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SprawlCode: descriptions / Burnett, Christopher., 2006

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Identifier: CC-49379-70424

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Scope and Contents

Burnett defines spawl as messy land-use that defies clear order and ready -made labels that generally consists of five components: housing subdivisions, shopping centers, office parks, civic institutions, and roadways. The author indicates that he intends to create sprawl in a text stream and acknowleges the books of Ed Ruscha, Raymond Roussell, Guy Debord, Asger Jorn, Jeff Wall, On Kawara, and Cyril Mcfadden. The pages have been printed with a software program that allows assigning a value of a gray scale to each letter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 2006

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (394 pages)) ; 17 x 14.6 x 3.4 cm

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: Rochester, New York : Preacher's Biscuit Books. Nationality of creator: American. General: About 100 total copies. General: Added by: MARVIN; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

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

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