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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 528 Collections and/or Records:

L'Art en Transit, no. 5: Depanne Machine recontre Julien Blaine, Clstrphbie, 1994

 Item — Box 124: [Barcode: 31858072458163]
Identifier: CC-16095-16438
Scope and Contents

The object consist of colored plexiglass letters suspended with a plexiglass hook. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Laut und Luise , 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-37318-39169
Scope and Contents

The poems in this book are mainly sound poems from made-up words. The afterward consists of an essay about Jandl's work by Helmut Heissenbuttel. There are slight differences in the layout of the poems and their order in this edition compared to its second publication in 1971. For example, the same poem on pages 194 and 195 of this edition (1966) is laid out on page 190 in the second edition (1971). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Laut und Luise, 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-37320-39171
Scope and Contents

The poems in this book are mainly sound poems from made-up words. The afterward consists of an essay about Jandl's work by Helmut Heissenbuttel. There are slight differences in the layout of the poems and their order in this edition compared to its first publication in 1966. For example, the same poem on page 190 of this edition is laid out over facing pages 194 and 195 in the first edition (1966). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

lauter scherben: Texte Zeichnungen Chronik , 2008

 Item
Identifier: CC-55270-9999032
Scope and Contents

This book provides a sampling of Scherstjanoi's oeuvre from 1982-2008. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008

Le Petit Peignot: Dictionnaire de Mots-Images, 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-29115-30460
Scope and Contents

Peignot provides examples of word-images along with comments in an alphabetic listing. He uses alterations of letter spacing and boldness of the Futura typeface, repetition of letters, anagraphic presentation, variations in the arrangement of letters, mirror imaging, and punctuation marks to enhance and visually define the meaning of words. The poems are related to those found in another book published by Peignot in the same year, Toutes les Pommes se Croquent. Both books are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Le Spatialisme En Chemins, 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-10540-10744
Scope and Contents

This is an inclusive historical survey from 1963-1968 of the concrete/spatialistic poetry composed by the authors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Lekce Velkeho A: Konkretni a Vizualni Poezie 1962-1993 / Ovcacek, Eduard ; Valoch J., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-28167-29330
Scope and Contents

This book consists of examples of Ovcacek's typewriter, letraset, and stencilled letter works done between 1962-1993 along with critical essays in the Czech language. Jiri Valoch contributed an introductory essay. Ovacek's typewriter poetry marks him as one of the foremost contributors to this style of concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

[Letter to Eugen Gomringer] , 1971

 Item — Box 323: [Barcode: 31858072490893]
Identifier: CC-22317-22740
Scope and Contents

Letter concerns S. Bann's gift to E. Gomringer of four cards of his work which are also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

[Letter to John Furnival] , 1967

 Item — Box 323: [Barcode: 31858072490893]
Identifier: CC-22313-22736
Scope and Contents

Bann reports damage to the screen of Furnival's installation at the Brighton Festival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[Letter to John Furnival] , 1967

 Item — Box 323: [Barcode: 31858072490893]
Identifier: CC-22314-22737
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses catalogue and guide for the Brighton Festival exhibition; asks whether Furnival is in possession of "Arc/Ark" piece and whether Furnival's "Ajar" piece is "still in an exhibition-worthy state." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[Letter to John Furnival], 1967

 Item — Box 323: [Barcode: 31858072490893]
Identifier: CC-23925-24373
Scope and Contents

Bann thanks Furnival for typographical material and requests use of two designs in the Alan Ross anthology. Bann asks that Furnival consider an outdoor rather than an indoor site for his installation at the Brighton Festival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[Letter to John Furnival] , 1967

 Item — Box 323: [Barcode: 31858072490893]
Identifier: CC-22275-22697
Scope and Contents

Bann discusses Furnival organizing transportation of "Clyne" constructions, vowel screens, three columns, Ed Wright's "Four Sails" glass, "Ajar" wooden construction, "Ark/Arc" in plastic...[and] column with "Wave/Wave" to Nottingham, and the possibility of using Mayer's "Ampersands" for a wall or outdoor display. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[Letter To John Furnival] , 1967

 Item — Box 323: [Barcode: 31858072490893]
Identifier: CC-22418-22842
Scope and Contents

Letter concerns setting up, transporting and caring for Furnival's work at the first Brighton Festival as well as asking for an indication of the arrangement of Furnival's panels and whether Houedard could associate with the project. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[Letters and Numbers], 1986

 Item — Folder 80: [Barcode: 31858072538394]
Identifier: CC-20834-21242
Scope and Contents

The drawing on a heavy brown paper utilizes a grid of graphite inscribed squares that are filled in a random fashion with vividly painted letters and numbers. The latter appeared to have been laid out with a stencil and encompassed one to three square constellations. The attachment of meaning to the letters, numbers, and their lay-out is not readily apparent. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Letters Patterns Structures, 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-50431-71499
Scope and Contents

This is a "proof copy" of the book according to Topel. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009