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According to Boshoff, this piece was done on the same typewriter as "KYKAFRIKANNS." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Boshoff's artist statement in 2001 on his Blind Alphabet project is reproduced in this catalogue. Extension of this project to wooden sculptures of additional shapes in this exhibition are depicted along with captions of their definitions. The title of this exhibition, Epat is coloquial French and backwards in French, it is tape, a 'slap' or 'blow'; 'tapee' is a smart answer. In the exhibition, Epat is an installation of old music casettes in an asembly of plastic boxes. The final work described in the exhibition, Kykaafrikaans - Poetry Recitals, consist of a compact disc recording of the concrete poetry work held by the Sackner Archive. The compact disc is also held by the Sackner Archive courtesy of the Michael Stevenson gallery. This catalogue depicts five typings from Kykaafrikaans. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This is a page from the manuscript for the only typewritten, concrete poetry book published in South Africa. Boshoff achieved optical effects by weighting the density of typewritten letters in different portions of the poem through overtyping and creating diagonals by placement of the same letter in that direction. Includes an optical effects poem in a circular shape achieved by formating typewritten fragments in the manner of Houedard. Missing page 87. This work was purchased from Tony Zwicker after the Sackners met Boshoff in 1996 in Zwicker's Grammercy Park loft. It was exhibited at Miami Art Museum during the Global Conceptualism show. Boshoff in "word forms and language shapes 1975 - 2007" writes the following: The first edition of this work is an anthology of concrete poetry published by Uitgewery Pannevis, which was founded by Markus de Jong. During its short existence it focused on printing alternative Afrikaans literature. The book comprises black and white reproductions...

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This poem consists of single words seemingly laid out in random positions and order. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.