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Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1938 March 15 - 1998 October 25

Biography

Dick Higgins was born in Cambridge, England in 1939 and died in Quebec in 1998. He was a Fluxus artist who studied with John Cage and Henry Cowell (1958-1959), and co-founded Happenings in 1958. He is credited with coining the phrase intermedia to describe his particular approach to artmaking that included (but is not limited to) his visual, musical and literary efforts. He was a theorist, poet, composer, performance artist, printmaker, filmaker, and book publisher. Most notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.

Nationality

American

Found in 211 Collections and/or Records:

Inter. No.43/Spr / Lebel JJ ; Labelle-Rojoux A ; Bataille G ; Pittore-Eurifico C ; Durand G ; Higgins D ; Partum A ; Filko S., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-30194-31595
Scope and Contents

Includes a translation into English of an article on the Polish gallery scene, correspondence art, performance and photography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Interaction / Christel Schuppenhauer, editor; RG Dienst; W Gaul; W Hainke; D Higgins; A Klophaus; J Kolar; H Lohr; J Mau; JO Olbrich; J Ox; I Prokot; G Ruhm; I Sacharow-Ross; SJ Schmidt; F Schoening; A Topalski; K Trinkewitz; T Ulrichs; Ben; E Williams., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-02130-2168
Scope and Contents

This work was published to commemerate the 10th anniversary of the gallery in October 1990 and included works from the artists who had been exhibited there. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Iuvenilia Loeti: Raccolta di Poeti Latini Medievali / Caruso, Luciano, editor ; Polara, Giovanni, editor ; Maurus H ; Porphyrii PO ; Higgins D., 1969

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Identifier: CC-20511-20908
Scope and Contents

This is a survey of medieval, Latin shaped poetry with critical text. Several pages by Rabano Mauro (Hrabamus Maurus) are reproduced from a book that is also held by the Sackner Archive. The marginata was inserted by Dick Higgins, the previous owner of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

I've Left: A Manifesto and a Testament of SCIence and -ART (SCIART), 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-04165-4244
Scope and Contents

Dick Higgins, in his introduction, describes Porter as a "one-man art and technology movement...a brilliantly inventive but uncrackable Maine hickory nut." This book relates to the period when Porter left for Australia and supposedly sums up all his knowledge as a physicist, poet, publisher, sculptor, illustrator, and humorist. Bern Porter was born February 14, 1911 and died June 7, 2004. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

John Cage: An Anthology edited by Richard Kostelanetz / Cage, John ; Satie E ; Hansen A ; Higgins D ; Sumsion C ; Duchamp M ; McLuhan M ; Corner P., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-07818-7971
Scope and Contents

This is a reprint of a book first published in 1970, supplemented with a new chronology and catalogues. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Ken Friedman: Small Drawings / Thomas, D. W.; Friedman K; Robson E; Higgins D; Sackner RK; Sackner MA., 1982

 Item
Identifier: CC-49040-70078
Scope and Contents

This is an essay written for an exhibition of Ken Friedman's illustrations of two books, viz., Ernest Robson's "Thomas Onetwo" and Dick Higgins' "The Epickall Quest of the Brothers Dichtung." Stored with Ken Friedman material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

[Letter to Jean-Paul Curtay] / Brown, Jean; Higgins D; Frank P; Williams J; Friedman K., 1982

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Identifier: CC-23675-24122
Scope and Contents

Complains in a good natured way about the visitors to her Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Mail-Interview Project / Ruud Janssen ; Dick Higgins ; Johnson R ; Silverman G ; Silverman L ; Rehfeldt R ; Goldsmith K ; Sohm H., 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-41008-42987
Scope and Contents

Interview by Rudd Janssen with Dick Higgins describes the beginnings of mail art and fluxus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999