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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6488 Collections and/or Records:

Solos / Cussen, Anthony ; Machura, Raymond., 1972

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Identifier: CC-18906-19284
Scope and Contents

Cussen provides a brief explanation of the poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Solstice: a book of poems for linda / Depew, Wally., 1991

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Identifier: CC-58099-10001348
Scope and Contents

The pages were typed with an IBM Selectric typewriter. The cover sheets are rose colored. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Soma / Braga, Edgar ; Pignatari D ; DeCampos H., 1963

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Identifier: CC-20994-21403
Scope and Contents

This book was designed by Decio Pignatari. Haroldo De Campos contributed a critical essay on work of Braga. The visual art in this book consists of four variations of a red square. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Some Concrete Poems / Shere, Jim., 1967

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Identifier: CC-55493-65621
Scope and Contents

There was no biographical information on the internet for the author of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Some Myths of Concrete Poetry / Cobbing, Bob; Mayer, Peter; Chopin H; Bann S; Finlay IH; Mills S; Belloli C; Finch P; Gomringer E; Wright E; Fahlstrom O; Themerson S; Jandl E; Morgan E; Furnival J., 1972

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Identifier: CC-17728-18097
Scope and Contents

Reprinted from Stereo Headphones No.5, 1972. The authors debunk the assertion of Stuart Mills who in Akros No.18, 1972 stated that the poem-poster was introduced by Ian-Hamilton Finlay. They go on to further describe the pioneers of Concrete Poetry in their opinion. Rebuttals to their conclusions by Stephan Bann and Henri Chopin are also published. Mentions that Ernest Fenellosa, who died in 1908, used the term 'concrete poetry' in an essay, 'The Chinese Character as a Medium for Poetry' in 1901. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

some-one / Selenitsch, Alex ; spence p., 1985

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Identifier: CC-47847-68869
Scope and Contents

This is the fourth of a series of booklets edited by pete spence. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

some-one / Selenitsch, Alex ; spence p., 1985

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Identifier: CC-01769-1805
Scope and Contents

This is the fourth of a series of booklets edited by pete spence. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

some pages of A HUMENT....a humument. No. 8 / Phillips, Tom ; Furnival J., 1967

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Identifier: CC-60243-10003249
Scope and Contents

In pencil on the front of the folder Phillips has written "We were going to make a portfolio with John Furnival but abandoned the idea...this was the crude start...note the alterntative name at this stage!" Printed on the folder is "some pages of a Human Document A HUMENT....a humument".This print is a proof of Plakat 8. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Some Shows fo Escape, Some for Introspection / Johnson, Ken; Kriwet F; Warhol A., 2008

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Identifier: CC-48316-69341
Scope and Contents

The review from Marianne Boesky's gallery features a description and an illustration of Kriwet's piece "Walk Talk." The Sackner Archive holds a red and black version of the one shown. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Sonde, Die. No.1 / Karl Heinz Roth, editor ; Binter A ; Miro J ; Mathieu D., 1963

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Identifier: CC-02105-2143
Scope and Contents

The concrete poem and experimental fiction pieces were written by A. Binter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

Sonde, Die. No.2 / Horst Kistler, Karl Heinz Roth, editors ; Bremer C ; Schauffelen KB ; Mayrocker F ; Bezzel C ; Wolf R ; Mon F ; Dohl R ; Kriwet F ; Ball H ; Hausmann R ; Schwitters K ; Heissenbuttel H ; Bense M ; Falk G ; Lobe J ; Becher B., 1964

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Identifier: CC-02110-2148
Scope and Contents

Reinhold Dohl contributed an essay on the history of Sound Poetry. This cover and page are the first appearance of Becher's photographs of industrial buildings in ptint and di not include his wife. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964