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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:

Algol / Arnaud, Noel ; Isou I ; Carelman J., 1968

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Identifier: CC-26039-26501
Scope and Contents

Consists of visual poetry, language equations and other variations of cryptogrammatic discourse by a Pataphysician and member of the experimental group "OuLiPo." Algol is the acronym of Algorithmic Oriented Language, a computer language invented in 1960. Its original lexicon consisted of only 24 words. In this book, Arnaud composed several strict Algol poems as well as others by extracting syllables from the Algol list and combining them to form new words. Jacques Carelman did the cover and page rebuses. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts: Thonet: Form from Process. ., 1967

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Identifier: CC-19308-19691
Scope and Contents

Designed by Toshihiro Katayama. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Codex (1), 1972

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Identifier: CC-03635-3700
Scope and Contents

Also designated No.10 in the collection. Printed on handmade gray paper made by Moulin de Puymoyen. The layout of the text and images in this book appears to have been done with a "collage" technique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Codex (1), 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-03636-3701
Scope and Contents

Also designated No.10 in the collection. The layout of the text and images in this book appears to have been accomplished by a "collage" technique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Coeur a Barbe, Le: Reprint Edition. No.1/Apr / G. Ribemont-Dessaignes, editor ; Huidobro V ; Satie E ; Duchamp M ; Tzara T ; Eluard P ; Duchamp M ; Soupault P ; Serner W ; Fraenkel T ; Peret B ; Ribemont-Dessaignes G., 1922 - 1990

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Identifier: CC-45819-48029
Scope and Contents

Edited by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. The cover depicts a rebus(?) with images from popular 19th century woodblocks. This is a very good reprint of the original. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1922 - 1990

Die poetische Theorie Visueller Poesie / Dencker, Klaus-Peter., 2012

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Identifier: CC-59685-10002741
Scope and Contents

The cover title is "Einblattdruck Nr.28." This pamphlet depicts a reproduction of a large collage that visually expresses the theory of visual poetry. As Dencker related to the Sackners when he explained it to them, no printed explanation is offered since Dencker wanted everyone to interpret it their own way. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012

Editions Lettrisme et Hypergraphie: Oeuvres Aphonistes. No.5 / Roland Sabatier ; Spacagna J., 1966

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Identifier: CC-14230-14537
Scope and Contents

The cover was collaged with a lolly-pop that melted over time. This copy includes an addional ordinary edition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966