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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6393 Collections and/or Records:

Geiger Poesia: Zeroglifico. No.20 / Adriano Spatola ; Niccolai G ; Oliva AB., 1975

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Identifier: CC-10109-10310
Scope and Contents

This is the second edition of the book first published in 1966 by Sampietro Editore, Bologna. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Geiger Sperimentale: Algoritmo. No.28 / Adriano Spatola., 1973

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Identifier: CC-10110-10311
Scope and Contents

This book depicts several poems first published in 1966-1967 in various periodicals. One of the poems entitled "trittico' [Italian] in English means triptych and was a popular standard format for altar paintings from the middle ages and another composed of ditto marks and entitles "die ubung" [German] in English means repetitiion. A poem entitled 'variation' morphs to variateur [French] whch in English means light dimmer. Finally, "danger?" is a take-off on gomringer's "silencio." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Geiger Sperimentale: Cecita - Braille Poem. No.34 / Annalista Alloatti., 1975

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Identifier: CC-27978-29128
Scope and Contents

Each print depicts a word in braille, e.g., music, light, blindness, colour, and poetry. The latter is printed as raised dots in the Braille language. The background for Musica is four stripes of greys simulating a musical score. Dots for the word Luce (light) appear to be illuminated in its print. Cecita (blindness) is printed on a grey, nondescript background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Geiger Sperimentale: Poes?a. No.18 / Delfino Maria Rosso., 1970

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Identifier: CC-10147-10348
Scope and Contents

Several poems in this work are based upon the letter "a." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Geiger Sperimentale: Poh!Emes Visuels. No.30 / Dino Bedino., 1974

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Identifier: CC-10141-10342
Scope and Contents

Each page of the book depicts a single visual poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Gelbrotblau / Wezel, Wolf., 1986

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Identifier: CC-47788-68807
Scope and Contents

The poems in this book are based upon the typed German words for yellow, red and blue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

General Bussig / Hodell, Ake., 1964

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Identifier: CC-57233-58719
Scope and Contents Internet: Ã…ke Hodell (1919-2000) began to devote themselves to poetry for a long stay in hospital following a plane crash he was involved in as a fighter pilot. By chance was Gunnar Ekelof his mentor and later friend, and their first contact consisted of a list of essential poets Ekelof wrote on a restaurant menu. After various modernist poetry publications where he eg used aircraft terminology poetic material occurred Hodell debut as "concrete poet" with a reading of "General Bussig" in 1963, wearing a headlamp the only illumination."General Bussig want to show how an ordinary young man who will do his military service, can turn into an effective soldier. In the late 50's had a new psychology come into the military. The officers would no longer be a bully and hard trill recruits with Prussian excercis. Instead, he would make himself popular, to be liked, to be bussig. The recruit in General Bussig portrayed by small letter in and undergo a verbal brainwashing. in doing admittedly...
Dates: 1964

Genero: Feminino / Vater, Regina., 1989

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Identifier: CC-00762-781
Scope and Contents

The poem is silkscreened onto a nylon gauze fabric in the outline of a triangle. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Genesis / Di Palma, Ray., 1980

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Identifier: CC-43873-45974
Scope and Contents

This is a reprinting of the book first published by X Editions in 1977. Poems are created with typeface elements, letters, numbers and minimalist phrases. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Genesis / Di Palma, Ray., 1977

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Identifier: CC-15415-15739
Scope and Contents

This is the first edition of these poems, reprinted in 1980 by Underwhich Editions. The untitled cover of this first edition is on heavy, glossy ultramarine paper stock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977