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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 1131 Collections and/or Records:

Life Cycles, 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-34735-36441
Scope and Contents

The word "eat" is printed 19 times in a center column. On the top line, The letters "cr" and "ion" are added to form creation. In the middle of the column, "procr" and "ion" are added to spell procreation. At the bottom "d" and "h" are added to state death. Jacoby writes on the verso of the frame, "One definition of EAT: To corrode; waste or wear away. Life cycles are birth - sex - death. This poem is a combination of man's life cycles with the life process of wearing away." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Lift: A Manual of Flight, 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-52818-73956
Scope and Contents

This item was originally labeled as part of a series, Archetype Press No. 31/Spr.

Dates: 2003

Light / Cobbing, Bob ; Garnier, Pierre ; Keith, Bill ; Lora-Totino, Arrigo ; Tanubu, Hiroshi., 1994

 Item — Box 386: [Barcode: 31858072461514]
Identifier: CC-20517-20914
Scope and Contents

Cover was designed by Bob Grumman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Lilliput, No. 2: Traitée de Pédérsasthie Céleste, 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-31990-33518
Scope and Contents

This series was edited by Luciano Caruso. Stored with Luciano Caruso material. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Little Xerox Book: Concrete. No.1, 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-28092-29251
Scope and Contents

The cover of this booklet, "Concrete Tree," was published as a card by Editions Brian Lane and is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Livre d'Amour d'Ilse, 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-10305-10508
Scope and Contents

Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispu, California. Exhibition was curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Livro de Sonetos, 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-16193-16536
Scope and Contents

Avelino de Araujo was born in 1963 in Patu-RN, currently lives in Natal, where he is also a physician and artist. Produces literature / visual / intersemiotic / experimental poetry since 1979, his works have been printed in over 250 magazines, newspapers and anthologies on all continents. The author also has several works in textbooks and an active participant in Mail Art Art in the 70s, 80s and 90s. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Lletra Coixa/Letra Coja, 1996

 Item — Box 48: [Barcode: 31858072538667]
Identifier: CC-28028-29182
Scope and Contents

The poem object consists of a large wooden capital letter 'A' with one of its legs shortened and placed over a pile of lower case, cut-out, black paper letters and crosses. The letters 'u' & 'd' can be distinguish among others in this pile. Since the title of this work is "Lewd Woman Letter," the 'A' probably symbolizes adultress, as in "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

LORA-TOTINO ED 912 Posters (Situazione, No. 5): Movimento, 1966

 Item — Folder 26: [Barcode: 31858072459856]
Identifier: CC-14151-14456
Scope and Contents

On the verso of thIs numbered copy, the signature of the previous owner, Bob Cobbing appears. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Luxo Lixo, 1965

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: D: [Barcode: 31858072491370]
Identifier: CC-58345-10001561
Scope and Contents

This page was personally scnned under the direction of Augusto De Campos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965