the pioneers of video art in the Netherlands. In the early 70s while been a student at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht he published Fandangos, one of the first artists magazines in the world that included many of the Fluxus and conceptual artist of that period. In 1980 he produced The Link his first, live, satellite, interactive project connecting Manhattan Cable and Amsterdam cable television. Since 1991 he has produced the Hoeksteen Live! (radio and television). In this booklet done in collaberation with his wife, they write about their fascination with Captain Morgan who was an infamous pirate. The calligraphy shows great variation from section to section. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1994

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 booklet (string spine) + pages (ink, ink colored, handwriting, collaged, paper, stamp, rubberstamped) (16 pages) in cover (collaged, paper)) ; 10.5 x 16.6 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

box booklets

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: Maastricht, The Netherlands : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: Dutch and Colombian. General: About 1 total copy. General: Added by: MARVIN; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

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

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