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Goldsmith, Kenneth

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1961-

Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:

5 & 10 Cents: Gertrude Stein on Punctuation. No.9 / Kenneth Goldsmith., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-49342-70385
Scope and Contents

Stein's text was originally published in 1935. Goldsmith used the 1985 Beacon Press text to contribute two pages of punctuation marks alone from the text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

73 Poems / Goldsmith, Kenneth ; La Barbara, Joan ; Young G., 1993

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Identifier: CC-10486-10690
Scope and Contents

Accompanies print portfolio with same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

73 Poems / Goldsmith, Kenneth ; Sackner MA., 1993

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Identifier: CC-10440-10644
Scope and Contents

Kate Rawlinson, Director of Galleries, acknowledges the "aesthetic insight and generous assistance in bringing this exhibition together." Marvin Sackner contributed an essay describing his relationship as a collector to the artist and his work. Sackner also coins the term Rap Concrete Poetry to describe the work in this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Amend - Rear End / Kenneth Goldsmith., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-10320-10523
Scope and Contents

This is an example of Goldsmith's "Concrete-Rap" poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Amend - Rear End / Kenneth Goldsmith., 1992

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Identifier: CC-10320-10523
Scope and Contents

This is an example of Goldsmith's "Concrete-Rap" poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Day, 2003

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Identifier: CC-42133-44135
Scope and Contents

This book is the printed version of Goldsmith's retyping of one day of The New York Times. Goldsmith writes, "I am spending my 39th year practicing uncreativity. On Friday, September 1, 2000, I began retyping the day's New York Times, word for word, letter for letter, from the upper left hand corner to the lower right hand corner, page by page...When I reach 40, I hope to have cleaned myself of all creativity." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Dear Sackners... / Goldsmith, Kenneth; Donagan, Cheryl., 1990

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Identifier: CC-09960-10158
Scope and Contents

Letter of thanks for a weekend trip to the Archive to deliver "Litany [for Abbie] (Steal This Book)." Includes photograph of Goldsmith, Donagan, and the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Fidget / Goldsmith, Kenneth ; Perloff M ; Werschler-Henry D., 2000

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Identifier: CC-33923-35595
Scope and Contents

Goldsmith recorded every movement his body made on June 16, 1997 from 10 AM to 11PM without using the word "I." He attempted to reduce the body to a catalogue of mechanical movements by a strict act of observation. The list of words continue until the final chapter where they morph backwards (mirror writing in print), The text is also on the WEB with a Java applet version and was performed. Marjorie Perloff contributed an incisive afterward, "Vocable Scriptsigns" that explains the work. The book was edited and designed by Darren Wershler-Henry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Head Citations / Goldsmith, Kenneth., 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-43201-45258
Scope and Contents

Goldsmith provides a numbered list of a line from a popular song but altered with a malapropism, one nation under guard, invisible and play that funky music eyeball, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

I Know a Poem / Finlay, Alec ; Goldsmith K., 2004

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Identifier: CC-42233-44239
Scope and Contents

Kenny Goldsmith provided a punctuation poem on the inside back cover. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Index to the First Edition of Soliloquy / Goldsmith, Kenneth ; Sackner MA ; Sackner RK., 2001

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Identifier: CC-37366-39219
Scope and Contents

This book is the prospectus for the paperback edition of Soliloquy, a book that recorded every word spoken by Goldsmith in a week. The Sackner Archive is cited. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Kenneth Goldsmith 1961 - / Daniels, David; Goldsmith K., 2004

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Identifier: CC-42376-44386
Scope and Contents

The shape of the poem is in the form of a silhouetted suit with Goldsmith's head depicted by the title of the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

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Subject
Concrete poetry 16
Conceptual text 6
Visual art 6
Critical text 5
Documentation 5