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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Scheda di Ana Etcetera 1963/1971, 1971

 Item — Folder 80: [Barcode: 31858072538394]
Identifier: CC-05438-5541
Scope and Contents

Text deals with the philosophical principles of the Ana Etcetera group of poets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Supplément au soulèvement de la jeunesse, Tome I (Deluxe Edition): Chapitre I & II, 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-54651-57987
Scope and Contents

The artwork accompanying the two volumes of this work has been seperated as a another record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. This volume contains Chapitre I - Le désir paradisiaque et l'externité and Chapitre II - Ebauche d'une économie nucléaire (1944-1953).

Dates: 1972

Testi Sulla Teoria , 1969

 Item — Folder 80: [Barcode: 31858072538394]
Identifier: CC-05441-5544
Scope and Contents

Text deals with Marxism and Communism. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Title on front "Tesi Sulla Teoria." ed: CEND.

Dates: 1969

The Bill of Rights: The First Amendment, 2001

 Item — Box 112: [Barcode: 31858073143723]
Identifier: CC-35878-37639
Scope and Contents Richard Minsky burnt a paperback copy of The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie and enclosed it within a reliquary he created using photoshop and an Epson inkjet printer to print on paper. Minsky used classical Islamic designs from "The Grammar of Ornament" by Owen Jones. The interlaced patterns relate to Islamic fundamentalism and the opened design spaces were incorporated by Minsky. Also included are two special stained glass windows on either side of the reliquary, through which the burnt book can be seen. Therefore the work becomes untouchable and is martyred like a saint. The first amendment relates to respecting the rights of religions, freedom of the press, the right of peaceful assembling and the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. As Minsky noted on his WEB site, upon publication the author lost the freedoms of Press, Religion, Speech and Assembly in some countries. The Fatwah issued on Rushdie, and the...
Dates: 2001

The Bill of Rights: The Sixth Amendment, 2001

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CC-37981-39864
Scope and Contents Richard Minsky bound a copy of The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson with a black leather, left handed glove stained red to resemble blood on the fingertips. The first and last pages contain an illustration of Simpson putting on the glove at his trial. The defense played this as a "race card" that Minsky designed to fit the slogan" If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit." The Sixth Amendment states, "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed..."Minsky notes that his was the most public trial in history, with many questions about the jury, witnesses and defense counsel. It occupied the television networks day and night. Before the trial began, the author wrote in The New Yorker that the defense would play the "race card" and claim Mark Fuhrman was a racist who...
Dates: 2001

The Bill of Rights: The Tenth Amendment, 2001

 Item — Box 146: [Barcode: 31858072457991]
Identifier: CC-36745-38568
Scope and Contents The tenth amendment states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." Minsky's website describes his work, USSC No. 00-949, as "the decision of the Supreme Court in the landmark case that determined the outcome of the 2000 election, Bush vs. Gore. This ruling, overturning a decision of the Florida Supreme Court, is arguably the most significant Federal intervention in states' rights in modern history." The texts used were of the Justices' concurring and dissenting opinions issued on the Supreme Court website on December 12, 2000. Minsky has intentionally reversed the black and red labels on the spine of the book and printed the title slightly unevenly so that the classic law book seems "disturbing and somewhat crooked."According to an interview of Richard Minsky by Bob Andelman on http://vimeo.com/36516102, only nine copies of this book object were produced even...
Dates: 2001

The Bill of Rights: The Third Amendment, 2002

 Item — Box 143: [Barcode: 31858072457967]
Identifier: CC-38803-40717
Scope and Contents The third amendment states, "No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law." The book is a copy of Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II and is accompanied by a DVD of the movie in an attache case with a handcuff attached. According to Minsky's web-site, "The third amendment set a clear boundary on military authority. In this classic story the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is seeking to quarter himself in the White House."As Minsky notes, "Seven Days in May" by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey, with a DVD of the film starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, directed by John Frankenheimer, screenplay by Rod Serling is pertinent to this amendment. The Third Amendment sets a clear boundary on military authority. In this classic story the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is...
Dates: 2002

The Thing, No. 18: Mike Mills - The Fabric of Events, 2013 Calendar, 2012

 Item — Box 241: [Barcode: 31858072459369]
Identifier: CC-55153-9998951
Scope and Contents

The Thing Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. It's like a magazine, except that each issue is conceived of by a different contributor and then published as a useful object. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012

The Thing, No. 19: David Shrigley - The Travel Wallet, 2013

 Item — Box 261: [Barcode: 31858072460508]
Identifier: CC-56674-10000069
Scope and Contents

The Thing Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. It's like a magazine, except that each issue is conceived of by a different contributor and then published as a useful object. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner. This issue is also subtitled "The Travel Issue.

Dates: 2013

The Thing, No. 25: Brian Roettinger - Reproductions, 2015

 Item — Box 245: [Barcode: 31858072459203]
Identifier: CC-60063-10003096
Scope and Contents

The Thing Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. It's like a magazine, except that each issue is conceived of by a different contributor and then published as a useful object. Jennifer Clavin, the lead vocalist of the punk band "Bleached" contributed several wonderful graphic, concrete poetic designs depicted in this record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2015

The Voice in the Closet/La Voix dans le Cabinet de Debarras, 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-12854-13143
Scope and Contents

The main text is printed in English and then on the flip side of the book, in French. It seems to be a memoir of Federman's experience in anti-Semitic France before WWII. The center portion of the book is a text by Maurice Roche "Echos," which is written in run-on French with each page reprinted in mirror image on the verso side. The text is unpunctuated. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

The Voice in the Closet/La Voix dans le Cabinet de Debarrase, 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-12853-13142
Scope and Contents

The main text is printed in English and then on the flip side of the book, in French. It seems to be a memoir of Federman's experience in anti-Semitic France before WWII. The center portion of the book is a text by Maurice Roche "Echos," which is written in run-on French with each page reprinted in mirror image on the verso side. The text is unpunctuated. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Three Gates: On the way to Little Sparta, 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-30158-31557
Scope and Contents

This Christmas presentation book subtitled "On the Way to Little Sparta" was conceived by Finlay and photographed by Robin Gillanders. It relates the closing of Finlay's famed garden by the Scottish government. The sign on the first gate into the garden reads, "Following the authority's action against the Garden Temple, Little Sparta is closed to the public." The second gate sign reads, "Strathclyde Region made war on Little Sparta - Strathclyde Region is no more." The third gate sign reads, "Closed with the support of The Scottish Arts Council." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Turvey: A Picaresque Novel, 1958

 Item
Identifier: CC-21485-21896
Scope and Contents

This is a comic novel on Canadian military forces on WWII. It is the first British and American edition of the book first published in Canada in 1949. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1958