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This group is composed of Rafael Rivera-Barreto, Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffery and bp Nichol. Recorded at the Music Gallery in Toronto 1987. Also designated No.37 in series. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The subtitle of this book is "Some Works & Projections about the Book & Writing." It is divided into four sections" Pre-faces; The Opening of the Field; The Book Is as Old as Fire & Water; and The Book to Come. Marjorie Perloff contributes an essay from "The Futurist Moment" in which she describes "La Prose du Transsiberien" by Cendrars and Delaunay. The book Includes two fold-out pages that reproduce this work as well as an English translation of the poem (the original of this book is held by the Sackner Archive).Gerald Janecek contributed an essay from "Kruchonykh and the Manuscript Books" describing Old Fashioned Love,' 'A Game in Hell and 'World Backwards.' Johanna Drucker wrote, "The Artist's Book as Idea and Form" in which she describes the artist's book as "the quintessential twentieth-century artform. Artists's books appear in every major movement in art and literature and have provided a unique means of realizing works within all of the many avant-garde,...

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Stored in bp Nichol box. This biography recounts his bp's personal life and death following unsuccessful removal of a spinal cordoma that involved nerves and bones of the sacram. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents curry writes that Underwhich Editions began in 1978 as a consortium of publishers and poets gathered to publish the catalog for the 11th International Festival of Sound Poetry held in Toronto 1978. The group comprised Dean, Nichol, McCaffery, Truhlar Riddel, S. Smith, Dedora, & Dutton. Their first publication edited by McCaffery & Nichol was "Sound Poetry A Catologue," released in time for the festival. The audiographic series began in 1979 with seven titles emphasizing sound poetry up until 1983. Through the influence of Truhlar, music was introduced into the listings after 1983. curry provides an annotated bibliography of the recordings that were published as well as a three tape cassette bp Nichol recording of The Martyrology Books I-IV that was never published. This archive contains two similar versions of an introductory essay, one entitled "Cultural Clutter: The Needle, The Works," the other, "Needling Theehead with a Laser: Inder Which Works." -- Source of...

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Bayard, in her Ph.D. dissertation, traces the beginning, growth and development of concrete poetry in Canada and focuses on styles of concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackner Archive is cited as a reference in the bibliography of concrete poetry on page 132 and visual poetry on page 648. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This is the first edition of the book. Lost Books synopsis: Who invented the miniskirt? What avant-garde artist made a film of 200 human behinds? Why is a themepark a work of art? Who turned a urinal upside down, mounted it to a board, and submitted it to an art exhibit, signed "R. Mutt"?Our era is one of nearly constant innovation and change. The new is constantly pushing aside the old; and the once unimaginable-even the once ridiculed-is now commonplace. A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes recognizes that change is a driving force in all the arts. It covers major trends in music, dance, theater, film, visual art, sculpture, and performance art--as well as architecture, science, and culture. Entries are divided between important individuals and trends and movements. Each entry includes a complete bibliography, discography, and videography; works list; and appropriate web links. The book is richly illustrated with original art works and an 8-page color insert. For anyone with an...

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Karl Young collated, at random, rejected or test pages from the books of his own Membrane Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The group is composed of Rafael Rivera-Barreto, Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffery and bp Nichol. The edition size was 1500 copies but according to Barbara Moore, most were trashed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue lists curry's contributions to works by others. He includes a sound poem with made-up language. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue lists curry's contributions to periodicals. He includes a few visuals. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Stored in C shelf location. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Ten copies of this documentation of the performace organized by jw curry were published. Eight were given to the participants. Therefore, the Sackner Archive has one of the only two in the public domain. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.