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Concrete poetry

 Subject

Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 607 Collections and/or Records:

A Movie Book 2nd edition / Cobbing, Bob., 1978

 Item — Box 387: [Barcode: 31858072461522]
Identifier: CC-17508-17874
Scope and Contents

This is the 2nd edition of a book first published in 1971. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

A Number Progression (Wump Ertater) 1st Ed / Cobbing, Jennifer Pike., 1970

 Item — Box 386: [Barcode: 31858072461514]
Identifier: CC-17455-17821
Scope and Contents

Designated Writers Forum Folder 8. Each papercard sheet depicts a single stencilled, printed number, from 1 to 10, with 2 to 10 having repetitive overlays. The author is also known as Jennifer Pike and is the wife of Bob Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

A Number Progression (Wump Ertater) 2nd Ed / Cobbing, Jennifer Pike., 1990

 Item — Box 635: [Barcode: 31858072464757]
Identifier: CC-17452-17817
Scope and Contents

Designated Writers Forum Folder 8. Each sheet depicts a single stencilled, printed number, from 1 to 10, with 2 to 10 having repetitive overlays. This second edition differs from the first in that the collaged element on the envelope is blue rather than yellow and the loose sheets are photocopied and have larger dimensions. The author is also known as Jennifer Pike and is the wife of Bob Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

A Peal in Air, 1968

 Item — Box 635: [Barcode: 31858072464757]
Identifier: CC-17750-18119
Scope and Contents

The verso of this drawing became a printed concrete poem by Jiri Valoch entitled Structure 1. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

a peal in air for apollinaire & marvomovies, 1974

 Item — Folder 23: [Barcode: 31858072459823]
Identifier: CC-19984-20372
Scope and Contents

This print depicts two of cobbing's prints and was presumably distributed as an announcement. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

A Peal in Air [Variant] / Cobbing, Bob., 1990

 Item — Box 386: [Barcode: 31858072461514]
Identifier: CC-17340-17704

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

 Item — Box 387: [Barcode: 31858072461522]
Identifier: CC-17287-17648
Scope and Contents

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

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz (Alphabet Poem), 1963

 Item — Box 298: [Barcode: 31858072460870]
Identifier: CC-48358-69384
Scope and Contents This poem was included in several Fluxus boxes. There is no reference to Emmett Williams as an author of the scroll. AbeBooks: Printed scroll of 3 conjoined sheets of buff-colored laid stock, rolled as issued. 2217 x 58 mm. (ca. 87 1/4 x 2 3/8 inches). A fine copy. "A Fluxus printing of "abcedfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz,' also called "Alphabet Poem,' was usually included in "Fluxus 1" and "Fluxkit.' This work was first published by Verlag Kalender, the publishing house of Bernd Ebeling and Hansjoachim Dietrich, Wuppertal, West Germany, ca. 1961. They also published "Kalender Rolle,' a survey of avant-garde art in 1961 and again in 1962. Printed on a long scroll, their form influenced several Fluxus publications, such as "Fluxus Preview Review'" (Jon Hendricks, in Fluxus Codex). Williams' "An Opera' was issued in the same format, and distributed in the same way. Only the alphabet poem itself appears on the scroll; there is no credit to Williams, nor any publication information. -- Source...
Dates: 1963

acaso, 1963

 Item — Box 638: [Barcode: 31858072491370]
Identifier: CC-58395-10001611
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1963

Accidental Nature, 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-02744-2787
Scope and Contents

Depicts Sutherland's rendition of an avalanche. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Acrobats, 1968

 Item — Box 640: [Barcode: 31858072491461]
Identifier: CC-12463-12690
Scope and Contents

Depicts a reproduction of Finlay's silkscreen poster/poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Amazonica N.3 (Mini-Conto), 1999

 Item — Box 638: [Barcode: 31858072491370]
Identifier: CC-36525-38326
Scope and Contents

The theme of this poem deals with Brazil's rain forest. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999