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Artist book (limited edition)

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

Regina Di, 1994

 Item — Box 334: [Barcode: 31858072491032]
Identifier: CC-41963-43959
Scope and Contents Obituary (The independent July 15, 1995 by Tom Raworth): The Swiss-Italian artist and writer Franco Beltrametti )1937-1995) published over 30 books and pamphlets of poetry, prose, collaborations and translations, in several languages and countries; and had a similar number of solo and group exhibitions of his graphic works. Those will last however long words and objects do; but his existence as catalyst, connector and correspondent is gone for ever. He was a personal link between such disparate traditions as American beat - and New York school - poetry; the Fluxus group of artists; the European avant-garde; the music of Steve Lacy, Joelle Leandre and Nino Locatelli; the Italian revolutionary left; and Japanese Zen Buddhism.With Gianantonio Pozzi (whom he met in Sicily) he organised P77 - a small poetry festival in Venice which, the following year, 1978, was transferred to Amsterdam to expand and become the regular "One World Poetry". It was through Beltrametti's friendship with...
Dates: 1994

Runes, 1981

 Item — Box 184: [Barcode: 31858072459542]
Identifier: CC-37276-39122
Scope and Contents

The poems and etchings on papier du Nepal were executed by Anik Vinay; the slipcase was made by Emile-Bernard Souchiere. This copy is numbered 93 and the edition size is opened to orders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

R.W. Emerson Essays, 1996

 Item — Box 128: [Barcode: 31858072458304]
Identifier: CC-27510-28565
Scope and Contents

The booklet was designed by taking colored printed letters from clippings of the popular press and collaging them onto pages with a collaged visual and verbal background. The text reads, "R.W. Emerson essays - nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." Book displayed in glass case and envelope in small objects box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Scarab Poems 1967-1978, 1978

 Item — Box 544: [Barcode: 31858072461050]
Identifier: CC-07262-7405
Scope and Contents

Poems were composed by d.a.levy in 1967 and most of the originals are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Schatzsuche und Reisebeucht Band 2: Zeit haben und frei fein, 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-08962-9138
Scope and Contents

Pages are glued together and can only be opened with force. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Source Unknown, 1999

 Item
Identifier: CC-33897-35569
Scope and Contents

The book is an expansion of a print (Four People) that depicts a story akin to "it didn't happen on my shift!" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Souvenir Story Image, 1993

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Identifier: CC-05407-5510
Scope and Contents

No.3 in series. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Spend Me, 2000

 Item — Box 613: [Barcode: 31858072460995]
Identifier: CC-35322-37056
Scope and Contents

The two loose sheets describe undesirable side-effects of capitalism and a site list of watchdogs and gadflies. The currency consists of five photocopied 20 dollar bills, realistically reproduced on the recto and containing environmentally incorrect sites on the verso, e.g., Mexico strip mining, Rewanda genocide, Burma forced labor, Brazil deforestation, and Los Angeles toxic ghettos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Stamps-Book [History & Memory], 1990

 Item — Box unknown: [Barcode: 31858073143665]
Identifier: CC-14663-14976

Stamps-Book [History & Memory], 1990

 Item — Box unknown: [Barcode: 31858073143665]
Identifier: CC-14664-14977

Strange Things Begin To Happen When a Meteor Crashes in the Arizona Desert, 2001

 Item — Box 328: [Barcode: 31858072490927]
Identifier: CC-48716-69748
Scope and Contents

The pages are printed in grey ink with half of the vertical page with a different font printed upside down. The left side of the page is a Basinski poem and the right side a Basinski story. Abstract forms and illustrations are interspersed on the pages. The Sackner Archive also holds a deluxe copy of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Strange Things Begin To Happen When a Meteor Crashes in the Arizona Desert, 2001

 Item — Box 328: [Barcode: 31858072490927]
Identifier: CC-37024-38864
Scope and Contents

The pages are printed in grey ink with half of the vertical page with a different font printed upside down. The left side of the page is a Basinski poem and the right side a Basinski story. Abstract forms and illustrations are interspersed on the pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Sunflower Power: Performance Poem for Porto2001, 2002

 Item
Identifier: CC-42923-44966
Scope and Contents

This work was featured in an exhibition curated by Fernando Aguiar, "Imaginaros Da Ruptura = Poeticas Visualis" held in Douro e Vale do Coa, Portugal. The surfaces of the prints in this book are on glossy paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

SurVeils, 1996

 Item — Box 613: [Barcode: 31858072460995]
Identifier: CC-34670-36371
Scope and Contents

The author indicated that the "book" is a translucent envelope containing six "certificates" with texts addressing: Surveillance & Knowledge, Surveillance & Purity, Surveillance & Reciprocity, Surveillance & Glamour, and Surveillance & Absurdity. In between the certificates are the SurVeils - masks of onionskin paper with different life-sized images of closed eyes with little eye-holes: To hide your open eyes and aid in "surveilling your surveillors." To reinforce the deception, at the bottom of each veil is rubberstamped "my eyes are closed." Adhesive dots can be attached to the eyes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Swarms, 2010

 Item — Box 331: [Barcode: 31858072490976]
Identifier: CC-51532-72630
Scope and Contents

The images in this book are letraset collages; the fold-out depicts the "untitled" letraset collage in the collection of the Sackner Archive. The loose sheet is an Beaulieu's explanation as to why he prefers letraset and typing to computer generated art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Teatro Visivo, 1966

 Item — Box 611: [Barcode: 31858072460854]
Identifier: CC-37152-38995
Scope and Contents

The illustrations depict visual poetic collages made by Ori early on; many are framed by a drawing of a stage. Luciano Ori was born in Florence in 1928. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966