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Tautologic text

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

A Prayer Wheel for Brion Gysin (I Am That I Am...), 2010

 Item — Box 289: [Barcode: 31858073143442]
Identifier: CC-52184-73305
Scope and Contents

Produced by endwar, "this object is modeled on the prayer wheels used in Tibetan Buddism. When spun, the device reads a potentially endless recursive variant of the divine tautology "I AM THAT I AM" used in one on Brion Gysin's permutation poems from 1960. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

CRLe. / Topel, Andrew., 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-50229-71295
Scope and Contents

Topol has created a checkerboard design using the letters CRLe. Each block alternates between white letters on a black background or vice versa. There are six design permutations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

Infinity / Topel, Andrew., 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-50228-71294
Scope and Contents

Topol has created circles using the word infinity. Each page is a permutation of the design. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009

Ozzie's Box, 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-47341-50085
Scope and Contents

The word "relax" is printed and repeated in three typefaces. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Rosso = Red 3 / Nannucci, Maurizio., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-57604-67417
Scope and Contents

The word, 'rosso' is repetitively typed on the diagonal such that it creates an optical image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964