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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:

A Performance of Concrete and Sound Poetry/An Exhibition of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Cobbing, Bob ; Fencott, P.C. ; Marvin Sackner ; Ruth Sackner., 1982

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Identifier: CC-17287-17648
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The exhibition was curated by Ruth and Marvin Sackner. The catalogue was issued on the occasion of the exhibition and performance of Cobbing and Fencott at the Richter Library, University of Miami, February 25, 1982. The exhibition and performance was sponsored by Josephine Johnson, University of Miami. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

A TV Dante Diary II (New Series) / Phillips, Tom; Sackner MA; Sackner RK; Greenaway P., 1984

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Identifier: CC-32374-33943
Scope and Contents This page consists of three small rectangular panels in its right third and a collaged, almost obscured text from typed carbon backing on its left two thirds. The uppermost panel on the right side is a collage made from a logograph that also appears in Phillips' Dante's Diary book, entitled "WHYSPEND." The middle panel is a handwritten, micrographic portion of Phillips diary in which he discusses meetings with Peter [Greenaway] and viewing Edward Muybridge original photographs at the V&A. The lowermost panel consists of a rectangular collage made from the Sackner Archive stationery. The section on the right two-thirds of the drawing consists of the circular drawing WHYSPEND collaged onto the typed carbon backing of "the thirty three sheets of notes to accompany the Thames and Hudson edition of Dante. A careworn piece of paper." In this collage, only an illegible shadowy remnant of words remains. This drawing anticipates the typed carbon backing for the translation of Dante's...
Dates: 1984

A TV Dante Diary IV (New Series) / Phillips, Tom; Sackner MA; Sackner RK., 1984

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Identifier: CC-32379-33950
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This page is divided into a grid of nine rectangles that are described by Phillips as "nine versions of 'many different tongues' connected to Dante and worked on on Sunday XV/VII, including scrambled script by myself, confused Mallock, random bank numbers, parts of the Sackner letterheading, reproductions of pictures of mine from Stuttgart & the Tate Gallery & Waddington Catalogue (after Dante in his study) & two fake scripts from scratch." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Abrapalabra, 2001

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Identifier: CC-38751-40662
Scope and Contents

Omar Khouri contributes an introductory essay about De Araujo's poems. The web address of the Sackner Archive is listed under places with more of De Araujo's work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Art & Antiques. No.3/Mar / Sackner MA ; Sackner RK., 1990

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Identifier: CC-27159-27634
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Sackners are listed in the article by Allen Kurzweil's "America's Top 100 Collectors," a tribute to the most active, passionate collectors in the country. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Arts & Letters / Austin, Tom; Sackner RK; Sackner MA; Lemaitre M; levy da ; Lissitzky E., 1992

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Identifier: CC-26482-26951
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Austin writes that "by turning their home into a museum, collectors Ruth and Marvin Sackner have made concrete and visual poetry more like household words." The article and interview concisely defines and describes the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Asia / Biro, Jozsef ; Sackner RK ; Sackner MA., 2005

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Identifier: CC-48586-69617
Scope and Contents

It is stated that this edition was sponsored by Ruth and Marvin Sackner. Biro recounts a tour through the far east with poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

At Home with Books / Ellis, Estelle ; Seebohm, Caroline ; Sykes, Christopher Simon ; Minsky R ; Sackner MA ; Sackner RK ; Wolfson Mjr ; Harris E ; Harris T ; Doner MO., 1995

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Identifier: CC-14317-14625
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This is a sumptiously colored illustrated book on 40 book collectors and the way they live with and care for their books in their residences. The Sackners and Micky Wolfson collections are described in a section of the book entitled, "The Grand Passion." The collections of the Harris', Richard Minsky, and Michele Oka Doner are described in a section entitled, "Beautiful Bookscapes." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Axle. No.19/Dec / Sackner MA ; Sackner RK ; Tipping R ; Janecek G ; Sullivan P., 1995

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Identifier: CC-27049-27523
Scope and Contents

Meeting minutes mention Richard Tipping's description of his visit to the Sackner Archive and his display of the reprint from "At Home with Books." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Beauty in Breathing, The / Sackner MA ; Sackner RK ; Baroni V ; Barron S ; Broel E ; Cahun C ; Clausen T ; curry jw ; Dupont A ; Ely T ; Furnival J ; Goldsmith K ; Hubaut J ; Huth G ; Jackman S ; Laffoley P ; Lemaitre M ; Miglietta E ; Phillips T ; Presser E., 1992

