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D S H (Dom Sylvester Houédard), 1924-1992

 Person

Found in 1306 Collections and/or Records:

[thanks ica] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Bann S; Finlay IH; Finlay S; Sharkey W ; Burroughs WS; Trocchi A; Nuttall J; Picard T., 1966

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Identifier: CC-56717-10000101
Scope and Contents

This typed message continues "mrs sharkeys book is EXCELLENT" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

THAT, THIS and IS / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1965

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Identifier: CC-56896-10000261
Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

the 8 fuh-hi kwa cubed 1969 / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1969

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Identifier: CC-57022-10000383
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Eight varing cube-like forms are arranged on a platform. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

The Aylesford Review Review of Reviews: Cisatlantic Scenery & To Freshen Our Sense of Language / Houedard, Dom Sylvester ; Jones D ; Hollo A ; Horovitz M ; Houedard DS ; Gomringer E ; Finlay IH ; Chopin H ; Heidsieck B., 1964

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Identifier: CC-09857-10051
Scope and Contents

The complete issue of this periodical containing the reprints is also held by the Sackner Archive. The duplicate copy is unsigned. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets (unprocessed)

The Aylesford Review Review of Reviews: Cisatlantic Scenery & To Freshen Our Sense of Language / Houedard, Dom Sylvester ; Jones D ; Hollo A ; Horovitz M ; Houedard DS ; Gomringer E ; Finlay IH ; Chopin H ; Heidsieck B., 1964

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Identifier: CC-53939-642936
Scope and Contents

The complete issue of this periodical containing the reprints is also held by the Sackner Archive. The duplicate copy is unsigned. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1964
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets (unprocessed)

The Basho Variations / McCaffery, Steve ; Houedard DS ; Nichol bp ; Higgins D ; Queneau R ; Ernst M ; Carroll L., 2007

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Identifier: CC-48448-69476
Scope and Contents

McCaffery has published very witty variations on this poem in the imagined style of others. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books (unprocessed)

the complicated bird / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-55787-9999317
Dates: 1968
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

the cosmic easteregg of brahman; svayambhu lingam (720372) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1972

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Identifier: CC-33085-34710
Scope and Contents This typing depicts three rectangles formed with red, joined underline marks. The inner portions of the rectangles contain scattered period marks. The image is framed with joined 'at' (@) marks. This work was exhibited in Force Fields: phrases of the kinetic held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona in 1999 and the Hayward Gallery London in 2000. The work was selected by the Curator, Guy Brett. Internet: The Svayambhu Linga (typed in lower right corner) are temples that contain representations of Shiva that are believed to have risen up by themselves in the primordial past. In the commentary by Nigamajnanadeva on his Jirnoddharadasakam, sixty-eight Svayambhu Lingas are listed Natural (Kailash, Amarnath, Mt. Shivling) Swayambhu Linga. The history of the Valley, according to the legends, begins with Swayambhu, or the "the self-existent". In times uncharted by history, Bodhisattva Manjusri came across a beautiful lake during his travel. He saw a lotus that emitted brilliant...
Dates: 1972
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

the democratic way of life (5 Oct 1967) / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1967

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Identifier: CC-56802-10000170
Scope and Contents

There is no such word as 'deomcratic;' perhaps this is a misspelling of democratic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

the democratic way of life (5 Oct 1967) / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1967

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Identifier: CC-56802-10000170
Scope and Contents

There is no such word as 'deomcratic;' perhaps this is a misspelling of democratic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

the duke of chou's wind machine / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1972

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Identifier: CC-09459-9646
Scope and Contents This typing consists of a grid-like, symmetrical, line-drawn image that was formed with red underline and dash marks. Internet: The Duke of Chou (twelfth century B.C.) is regarded as one of the greatest statesmen in Chinese history. Also known as the Yellow Emperor, he is considered to be the architect of the Chou dynasty and the true founder of the Confucian tradition. Confucius looked to the Duke for his model and believed it was his mission to reestablish the principles and culture of the early Chou era, considered to be a golden age. The Duke of Chou was a legendary figure whose life is surrounded in the mists of ancient history, though accounts of his personal life and achievements do remain. The Duke of Chou is credited with the writing of the I Ching and with the founding a new form of classical Chinese music. Some historians also credit him with the founding of traditional Chinese medicine. In addition, he was instrumental in the invention of the calendar and forms of...
Dates: 1972
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

the east is red (230167) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

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Identifier: CC-56130-9999574
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The name Mao is typed using the symbol @ in the center grid.The title 'the east is red' is typed with dashes. The dsh and date are typed using dots.The paper is typed vertically and is read horizontally -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

The eccentric monk and his typewriter / Rawsthorn, Alice; Houedard DS; Furnival J; Wright E; Morgan E., 2012

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Identifier: CC-55764-9999308
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This article (page 9) about Dom Sylvester Houedard deals with the book launch of "Notes from the Cosmic Typewriter" (2012) by Occasional Papers at the South London Gallery in December 2012. The Sackners were present at this event and Marvin Sackner lectured on visual works that Houedard made before his well known typed concrete poems. One of the two illustrations in this article was the property of the Sackner Archive. The newspaper was mailed to the Sackners along with a thank you card by Sara [de Bondt] and Antony Hudek, the owners of Occasional Papers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2012
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

the eight views of the ken cox cube / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

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Identifier: CC-56922-10000288
Dates: 1970
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

the farquharson-houedard alphabet can be typed in all sizes & any weight (711225) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1971

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Identifier: CC-55442-858585
Dates: 1971
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

The Fire & Wind Rods / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1965

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Identifier: CC-55899-9999366
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The first two lines of the poem reads "worshipped in honour of ousioos (inventor of furcoats) / & samen roumes (inventor of the twiggy hut). The text of the poem accompying the typed image is not understandable owing to words foreign to English. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

The First Three Days, 1969

 Item — Box Artist Boxed Materials/Oversized: Chopin, Henri: [Barcode: 31858072491297]
Dates: 1969
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs(unprocessed)

The Flip Side of Language / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Joyce J; Finlay IH; Roth D; Cobbing B; Chopin H; Heidsieck B; Jandl E; levy da; Bayer K; Morgan E; Berge C; Jochims R; Mayer HJ; Bense M; Rawlinson A; Szuter T., 1966

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Identifier: CC-57853-10001104
Scope and Contents

Charles Cameron writes that these pages are "numbered by hand, with many dsh correx + typesetter's markups for 'the flip side of language' -- looks like it might be dsh's entry for the issue of the Oxford mag ISIS on concrete poetry which I edited, but I don't have a copy for comparison & it's hard to say..." This essay appeared in ISIS No.1507, 1966, a periodical hels by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

The Flip Side of Language / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Joyce J; Finlay IH; Roth D; Cobbing B; Chopin H; Heidsieck B; Jandl E; levy da; Bayer K; Morgan E; Berge C; Jochims R; Mayer HJ; Bense M; Rawlinson A; Szuter T., 1966

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Identifier: CC-59905-10002955
Scope and Contents

This essay is another copy of the manuscript with slightly different handwritten correctionss and appeared in ISIS No.1507, 1966, a periodical held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

THE FORTIFIED C / m interested in (270867) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

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Identifier: CC-55887-200026
Dates: 1967
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats(unprocessed)

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