Higgins, Dick, 1938-1998
Dates
- Existence: 1938 March 15 - 1998 October 25
Biography
Dick Higgins was born in Cambridge, England in 1939 and died in Quebec in 1998. He was a Fluxus artist who studied with John Cage and Henry Cowell (1958-1959), and co-founded Happenings in 1958. He is credited with coining the phrase intermedia to describe his particular approach to artmaking that included (but is not limited to) his visual, musical and literary efforts. He was a theorist, poet, composer, performance artist, printmaker, filmaker, and book publisher. Most notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.
Nationality
American
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
A Book About Love & War & Death, 1972
No.8 / Skyline Books ; Patchen K ; Higgins D ; Ferlinghetti L ; Burroughs WS ; Ginsberg A ; Warhol A ; Bukowski C ; Joyce J ; Kupferberg T ; Stein G., 1992
No.13 / Skyline Books ; Burroughs WS ; Ginsberg A ; Gomringer E ; Higgins D ; Johnson R ; Knowles A ; MacLow J ; Vollmann W ; levy da ; McLuhan M., 1994
Offers the limited edition copy of William T. Vollman's "Convict Bird," the author's rarest item, a book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
No.44 / Jaffe, James S. ; Davenport G ; Williams J ; Ginsberg A ; Higgins D ; Berrigan T ; Hollander J ; Jones D ; Mathews H ; Olson C ; Patchen K ; Pound E., 1997
No.47 / Anacapa Books ; Burroughs WS ; Finlay IH ; Ginsberg A ; Higgins D ; Hirschman J ; Patchen K ; Williams J ; Beckett S ; Pelieu C ; Eigner L ; Ford CH ; Hollo A ; Meltzer D ; Nichol bp ; Nims J ; Owens R ; Williams M., 1985
No.90: Modern Literature / Anacapa Books ; Higgins D ; Rothenberg J ; Phillips T ; Johnson R ; Kupferberg T ; McClure M ; McLuhan M ; Mathews H ; Meltzer D ; Owens R., 1993
No.95: Modern Literature / Anacapa Books ; Johnson R ; Higgins D ; Finlay IH ; Queneau R ; Hugnet G ; Chopin H ; Filliou R ; Williams E ; Gill E ; Spoerri D ; Ferrua P ; Miller H ; Johnston A., 1993
Outsider, The: For Kenneth Patchen. No.4-5 / Lou Webb, Jon Webb, editors ; Patchen K ; levy da ; Johnson R ; MacLow J ; Williams E ; Knowles A ; Kryss TL ; Hollo A ; Antin D ; Higgins D ; Merton T ; Miller B ; Blazek D ; Porter B ; Patchen M ; Meltzer D ; Bukowski C ; Edson R ; Hansen A ; Ginsberg A ; Plymell C ; Perchik S ; Wantling W ; DiPrima D ; Meltzer D ; Ferlinghetti L ; Blazek D ; Miller B ; Bly R ; Dowden G ; Cocteau J., 1968
This is the most visually exiting issue of the periodical. It was available in a hard cover and stiff cover edition. The Sackner Archive copy holds the stiff cover version. There is a section that deals with remembrances of Kenneth Patchen by other poets and writers as well as an interview of Patchen. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.