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Identifier: CC-23373-23815
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The catalogue was written and the exhibition curated by Marvin Sackner. The viewing took place over a five day period at the Annual Meeting of the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association in Miami Beach. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940's - 70's / Lynn Zelevansky, curator ; Sackner RK ; Andre C ; Antin E ; Asher M ; Baldessari J ; Barry R ; Belloli C ; Bochner M ; Burkhardt K ; Camnitzer L ; Darboven H ; DeCampos A ; DeVries H ; Dias A ; Drozdz S ; Fahlstrom O ; Goeritz M ; Gomringer E ; Gysin B ; Haacke H ; Havel V ; Hendricks B ; Horwitz C ; Huebler D ; Kawara O ; Kosuth J ; Kozlowski J ; Lamelas D ; LeWitt S ; Manzoni P ; Nauman B ; Novak L ; Oiticica H ; Opalka R ; Oppenheim D ; Paolini G ; Roehr P ; Roth D ; Ruscha E ; Schendel M ; Uecker G ; Walther F ; Weiner L ; Williams E ; Young L ; Frank P ; Nordman M ; Cage J ; Brown E ; Feldman M ; Stockhausen K ; Oliveros P ; Riley T ; Heidsieck B ; Castillejo JL ; Reich S ; Gibson J ; Anderson L ; Kubisch C ; Plessi F ; Bertoia H ; Munari B., 2004

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Identifier: CC-43021-45066
Scope and Contents This exhibition was curated by Lynn Zelevansky and was shown at the Los Angeles County Art Museum in which books were lent by the Getty. The same books were lent by the Sackner Archive to the MIami Art Museum when it traveled there. Peter Frank contributed as essay entitled, "geometric literature: From Concrete Poetry to Artists' Books." Amazon Review: In the decades following World War II artists in Europe, North America, and South America began experimenting with geometric forms. Rebelling equally against the mathematical purity of earlier geometric modernism and what many saw as the emotional excesses of abstract expressionism and Art Informel, these artists emphasized three-dimensionality, the repetition of modular elements, the conceptual underpinnings of art, and the performative to engage the viewer in the creative process and achieve broader intellectual, sensual, and emotive range in their work. Beyond Geometry, which accompanies an exhibition at the Los Angeles County...
Dates: 2004

Concrete Hebrew Poetry / Sackner, Marvin ; Sackner, Ruth ; Benveniste A ; Avadenka L ; Barron S ; Bentivoglio M ; Berman W ; Bruskin G ; Castel M ; Claus CF ; Cole D ; Daniel P ; Dautricourt J ; ElHanani J ; Fajuzang D ; Furnival J ; Golden A ; Hirschman J ; Hoffmeister A ; Jackman S ; Lalou F ; Lissitzky E ; Logemann J ; McCarney S ; Moreau C ; Nicastri J ; Phillips T ; Samuels D ; Schwartz M ; Weinrib Y ; Yaniv S., 1997

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Identifier: CC-27977-29127
Scope and Contents

This exhibition was presented to participants in the Central Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE) of Greater Miami tour of the Sackner Archive. Curated by Marvin Sackner, all 86 works on display demonstrated the use of Hebrew letters, words and texts in ancient and modern contexts. The catalog listing is illustrated with 30 images scanned into the Archive data base. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Concrete Poetry x6 / Claire, Paula ; Sackner MA ; Sackner RK., 2002

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Identifier: CC-42924-44967
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The dedication reads, "to Marvin Sackner - The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry MIAMI USA - whose colossal collection, stockpiled over many obsessive years guarantees that this form of poetry beloved of many dedicated exponents world-wide will in all good time become visible." The first page provides Claire's definition of concrete poetry repeated 4 1/2 times on the page. Each subsequent page was created by overprinting through altering the position of the page in the ink jet printer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Database Format March 30, 1990 / Sackner, Marvin; Sackner, Ruth., 1990

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Identifier: CC-02044-2081
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Handout at Book Arts Conference, Center for the Book Arts, New York. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

dbqp: visualizing poetics - visual poetry and personal experience / Huth, Ge(of); Sackner MA; Sackner RK; Laffoley P; Ben; Vater R; Finlay IH; Gomringer E; Sloy; Phillips T; Furnival J; Grumman B; Lipman J; Cobbing B., 2007

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Identifier: CC-46871-49607
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This illustrated blog by Geof Huth records the tour of the Sackner Archive with his family. and continues with their trip through Florida and the Florida Keys and a visit with Bob Grumman. The report continues with visits to and communication with Spencer Selby, Andrew Topel, and, performances with Nico Vassilakis, Crag Hill, Jim Anderson titled "An Evening of Sound/Visual/Digital/Poetics.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

dbqp: water vapor [white]. No.225/Dec / Geof Huth., 2005

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Identifier: CC-46455-49184
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This copy is printed on white papercard stock. One of the poems "waTer vaPour" in this set was commented upon by Bob Grumman in his book "From Haiku to Lyriku" (2007). "Anyway, here's a clue: think lower case uppered. Remember gas expands." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005