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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3384 Collections and/or Records:

watching words move / Chermayoff, Ivan ; Geismar, Tom ; Heller S ; Hinrichs K ; Greiman A ; Brownjohn R., 2006

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Identifier: CC-45260-47445
Scope and Contents

The authors present the history of their first publication of this book in the intoduction. Steven Heller, Kit Hinrichs, April Greiman, Michael Carabetta and George Lois all contributed statements in the afterward about the influence this book, first published in 1962, had on them as graphic designers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Water from the Mountains of Light, 1995

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Identifier: CC-28936-30266
Scope and Contents

This book does not include any of Kempton's signature typewriter glyphs. The theme deals mainly with preservation of the environment. This edition is one of 25 copies handbound and signed by Kempton for individuals who helped to support its publication. The Sackners were among that group and are so mentioned. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

We All Have Something To Say To Each Other; Being an Essay Entitled Patchen and Four Poems / Meltzer, David., 1962

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Identifier: CC-62585-47747
Scope and Contents

Also designated Auerhahn Pamphlet No.2. Meltzer provides a favorable critique of Patchen's poetry and literary work in this pamphlet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1962

We Won't Play Nature To Your Culture / Kruger, Barbara., 1983

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Identifier: CC-27304-27868
Scope and Contents

Kruger's worded photographs are a contemporary extension of the emblem poems of the 17th & 18th centuries and the more recent picture poems of Kenneth Patchen and Ian Hamilton Finlay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Weltbilder: Computergestuzte Visionen / Dencker, Klaus Peter ; Weiss C ; Weibel P ; Schmidt SJ ; Carroll L., 1995

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Identifier: CC-16153-16496
Scope and Contents

This is the proceedings of a congress (Interface 2) on the role of the computer in the arts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

West Coast Duchamp / Clearwater, Bonnie, editor ; Herms G ; Ruscha E ; Wiley WT ; Nauman B., 1991

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Identifier: CC-17384-17749
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Duchamp's three visits to the Arensbergs in Los Angeles and his participation at the Western Round Table on Modern Art in San Francisco 1949 are described. In a transcript of an interview, George Hermes stated: The great gift Duchamp gave all artists I feel, is if you take the word "painter" and change one letter, it becomes "pointer." The artist must "point" out the beauty of the world that exists and come up with a comparable product. That is the major contribution of Duchamp to art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Westeast: partisan people. No.17/Jul-Aug / Franci Zagoricnik, Zivko Kladnik, editors ; Armstrong K ; Cavellini GA ; Bal E ; Ermini F ; Gaglione B ; Gerz J ; Groh K ; Gualtieri M ; Hell B ; Herbst W ; Valie Export ; Xerra W ; Zagoricnik F ; Zagoricnik O ; Below P ; Export V ; Claus CF ; Kitasono K ; Furnival J ; Lai M ; Marcucci L ; Nannucci M ; Niccolai G ; Niikuni S ; Ori L ; Osti M ; Pastior O ; Perfetti M ; Pignotti L ; Poniz D ; Rehfeldt R ; Wolf-Rehfeldt R ; Ruhm G ; Sarenco ; Schraenen G ; Schmidt A ; Spatola A ; Steen V ; Szombathy B ; Toth G ; Ulrichs T ; Valoch J ; Mazur D ; Savio G ; Antic I ; Gibbs M ; Mori I ; Radovanovic V ; Helmes S ; Carrion U ; Staeck K ; Amato O ; Kunaver G ; Csernik A ; Bal E ; Kiraly Z ; Toth A ; Novak A ; Groh K ; Hell B ; Ermini F., 1979

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Identifier: CC-34084-35764
Scope and Contents

Introductory essays for this outstanding Assembling periodical are provided by Denis Poniz and Franci Zagoricnik. The latter mentions that the first publication of Slovene Concrete Poetry appeared in 1966 and that international collaborations began in 1967. Further, Zagoricnik indicates that Westeast was highly influenced by Spatola's Anthology Geiger. The content is weighted toward concrete poetry and typewriter poetry although several other artistic and poetic genres are included. This issue has been poorly bound causing pages to become loosened from the binding. This issue was dedicated to Seiichi Niikuni (1925-1977) and includes several photographic reproductions by Japanese poets influenced by his work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Wharton Hood: Strip-Mining Traditional Haiku / curry, jw; Houedard DS; Nichol bp; Basho; Duggan MB; Gorman L., 1988

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Identifier: CC-20772-21177
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This piece was published in Rampike Vol.6 No.1. curry includes 5 handwritten Haiku poems by Hood (collaged onto pages) written as varients in House of Cards, Runaway Spoon & form the basis for curry's critical text. In a letter to the Sackners, curry notes that Jirgins (editor Rampike) "fucked it up by typesetting all the poems (including the bp Single letter translation!)(i'd provided him with a photocopy of bp's drawn version), rendering my discussion of Hood's handwriting superfluous..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

What about what / curry, jw., 1985

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Identifier: CC-20742-21146
Scope and Contents

This is an unpublished article submitted to What magazine that contrasts bill bissett's book, "what," with the imaginary contents of What Magazine. bissett's book is also held by the Sackner Archive. The original typed manuscript was never returned from the magazine to curry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

What About What / curry, jw; bissett b., 1985

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Identifier: CC-19702-20089
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This was the first draft of a unpublished manuscript planned for submission to What No.1, 1985. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

What about What / curry, jw; bissett b., 1985

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Identifier: CC-20627-21029
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This is an unpublished article written for the first issue of What Magazine. curry compared bissett's book, "What" to an imagined magazine of the same title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

What featured Writer? George Swede / curry, jw; Swede G., 1985

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Identifier: CC-20629-21031
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This article appeared in What #2 as an introduction to Swede's work in the magazine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

What featured writer? George Swede / curry, jw; Swede G., 1985

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Identifier: CC-20745-21149
Scope and Contents

This is a piece that was published in What No.2 1985 as an intoduction to works by Swede. curry makes the point that Swede is known as a Haiku poet as well as a writer of children's books. He comments in a letter to the Sackners that it was writtten blind & does not go well with the works of Swede that the editors selected. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

What Good Is an Old Book? / Traister, Daniel., 1990

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Identifier: CC-01270-1301
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In this essay, Traister justifies the need for rare book collections in public libraries. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

What I'm Doing / Hartman, Arleen., 1997

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Identifier: CC-34626-36327
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The text is an autobiographical analysis of a radical, feminist artist who is the wife of the poet/publisher John Byrum. The Sackner Archive holds a calligraphic notebook by Hartman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997