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Concrete poetry

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6475 Collections and/or Records:

Emotions in Concrete / Pie (TT) O/AKA Pi O., 1980

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Identifier: CC-04671-4758
Scope and Contents Wikipedia: П. O. (or Pi O, born 1951) aka Peter Oustabasides is an Australian, working class, anarchist, poet of Greek origin. Born in Katerini, Greece, П. O. came to Australia with his family around 1954. After time in Bonegilla Migrant Reception and Training Centre, the family moved to the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. П. O. was inspired to start writing poetry in 1970 when he heard Johnny Cash reciting (religious) poetry while tuning his guitar. П. O. thought he could do as well or better. His work ranges from standup-type rants to 'conceptual' page poetry and concrete poetry, with a heavy emphasis on wordplay and capturing the vitality of everyday speech. Thematically, he commonly portrays the issues of non-Anglo-Celtic working class life.He has had numerous books published since his first, Fitzroy Brothel in 1974, more notably the epic verse novel 24hrs. From 1978 to 1983, he was involved in producing the radical poetry magazine 925. He is a fixture of Melbourne's...
Dates: 1980

En - Sof / Daniel, Peter., 1992

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Identifier: CC-27779-28908
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Several works depicted in this book are held by the Sackner Archive. These include Transparente Zeit(ung), two Durch-Streichung drawings, and Konsonanten-Akkumulation, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Encarta Lei Seca / Borba G ; Fridman M ; Silveira R ; Fajardo C ; Plaza J ; Duch LF., 1979

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Identifier: CC-41484-43470
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This exhibition was curated by Gabriel Borda. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Enchantment / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1996

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Identifier: CC-35244-36978
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The poem consists of two acrostics based upon the word, Flute. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Enfin Le Monde / Verey, Charles., 1967

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Identifier: CC-54081-63472
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The Sackner Archive also holds two silkscreen prints made from this maquette, one in a portfolio entitled "Five Wall Poems," and another purchased separately but stored in this portfolio.The graphite drawing on the verso is a rough sketch of an interior room. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Enquanto Jactos e Hiatos, 1994

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Identifier: CC-16152-16495
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Given to the Sackners at the Yale University Portuguese Concrete Poetry Symposium (1995) organized by Keith Jackson and Johanna Drucker. De Melo e Castro utilized typewritten punctuations, brackets, and parentheses of different dimensions among the words to cause the reader to interact with his/her own words thereby creating another meaning. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Entrance Dance / Cole, David., 1986

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Identifier: CC-19755-20142
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The envelope has stencilled lettering. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Entropico / Vaccari, Franco., 1966

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Identifier: CC-50405-71473
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This book is no.4 in a series entitled "Proposte 4." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Entwerter/Oder Sonderheft: Serielle und Andere Texte. No.1 / Uwe Warnke., 1989

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Identifier: CC-13670-13973
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The two copies of this periodical differ slightly in the layout of the table of contents, the collaged elements, and the appearance of the rubberstampings. Sonderheft in English means special issue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Entwerter/Oder Sonderheft: Serielle und Andere Texte. No.1 / Uwe Warnke., 1989

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Identifier: CC-13671-13974
Scope and Contents

The two copies of this periodical differ slightly in the layout of the table of contents, the collaged elements, and the appearance of the rubberstampings. Sonderheft in English means special issue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989