Fahlstrom was born in Brazil but emigrated to Sweden at age 10 1/2 years. After graduatinmg from high school in Sweden, he relinquished his Brazilian passport and secured a Swedish one. This catalogue is a retospective of his artworks and writings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cobbing describes the history of contemporary sound poetry and the techniques utilized by the poets. He concludes "The very diversity of sound poetry is in line with its emphasis on the freedom of the individual and the withering of external authority, on man as a communal and social animal, on communication as a life-giving activity, things which in this bureaucratic and techncratic age we need constantly to remember. This is Cobbing's essay for the ground-breaking exhibition, "klankteksten ? konkrete poezie visuele tesksten - sound texts ? concrete poetry visual texts - akustiche texte ? konkrete poesie visuelle texte." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book was published for the exhibition "Oyvind Fahlstrom: The Complete Graphics, Multiples and Sound Works" and is copyrighted by Sharon Avery-Fahlstrom. The manifesto for concrete poetry was first published in Stockholm in 1954 in Odysse. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This sheet was placed on the wall with adhesive tape as the introduction to the most important exhibition of concrete poetry in its time. Burkhardt's biography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.