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Sloy did the drawings and Dave made the box which they gifted to the Sackners in memory of their visit to their studio home in 2009. During this first meeting, the Sackners mentioned one of their favorite, unusual words that almost eveyone does at sometime in their house. Scurryfunge is an archaic English word that means "a hasty tidying of the house between the time you see a neighbor and the time she knocks on the door." Sloy liked it so much that she did these fantastic calligraphic drawings that featured this word. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The item appears to be an unnumbered part of Katz' BBB (Beatrice's Black Book) series, so it might be considered tangetial, unofficial, or supplemental. The item is also three-dimensional, the "language" written out on crafted tiles that mimic those found in a word puzzle or game, in contrast to the usual use of paper collages for most of the series.

As with the rest of BBB, this item seems to have been created for Katz' film, Mirror on the Moon (1992).

Katz likely referred to the St. Cyr Rule resulting from the case of Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr (2001).

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The transparent disc placed in the mirror reads REFLECT backwards and forward. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The round images on the four pages are a backward clock face, Stonehenge, a labyrinth and the earth as seen from space. The pages are attached to the lock handle and the key is in the lock. This is Bart's greeting for the new millenium. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Consists of Ay-O's typical Fluxus works, e.g., objects with different textures that invite the viewer to put a finger into. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The bag that is printed "black dirt" contains contains the same. The bag that is printed "gold seed" contains yellow corn kernels. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The words printed on the card correspond to the actual objects in the case. They are as follows: flash (light bulb); seer (figure in yoga position); AHA (blank booklet); seek (key); sigh (beads spelling sigh); find (compass). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The paper tape contains the poem "little snail / inch by inch / climb Mount Fuji!" this object was a holiday gift to the Sackners -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The accompanying sheet retells a story from Doris George regarding her grandfather.

Scope and Contents This densely worked book presents the rebuses of Afrika that are a continuum of the "spheres of interimagery" in the Russian social structure as expressed in folkloric tradition and in the theories of Mayakovsky and by anonymous artists. " In Afrika's rebuses, one can read the colour, texture, heaviness, light, and sound reflectability of the material...Things return to life, become oxidized, and undergo different transformations...The rebus is surrounded by an ornament which gives them all the character of an icon or of a folk-art picture. A confessional ornament is laid upon well-developed communist symbols. A catalogue titled "Rebus" held by the Sackner Archive, published by Avant-Garde, Moscow and Paul Judelson Arts, New York illustrates and describes the copper works of Afrika.The following is an introduction by oleysa turkina and victor mazin and translated by a d haun from "Rebus II: Works on Copper" I-20 gallery, ny (1997). IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE REBUS The rebus spoke by...

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Text and imagery relates to John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Jasper Johns "Dancers on a Plane." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The prints are photographic reproductions of some of the works in this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.