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Aspen Magazine has been put on the internet on Ubu.com/aspen by Andrew Stafford. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was published on the occasion of Cage's 70th birthday. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is an in-depth, densely illustrated, presentation of international contemporary artists books with an emphasis on Brazilian artists. At the end of this book, the editor prints interviews of Lenir de Miranda, Neide Dias de Sa, Wlademir Dias Pino, Vera Chaves Barcellos, Iolanda Gollo Mazzotti, and Anna Moeglin-Delcroix regarding their views on artist books. Enzo Miglietta and Paulo Bruscky contribute essays on their philosophy and on book objects, respectively. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition was mounted on the occasion of Mary Bauermeister's 70th birthday. The label of the compact disc depicts experimental calligraphic text; the disc content consists of film trailers for American recording stars such as Prince and has no relevance to the label. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book is comprised of twenty mesostic poems by Cage that draw on the writings of serious anachists, for example, one mesostic is based on a quote from Thoreau, "That government is best which governs not at all..." Anarchy is considered the culmination of Cage's work as a poet, a composer and thinker about contemporary society. Cage also wrote an intoductory essay documenting his thoughts about anarchism. The mesostics consist of the names of important anarchists, e.g., Emma Goldman, Peter Kropotkin, and Mario Maletesta. the book was written by Cage in 1988 but published here in 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This is a biography of Robert Rauschenberg based upon personal interviews by the biographer of almost every one important to the artist over his entire life span. It begins with a quotation from Rauschenberg, "Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. (I try to act in the gap between the two)"Mary Lynn Kotz provides a critical discussion of several artistic works reproduced in this book. One of them is "Opal Gospel, "a multiple artist book produced in 1971. The word 'opal' was suggested to Rauschenberg by the iridescent inks used in the work. It is an unbound book containing poems from the Nootka, Chippewa, Nanajo, Iglulik, Pawnee and Apache tribes, printed with Rauschenberg's illustrations from nature in iridescent ink on clear plexiglas. The panels or pages, are interchangeable in their stands. With this hauntingly iridescent work, Rauschenberg celebrated his own American Indian heritage. This biography is the only fully illustrated account of Rauschenberg's...

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This catalogue defines, describes and illustrates, in an experiment graphic designed layout, mass produced editions of artists' books from the 1970's to the 1990's. This book is complementary to Johanna Drucker's book, "The Century of Artists' Books that dealt with unique and small editioned books. In an in-depth essay, Clive Phillpot analyzes the entire spectrum, including magazines, assemblings, manifestos, visual poetry, scores, documentation, sketchbooks, albums, graphic works, comic books, illustrated books, page art, mail art and bookworks. Martha Wilson is interviewed by Thomas Padon about the Franklin Furnace Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Contains statement by the artists on the definition of an Artist Book. This catalogue provides documentation of the artist's activities often accompanied by photographic reproductions. The quirky binding of this book, which in itself might be classified as an artist's book, make access to the pages difficult and time-consuming and therefore not a easily readable reference text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Modesti FReviews: Blocks of Consciousness and The Unbroken Continuum explores the work and aesthetic of various cutting edge musicians, environmental/sound artists and noise-makers. As well as profiles of Richard Chartier, The Necks, John Wall and Sachiko M, the book contains explorations of the history and changing nature of free improvisation, of Cage?s iconoclastic 4?33"³, and of where to draw the line (somewhat tentatively, to be sure) between improvisation and composition. There is, in addition, a series of personal statements by almost two dozen musicians, composers and sound artists, collected by Rhodri Davies; and in Out in the Field Bertrand Denzler and Jean-Luc Guionnet interview improvisers about their music and group the anonymised answers thematically. The authors of the principal chapters ? David Toop, Clive Bell, Brian Marley, Dan Warburton, Andy Hamilton and Will Montgomery ? are well-known and respected writers on music/sound.Machines, noise and improvisation are...

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There is a brief essay by D. Fendrick about the book as a work of art. "Boite-en-Valise" and "The Large Glass and Related Works" by M. Duchamp that are mentioned and reproduced in this catalogue are held by the Sackner Archive as is Lucas Samaras' "Book." The loose sheet is a price list. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Features a brief essay on books as works of art by D. Fendrick. "Foirades/Fizzles" by J. Johns and S. Beckett, which is mentioned, is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The music score, "Concert for Piano and Orchestra" by John Cage, which is reproduced in this catalogue is held by the Sackner Archive. Cage comments "A score which is beautiful to look at usually sounds better than one which is not." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Exhibition consisted of historic and experimental dance and music scores. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This copy is from the unsigned, unnumbered edition. The "Dream Chamber," a section of this book is an experimental, typographic tour de force by Sorel Etrog. The Sackner Archive holds a separate copy of the "Dream Chamber" that was published by Exile Editions in 1986. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This issue presents a world-wide survey of avant garde music scores with documentation by the composers that forms a logical sequel to Cage's book "Notations" Something Else Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.