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Visual poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4850 Collections and/or Records:

Lecture Ephemerides II (revised), 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-54485-52492
Scope and Contents

Depicts fragments of A Humument pages 213 and 116. The poem reads: "A Humument. dying to make you to take you in o lush neck - one of her chins overlapped Grenville for years; - A Humument. hailed the intelligence with delight. moving again-- moving - hoped the colours of his anticipations took place words. remained - share it, grow bright again. - A Humument. the paper back with a gentle voice hehehe hehehe hehe hehe A HU UMENT. chance words." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

LEGG / Segay, Serge., 1997

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Identifier: CC-61626-10004087
Scope and Contents

Taken from pete spence's Archive 1998. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Lekce Velkeho A: Konkretni a Vizualni Poezie 1962-1993 / Ovcacek, Eduard ; Valoch J., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-28167-29330
Scope and Contents

This book consists of examples of Ovcacek's typewriter, letraset, and stencilled letter works done between 1962-1993 along with critical essays in the Czech language. Jiri Valoch contributed an introductory essay. Ovacek's typewriter poetry marks him as one of the foremost contributors to this style of concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Les Grands Voyages / Cepl, Gernot., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-27422-28467
Scope and Contents

This page is typed as a close packed grid over the text and blank spaces of a printed page. In the center of the page, the shift to red ink typing gives an abstract appearance to the page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Les Mots ont des Visages / Gruenoun, Joel., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-28647-29947
Scope and Contents

The author varies typography and adds images to enhance the meanings of words. He also provides brief dictionary definitions underneath each of the word-images. The word poem serves as the image and the definition as the caption for these picture poems. The poems resemble those composed by Peignot in "Le Petit Peignot" (1996) & "Toutes les Pommes se Croqent" (1996). However, Gruenoun's poems differ from Peignot's poems in that line drawings are often added and more varied fonts are employed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Les Mots ont des visages Tome 1 / Guenoun, Joel., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-51259-72347
Scope and Contents

The author varies typography and adds images to enhance the meanings of words. He also provides brief dictionary definitions above each of the word-images. The word poem serves as the image and the definition as the caption for these picture poems. The poems resemble those composed by Peignot in "Le Petit Peignot" (1996) & "Toutes les Pommes se Croqent" (1996). However, Guenoun's poems differ from Peignot's poems in that line drawings are often added and more varied fonts are employed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Les Mots ont des Visages Tome II / Guenoun, Joel., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-29119-30464
Scope and Contents

The author varies typography and adds images to enhance the meanings of words. He also provides brief dictionary definitions underneath each of the word-images. The word poem serves as the image and the definition as the caption for these picture poems. The poems resemble those composed by Peignot in "Le Petit Peignot" (1996) & "Toutes les Pommes se Croqent" (1996). However, Guenoun's poems differ from Peignot's poems in that line drawings are often added and more varied fonts are employed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Les Tetines Noires / Hubaut, Joel; Spoerri D; Orlan; Ben; Dietman E., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-40818-42795
Scope and Contents

The English translation of the print is "The Black Nipples." The name refers to a musical rock group led by Joel Hubaut's son; presumably this is a promotional poster. The Sackner Archive holds the maquette for this piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Les Tetines Noires / Hubaut, Joel; Spoerri D; Orlan; Ben; Dietman E., 1993

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Identifier: CC-30906-32361
Scope and Contents

The English translation of the print is "The Black Nipples." The name refers to a musical rock group led by Joel Hubaut's son; presumably this is a promotional poster. The Sackner Archive holds the maquette for this piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Les Tetines Noires / Hubaut, Joel; Spoerri D; Orlan; Ben; Dietman E., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-30907-32362
Scope and Contents

The English translation of the print is "The Black Nipples." The name refers to a musical rock group led by Joel Hubaut's son; presumably this is a promotional poster. The Sackner Archive holds the maquette for this piece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Les Tetines Noires / Hubaut, Joel; Spoerri D; Orlan; Ben; Dietman E., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-30908-32363
Scope and Contents

This is one of two components of the maquette for the poster, "Les Tetines Noires." This element overlays the collage component for printing the poster. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

L'Escalade, 1973

 Item — Folder 20: [Barcode: 31858072459799]
Identifier: CC-19776-20163
Scope and Contents

The title in English means to scale over. The text consists of a repetition of the words, morte and death over a Manchester Guardian newspaper image of The Communist leader, Brezhnev whispering into the ear of President Nixon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Letter from Eve, 1995

 Item — Box 187: [Barcode: 31858072459575]
Identifier: CC-09881-10077
Scope and Contents

The image in the center of this work depicts a collaged reproduction of a renaissance painting of Adam and Eve with their hands on an apple. This is surrounded by linear calligraphic markings formed with black thread embedded in the paper that covers the object. A larger calligraphic mark formed with thicker brown thread simulates a large letter beginning an illuminated manuscript. Calligraphic markings at the bottom of the Adam and Eve image act as a "caption" for the painting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995