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An Anecdoted Topography of Chance / Spoerri, Daniel ; Filliou R ; Williams E ; Roth D ; Topor R ; Ben ; Brecht G ; Duchamp M ; Dufrene F ; Gomringer E ; Gysin B ; Hains R ; Higgins D ; Ionesco E ; Munari B ; Noel A ; Queneau R., 1966

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Identifier: CC-39694-41656

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Scope and Contents

Spoerri writes in his introduction that "the procedure of Topography, its modus operandi, is beautifully simple: a selection of objects and the associations they evoke are described, and these in turn give rise to further associations in the form of anecdotes. An apparently infinite process is unleashed, like a stroll taken in every direction at once...One might compare the Topography to other collective works in this century, from the experiments of the Surrealists to those described in William Burrough's The Third Mind...In the context of writing, rather than art, there is the process of annotation itself, which has given rise to a genre of literature all its own, a literature of digression and the forking narrative."Topography analyzes 80 different found objects in Spoerri's room. A map of these objects and a cubist photographic view of the room can be found on the first pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1966

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 soft cover book (214 pages))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

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Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: New York : Something Else Press. Nationality of creator: Romanian. General: About 2020 total copies. General: Number of duplicates: 1. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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