The CD consists of the slides that Ficus used in his talk at the Avant 2 symposium at Ohio State University in July 2002. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The CD consists of the slides that Ficus used in his talk at the Avant 2 symposium at Ohio State University in July 2002. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Although Ficus Strangulensis' transmorfactions appear to be handwritten, they are created with a computer. This image was created for the Avant Garde Two symposium and exhibition held at Ohio State University (2002). The Sackners attended and Marvin Sackner delivered the keynote speech. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

These photocopied loose sheets were taken from a slide presentation given by Strangulensis at the Avant Garde Two symposium and exhibition held at Ohio State University (2002). The images are divide into 1) Cutups - visual poems with texts cut from magazines or books placed on varied visual backgrounds, 2) Haiku Cutups - visual poems with text cut from magazines or books to form a Haiku which in turn are placed on visual backgrounds, 3) Blends - transmorfations, 4) Spirography Blend - transmorfations created with spirography, 5) Collage Poems - concrete and visual poems created from found texts, 6) Spoliations -deliberate document destruction, i.e., poems created by ripping a page, and 7) Word Construct - concrete poem in which the arrangement of the words and the words themselves suggest another word. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In these transmorfations, Strangulensis presents progressions of single written words as well as those of solely geometric figures. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.