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Performance poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 887 Collections and/or Records:

West End / Kern, Bliem ; Johnson, Joe., 1976

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Identifier: CC-56495-9999899
Scope and Contents

These poems were part of a poetry concert at the West End Cafe, 113thStreet and Broadway, NYC on April 4, 1976. Most of joe johnson's poems have graphic additions and breaks marked for reading . Possibly, this was joe johnson's copy.One page has an ink stain. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

[What Is Body Music?] / Curtay, Jean-Paul., 1981

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Identifier: CC-19737-20124
Scope and Contents

This is one of Curtay's sketch books. It includes drawings and scores for his body poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

What Is Life/ And When It Ceases / Lurie, Toby., 1978

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Identifier: CC-46872-49608
Scope and Contents

Lurie states that this body of work is designated serial poems - a series of words, fragments,or sentences is (are) established, and repeats itself in this order until the poem is finished. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

[White Self-portrait] / Hubaut, Joel., 1996

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Identifier: CC-28542-29824
Scope and Contents

This piece is an example of Hubaut's body of work pertaining to monochromatic themes in which he himself becomes part of the art work. Hubaut is dressed in a outlandish white hat with a white female nude sculpture on it. His face, neck and legs are painted with white dots, and he is wearing a white chef's coat, no pants, white boots, and is standing in front of an opened white refrigerator filled with white food products, holding a woman's white purse. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

WhiteWalls: Culture, Identity, & Colonialism. No.31 / Tisdale D., 1992

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Identifier: CC-00489-501
Scope and Contents

Includes as advertisement on page 4 for the Second Annual Washington Book Fair indicating that Dr. Marvin and Ruth Sackner are to receive Pyramid Atlantic's Award of Distinction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

WhiteWalls: Petty Crimes for the Common Good. No.26/Fall., 1990

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Identifier: CC-00343-351
Scope and Contents

Edited by Susan Snodgrass. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

WhiteWalls: Rants and Raves. No.27/Win., 1991

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Identifier: CC-00619-633
Scope and Contents

Edited by Susan Snodgrass. This issue solely documents performance pieces. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

WhiteWalls: When Words Collide. No.30/Fall / Rosen K., 1992

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Identifier: CC-00433-445
Scope and Contents

Edited by Susan Snodgrass. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Why Do I Hear...But Not Undertand, 2014

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Identifier: CC-58598-10001827
Scope and Contents

This piece was performed by Michael Basinski at the Perez Art Museum Miami on March 22, 2014 in conjunction with the exhibition "A Human Document: Selections from The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2014

womb word (051165) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1965

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Identifier: CC-31367-32844
Scope and Contents

The poem was may have been printed much later than its creation. The Sackner Archive holds the original of this poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

'X' Marks His (Disputed) Spot in Canada's Art Scene / Krauss, Clifford; Kantor I., 2004

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Identifier: CC-42309-44319
Scope and Contents

The article reports that Istvan Kantor (aka Monty Cantsin) received the Governor General's Award in visual and media arts, one of the highest artistic awards in Canada. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004