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This book which was first published in 1972 consists of a panel discussion on concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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

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

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

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Spence describes meeting several German and American mail artists in Germany. Mentions that the Australian networkers might appear in a book by Klaus Peter Dencker in a German edition and perhaps in an Engish edition published by Thames and Hudson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Fernando Aguiar contributed an introductory essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a limited edition photocopied artist book designed after a unique copy of collages made by Dencker. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition dealt with concrete poems installed in public places. There are also critical texts about concrete poetry by Gomringer and Valoch in the catalogue. Peter Daniel lists his work in exhibition in the Sackner Archive's "Hebrew Concrete Poetry" in 1997. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Dencker has compiled a tour de force of writings, references and examples of visible language from prehistory to the present. It is accompanied by extensive footnotes of documentation asnd references. Although the text is written in German, the images still guide the reader as to the cultural impact of his well-chosen examples. He has described the writings of the most important world-wide individuals in this field while featuring German speaking writers. Omissions of influential American poets/artists include d.a. levy, John Giorno, Barbara Kruger and Paul Laffoly. The index in this book lists the birth and death dates for several individuals. Several works held by the Sackner Archive are reproduced in the book. These include among others Charles Cameron's poem for rose-marie cahc (1965) depicted in Experiencias No.2 (1975); Eino Ruutsalo's story board for the film, "ABC," (1967) [different original story board for same film held by Sackner Archive]; Konrad Balder Schauffelin's...

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Raoul Hausmann's "sound-reel," a sound poem held by the Sackner Archive is depicted on page 146. It depicts the hand writtem added letters, signs and numbers that are often not present in other reproductions of the poem. However, it lacks the hand printed inscription of the title at its bottom and the typed R. Hausmann signature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes the 2004 European Design Annual. Andrea Deszo designed the cover that consisted of an embroidered heart. She was also a participant in the Pricked exhibition 2007; the exhibition catalogue is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Huth compliments Sackner on his revised web site and indicates that he used marginalia feature to correct several entries. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The RENSHI reproduced in this book are a modern form of RENGA, a group of HAIKU-LIKE verses linked in any one of several special ways. It is usually written by two or more poets who take turns writing the verses. In classical RENGA, 3-line and 2-line verses are alternated, beginning with a 3-line verse (a hokku, usually approximating 5-7-5 syllables) resembling haiku and indicating a season. A second poet composes the following verse (2 lines approximating 7-7), linking it by one of several methods (not too obviously, please) with the first. The next verse (of 3 lines), composed by the first poet (in a 2-person renga) or by another (in renga written by more than 2 poets), links with the second but not with the first. Traditionally, each verse employs a season word, most especially the ones requiring reference to autumn, moon, flower, etc. Season words are words usually associated with one season more than another (blossom = spring; snow = winter; baseball = summer, harvest =...