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Artist book (limited edition)

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1485 Collections and/or Records:

Pliny's Knickers Book One / Clark, Hilary ; Smith, Steven Ross., 2005

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Identifier: CC-62689-48831
Scope and Contents Notes from the authors on the process of making this book. "In "Go-Between Between," Anne Waldman writes: "Language does more than merely communicate and 'express.' It arrives, it manifests, it is a relationship."' This book enacts language as arrival and manifestation, composed as it was in the go-between of an email exchange. Both of us were (and are) interested in a poetics of constraint, of resistance, of inventiveness, and in the process of homolinguistic (English to English) translation. To while away a few winter months with some fun and a challenge, we devised a translation exercise. In "Alphabetic Jitterbug," Steven supplied the first text based on an alphabetic accumulation, and Hilary determined a first method of translation of that section: For each word, find in the dictionary the first (or a nearby) word of the same kind (for example, a noun for a noun), and do a replacement. This method was used a few times to produce successive texts; then in "Can a Paddy Sweat?"...
Dates: 2005

Poems / Helmes, Scott., 2008

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Identifier: CC-47780-68799
Scope and Contents

This was a birthday gift for Ruth Sackner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Poesia Experimental: Ventana Oda / Pino, Francisco ; Carrion U., 1976

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Identifier: CC-41161-43143
Scope and Contents

On an introductory page, Ulises Carrion states "A book is not a case of words nor a bag of words." The printed pages in this book on varied colored papers have the same nonsense text, "chschs"etc. and "ssss" etc. The text on the leaflet that reads "ventana oda" etc. is meant to be viewed through the perforations behind the various colored cellophane pages. The intent of the author is unclear. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

Poesia - Oggetto: Lo Scacchiere Della Scrittura Fantastica / Caruso, Luciano., 1981

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Identifier: CC-19148-19527
Scope and Contents

This artist proof copy from an unknown tirage of proofs, was published on the occasion of an exhibition by Caruso. The exhibition was entitled, "Luogo della Immagini del Segno Scrittura." The drawings all consist of three rectangular, vertical striped of white paint with a handwritten graphite caption at their bottoms. The poem printed on the folder was composed by Caruso in 1967. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Poesias / Ferrari, Leon., 1980

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Identifier: CC-11320-11536
Scope and Contents

This book reproduces drawings with dense calligraphic markings and letraset letters and symbols; the Sackner Archive holds four drawings in this style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Poesie Visuelle / Strid, Astrid ; Pey S., 1995

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Identifier: CC-03115-3163
Scope and Contents

Photograph on cover of envelope was taken by G. Ayme. The booklets contain photographs of the works and installations for sale or rent. The two catalogues with the same title differ in content. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Poets. Painters. Composers: The Sculpture Part One: Metal Language. No.6 / Joseph Keppler., 1995

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Identifier: CC-04746-4835
Scope and Contents

The book object is an opened steel book with 3 blank leaves. The title of the issue is affixed to the spine in white letraset letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Portrait Evolutif / Crombie, John., 1988

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Identifier: CC-17970-18340
Scope and Contents

The pages provide an expressionistic evolving and disintegrating portrait of Crombie in 12 stages using three primary colors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Post Industrial New York City / Osowski, FnL., 1999

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Identifier: CC-36583-38388
Scope and Contents

The images accompanying the text are about the industrial scenes of the city. The authors are Francis Osowski and Leonie aka Catherine Bourbon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999