Scope and Contents Matthew Abess, a second year undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, poet and scholar, spent the summer of 2006 researching the work of the British poet, Bob Cobbing in the Sackner Archive. In honor of the Sackner's 50th wedding anniversary, Matthew conceived of a poetic interpretation by mining the letters R-U-T-H and M-A-R-V-I-N in Cobbing's bibliographic entries in their original positions on the page and reprocessing the letters on 50 pages on a photocopier so that the letters on the final page are completely obscured and abstract. Metaphorically, the letters take on a new beautiful life and interpretation. Also included are six pages of working notes. The poet's explantion of his process is as follows: Please see below my brief explanation of the piece. It is rather inarticulate, so please feel free to edit as you see fit! Respectfully, Matthew "Symphonic Concrete Cine-Text" Curated by: Ruth & Marvin Sackner Edited by: Matthew Abess, 24.06.2006....

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According to an email communication from Achleitner, "The "o-i-studie" is a minimalized script of a film in which the sign 0 is transformed into either the number "0" (zero) or the letter "o" depending on the surrounding signs or visual materials. The 0 may even remain a neutral ornamental sign. In the course of my "o-i-Studie" it is shown how the neutral sign is transformed into the letter 0." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This work consists of overtyped question marks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue was edited by Jiri Valoch. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The publication date indicates May 1960 but in sequence order, the date should be 1964. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The poems in this book for the most part appear to be automatically written. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.