Curated by Judi Freedman with special essay by John C. Welchman, the book gives an over-view of the artists from 1915 through 1940 who "included words, letters and numbers in their works and in so doing altered perceptions of what a painting or an art object could and should be." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Several editioned works in this catalogue are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This exhibition catalogue was adapted from the German edition published on the occasion of Heartfeld's exhibition at the Akadamie der Kunste zu Berlin in 1991. John Heartfield, born Helmut Herzfeld, is known primarily as an inventor of photomontage. He was a master of bitter, satiric art using images and texts from newspapers, magazines, and advertisements juxtaposing incongruous details and creating strong images. Heartfield's aim was to mobilize social energy and expose the evils and corruptions of Nazi Germany. Fleeing Germany when Hitler came to power, Heartfield worked in England creating graphic design illustrations for the publishing industry. Several designs for book covers and dust jackets by a number of writers are reproduced in the book. Heartfeld was an active member of the Dada group in Germany in the 1920's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Internet: Released in 1970, eccentric Sensoriality is the last book published by Hausmann in his lifetime, so that it starts after a long period of neglect, to receive the testimony of admiration from younger generations. If the book is short, it is nonetheless a huge ambition: Shaping a new psychological and social conscience by making a clean sweep of two thousand years of history. It is homo sapiens that attacks Hausmann. He is indeed that, in his eyes invented the capitalist dictatorship and limited knowledge to a purely materialistic level, preventing the development of a human type with more universal brain and sensory abilities. The new man will be equipped with a "sensory eccentric", a mental energy transcending the limits of body and mind. In this sense, Sensory eccentric is both a utopia and a ruthless and deeply pessimistic so-called modern myth of progress and civilization criticism. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Bory wrote the introductory essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The compact disc includes Hausmann's readings of 1) RLQS, 2) Phonemes, 3) Interview avec les Lettristes, and 4) Sound-Reel. The original score of the latter is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue doocuments the first major retrospective of Hausmann's work for the exhibition that was shown in the three countries in which Hausmann lived, France, Germany and Spain (Ibiza). Several scholary essays are included in the catalogue tracing his early years as a Dadaist, collages and photomontages, the photographic works, sound poetry, abstract paintings and later Dada works. Chistopher Phillips essay, "In the Chaotic Cave of the Mouth," describes Hausmann's sound poems, which are considered "among the most difficult and perplexing" of this "recondite genre." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.