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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Interchange for John Cage / Hirschman, Jack A.; Brandi J; Schwarm H; Cage J., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-29705-31080
Scope and Contents

This story about a day spent driving an automobile on a Los Angeles freeway was designed in the style of Mallarme's Un Coup de Des. The Sackner Archive also holds the archive for this work. The first 22 copies were signed by Hirschman; this copy is signed and inscribed but is out of series. The design and typography were done by John Brandi and Harold Schwarm. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964

Interchange for John Cage [Zora Gallery Version] / Hirschman, Jack A.; Cage J., 1964

 Item
Identifier: CC-29706-31081
Scope and Contents

This story is about a day spent driving an automobile on a Los Angeles freeway was designed in the style of Mallarme's Un Coup de Des. The Sackner Archive also holds the archive for this work. One typed manuscript has the layout but not the typographic appearance of the published work. The other two that are handwritten provide that appearance. The basis for the writing of this work is discussed by Hirschman in Kulchur No.14, a periodical held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964