Concrete poetry
Subject Source: Sackner Database
Found in 1054 Collections and/or Records:
Why Shiva Has Ten Arms (Number One) / Cobbing, Bob., 1969
Designated writers forum folder number seven. This tenth publication of Cobbing includes new versions of the following poems: "Soma," "Whisper Piece," "Vertigo," "Marvo Movies Natter," and "Transcript." Cobbing writes on the envelope that this copy number one was finished at 3AM on August 14, 1969. Colophon states "Why Shiva has ten arms / for he represents the dance of life / the omnipotence of being able to do innumerably / many things at once / .the joyous cosmology. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Why Y?, 1988
The two sides of the Y form of the sculpture have question marks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Wie Weiss Ist Die Weisen, 1975
Variations of the Gomringer's poem "wie weis ist wissen die weisen" have been typeset in lower case letters in rectangular blocks and interspered among illustrations of Uecker's white nail works. There are 720 permutations of the words in the title sentence. The cover by Uecker is embossed with images of nails placed on heavy white paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Willem Boshoff, 2005
The author states that Boshoff's typewriter, concrete poetry book entitled "KykAfrikaans" is one of the most remarkable books ever published in South Africa. Twelve pages of this book deal with the making of "KykAfrikaans" along with representative images. The published book as well as the original typings are held by the Sackner Archive. Vladislavic also describes and provides reproductions of Kleinpen I and Bangboek. The former is held in its entirety by the Sackner Archive; for the latter, one original page, photocopied pages of the remainder, and the code decipher are held by the Sackner Archive. In the postscript essay, Ivan Vladsilavic declares, "In recent years, Boshoff has become one of South Africa's most visible, successful artists. This has awakened interest in his early works, such as KykAfrikaans and Bangboek, which have been shown internationally after long obscurity. He continues to make dictionaries." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Windmills Enter Arms Race / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Willcocks, Jonathan; Furnival J., 1967
This is a varient copy of a print with the same title in Finlay's portfolio Headlines:Eavelines. The overlaid text in this print as well as the colors differ from the print in the portfolio. The finished print has words printed in blue and bluish-purple and the varient copy is printed in green and light blue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Winter Poem No.7 / Cobbing, Bob., 1982
womb word 1 (051165), 1965
This version of the poem is typed on the top portion of the page in four columns. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
womb word 2 (051165), 1965
This version of the poem is spaced throughout the page in two columns. It contains the date 051165 handwritten probably by Houedard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
womb word (051165), 1965
The poem was may have been printed much later than its creation. The Sackner Archive holds the original of this poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
word forms and language shapes 1975 - 2007, 2007
Word/Clock, 1984
There are four stacks of moveable leaflets like a roladex file that move randomly with electric power to form minimalist poems. The rearrangement of the words can also be accomplished by turning one of the two knobs brought out to the side. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Words / Andre, Carl; Meyer, James., 1993
This exhibition was a retrospective of Andre's typewriter poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Words Come Back, 2009
words worth while works, 1997
The poems were written between 1969 and 1989. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Writers Forum 1992 is the Anniversary Year / Cobbing, Bob., 1992
Depicts reproduction of first visual poem made on copying machine in 1942 and another in 1992. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Writers Forum Check List of Publications / Cobbing, Bob, editor., 1979
Provides a listing grouped under the classifications used by Cobbing for the publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
wroclawska poezja konkretna / Michal Bieganowski, curator ; Bocian M ; Jez Z ; Kolasinski G ; Drozdz S ; Koryzna H ; Kosinska M ; Kozlowski B ; Makarewicz Z ; Michnik B ; Przytocki J ; Szutowski W., 1978
Each print consists of a two poems, one printed recto and the other verso on papercard stock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Xerolage, No. 37: Assassin, 2005
Each page reproduces a single concrete poem. The Sackner Archive also holds the manuscript for this work which has 40 pages of poems. Twenty-six poems were used for this issue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
