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Correspondence art

 Subject

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:

loaded voice, 2010

 Item — Box 337: [Barcode: 31858072491198]
Identifier: CC-51993-73095
Scope and Contents

McMurtagh resides in San Diego, California; presumably this collaboration took place through the mail. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Mail 4 F.U.N., 2002

 Item — Box 326: [Barcode: 31858073143574]
Identifier: CC-47025-49763
Scope and Contents

Described as "A mail art kit of the Funtastic United Nations" with texts coordinated by Vittore Baroni. This project was "conceived to create a bridge between the most different creative geographical entities and to stimulate cooperation amongst all kinds of imaginary contries and worlds." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Vittore Baroni

Mail Action, 1976

 Item — Box 622: [Barcode: 31858072461092]
Identifier: CC-42236-44242
Scope and Contents

The book mainly documents the indictment and trial of the author for sending five "indecent" postcards in the mail. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Mail Action (reprint), 2002

 Item — Box 622: [Barcode: 31858072461092]
Identifier: CC-42237-44243
Scope and Contents

The book mainly documents the indictment and trial of the author for sending five "indecent" postcards in the mail. It is reprinted from the 1976 edition; the back covers differ. The loose sheets consist of a biography and bibliography. The photograph depicts a visual poem related to Queen Elizabeth. The rubberstamp reads unsolicited pornography and is stored separately. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

[Mail Art] / And, Miekal., 1987

 Item — Box 315: [Barcode: 31858072490836]
Identifier: CC-24607-25060
Scope and Contents

Includes "Make Something Differently," "The erotic is pleasure seeking its coherence," "Towards a new alphabet," and other photocopied work, including a message from Miekal And.

Dates: 1987
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / A / And, Miekal

Mail Art Box, 2003

 Item — Box 207: [Barcode: 31858072460136]
Identifier: CC-52305-73427
Dates: 2003
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Mail Art Crime, 1986

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Baroni, Vittore: [Barcode: 31858072491123]
Identifier: CC-22158-22580
Dates: 1986
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Vittore Baroni

Mail Connection 1 , 1981

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Crozier, Robin: [Barcode: 31858072491362]
Identifier: CC-19231-19614
Dates: 1981
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Robin Crozier

Marvin Sackner - Collector Miami Beach / Andryczuk, Hartmut., 1998

 Item — Box 317: [Barcode: 31858072490844]
Identifier: CC-29642-31015
Scope and Contents

Card mailed to Marvin Sackner with a drawing of Sackner's imagined portrait by Andryczuk. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / A / Andryczuk, Hartmut

Merry Xmas Ruth Marvin, 1984

 Item — Box 329: [Barcode: 31858072490950]
Identifier: CC-21646-22057
Dates: 1984
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / CORRESPONDENCE

My days as pebbles in a stream are many-coloured: what is the last one: [1114444], 1998

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-31278-32749
Scope and Contents

The center section of the drawing is stamped with repetitive numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. The sides have column-like ink drawings and the corners list the letters W E I N. An abstract, design and dripped paint are positioned over the right side of the numbers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / B / Babenko, Dmitry

Nagging Questions and Aphoristic Remarks, 2008

 Item — Box 619: [Barcode: 31858072461043]
Identifier: CC-48252-69277
Scope and Contents

Reed Altemus is the publisher of Live Matter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Vittore Baroni

Networker Congress , 1992

 Item — Box 327: [Barcode: 31858072490943]
Identifier: CC-23625-24072
Dates: 1992
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

[No.31] , 1997

 Item — Box 320: [Barcode: 31858072490851]
Identifier: CC-60279-10003279
Scope and Contents

This work was included in pete spence's archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / B / Babenko, Dmitry

Onion/Union/Rayon, 1983

 Item — Box 301: [Barcode: 31858072460912]
Identifier: CC-53396-57490
Scope and Contents The writings on the dried onion leaves consist of brief phrases, such as 'magic cloth.' The broadside documents the correspondence between Ray Johnson and Coco Gordon on onion skins beginning in 1981. It appears that the handwriting on the onion skins was done by Ray Johnson.Internet: Coco Gordon, born in Genova, lives and works from her NYC loft and her home in the red rocks of Lyons, Colorado. She emigrated to the United States in 1939. An Intermedia artist/ poet/ performer/ papermaker/ publisher of W Space artist book editions, she is also known as SuperSkyWoman. For the 2001 Venice Biennale Coco contributed her Superskywoman dialog "Forget Coming' to the Markers Project on Via Garibaldi and contributed her performance poem "Homage to the butterfly' to the Bunker Poetry Project at the Artiglierie of the Arsenale.13 SuperSkyWoman dialog posters showed at De Garage, Belgium May3-June 23 2002, curated by Luc Fierens. She has participated in the London and the Istanbul Biennales....
Dates: 1983
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Onion/Union/Rayon, 1983

 Item — Box 299: [Barcode: 31858072460888]
Identifier: CC-53397-57491
Scope and Contents

The writings on the dried onion leaves consist of brief phrases, such as 'dildos & other games.' The broadside documents the correspondence between Ray Johnson and Coco Gordon on onion skins beginning in 1981. It appears that the handwriting on the onion skins was done by Ray Johnson. The documentation as to the edition size and number of this copy appears to have been lost. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

[Painting Frame Corner], 1998

 Item — Box 308: [Barcode: 31858073143624]
Identifier: CC-31462-32952
Scope and Contents

The sample of a frame molding was stamped, addressed, and mailed to the Archive unwrapped without a return address. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)

Penis of Willendorf, 1997

 Item — Box 199: [Barcode: 31858072459690]
Identifier: CC-28797-30108
Scope and Contents

This sculpture was a collaborative project between Hitchcock and Dyar.The former found an eggplant in the shape of the sculpture that was cast by Dyar to make the multiple. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Mike Dyar

[Perforated Envelopes], 1987

 Item — Box 619: [Barcode: 31858072461043]
Identifier: CC-01859-1895
Dates: 1987
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished) / Achim Schnyder

Pushing the Envelope, 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-35700-37451
Scope and Contents

Air mail envelopes, mailed to Kim Lieberman by herself, were returned from around the world from places she travelled. A chart documents the places and timing of the mailings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / ARTIST POETRY MATERIALS/BOOK OBJECTS / to be sorted (unpublished)