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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:

[Letter to Jasia Reichardt] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Cox K; Medalla D; Logsdall N., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-09439-9626
Scope and Contents

Houedard begins letter with "i always seem to be emptying the commode when you appear on the steamradio - the cuba scene came over well...He also writes "they are doing my ballet sometime - roundhouse? the slab? - called 'the cosmic typewriter - a somantic diversion." In a handwritten note of the margin, Houedard writes, "this is terrible invicta typewritter - not at all cosmic" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

[Letter To John Furnival] / Bann, Stephen; Mayer HJ; Houedard DS; Finlay IH; Cox K; Clyne H; Steadman P., 1967

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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

Memorial Exhibition / Cox, Kenelm., 1969

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Identifier: CC-18842-19220
Scope and Contents

Stored with Cox's "A Memorial Folder." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

[Poems] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Furnival J; Cox K; Verity S; Warner M., 1992 - 1999

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Identifier: CC-09593-9784
Scope and Contents

This represents a posthumous homage to Dom Sylvester Houedard from John Furnival who reprinted the poet's most famous poems and included a photographic silkscreened portrait as well as two photographs of the poet. Contains a tribute page by Marina Warner which she begins with "A letter from dom Sylvester Houedard was an archive (though always succinct), a poem (of an unusual kind), and, sometimes, a personal message of touching kindness..." Marina Warner provided an introductory essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992 - 1999

Sylvester / Kenelm Cox; Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1968

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Identifier: CC-20124-20519
Scope and Contents

The hands of this clock-like object each have a letter at their ends that spells, "Sylvester" after the poet Dom Sylvester Houedard. However, the arrangement of the gears which staggers the letters from ever lining up to form this word. The background creates a subtle Moire effect as the hands move across it. The clock was made by Kenelm Cox on behalf of Dom Sylvester Houedard. According to William Allen, bookseller, it was a surprise gift from Cox to Houedard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Sylvester / Kenelm Cox; Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-20124-20519
Scope and Contents

The hands of this clock-like object each have a letter at their ends that spells, "Sylvester" after the poet Dom Sylvester Houedard. However, the arrangement of the gears which staggers the letters from ever lining up to form this word. The background creates a subtle Moire effect as the hands move across it. The clock was made by Kenelm Cox on behalf of Dom Sylvester Houedard. According to William Allen, bookseller, it was a surprise gift from Cox to Houedard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

The Singing of Feeling / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Cox K., 1968

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Identifier: CC-09688-9881
Scope and Contents

houedard provides a critical analysis of the artistic works of Ken Cox. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968