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notably, Higgins founded Something Else Press (1963-1974), operated the Something Else Gallery (1966-1969) and founded Unpublished Editions (Printed Editions) in 1972.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 17 Collections and/or Records:
A Dialectic Of Centuries 2nd Edition / Higgins, Dick ; Acconci V ; Klintberg B ; Arp H ; Ashbery J ; Ay-O ; Ball H ; Barthes R ; Beckett S ; Bense M ; Brecht G ; Bremer C ; Burroughs WS ; Cage J ; Chopin H ; Corner P ; Creeley R ; cummings ee ; DeCampos A ; DeCampos H ; Duchamp M ; Elmslie K ; Ernst M ; Filliou R ; Finlay IH ; Flynt H ; Gaul W ; Gillespie AL ; Glass P ; Gomringer E ; Gysin B ; Hanson A ; Hausmann R ; Heartfeld J ; Heidsieck B ; Herman J ; Herbert G ; Higgins D ; Ionesco E ; Ives N ; Jacob M ; Jarry A ; Johnson R ; Joyce J ; Kaprow A ; Knowles A ; Klein Y ; Kosugi T ; Lamantia P ; Lax R ; levy da ; Lebel JJ ; Lichtenstein R ; LeWitt S ; Lissitzky E ; Maciunas G ; MacLow J ; Mallarme S ; Mayakovsky V ; McLuhan M ; Mayer HJ ; Moholy-Nagy L ; Mon F ; Morgenstern C ; Niikuni S ; Ono Y ; Paik NJ ; Patterson B ; Phillips MJ ; Pignatari D ; Ponge F ; Pound E ; Rauschenberg R ; Reich S ; Rimbaud A ; Roth D ; Rothenberg J ; Ruhm G ; Saroyan A ; Schmit T ; Schwitters K ; Shiomi C ; Smithson R ; Solt ME ; Spoerri D ; Stein G ; Stockhausen K ; Topor R ; Vostell W ; Warhol A ; Watts B ; Williams E ; Noel A ; Williams J ; Wittgenstein L ; Wolff C ; Yeats W ; Young L., 1978
The chapters consist of the following: 1). The post-cognitive era: looking for the sense in it all. 2). Five traditions of art history. 3). Intermedia. 4). Some poetry intermedia. 5). Games of art. 6). Exemplative works of art. 7). Intending. 8). Against movements. 9). Boredom and danger. 9). Structural researches. 10). Seen, heard and understood. 11). Towards an allusive referential. 12). Blank images. 13). Innovation. 14). Inventing our back pages. 15). Styles in cognitivism. 16). A something else manifesto. 17). On doing too much. 18). About Bern Porter and his 'I've left'. 19). Why Gertrude Stein. 20). Getting into Emmett William's poetry. 21). Conceptual forks. 22). A commentary by the poet on 'conceptual forks'. 23). An exemplativist manifesto. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Art Without Boundaries: 1950-70 / Woods, Gerald, editor ; Thompson, Philip, editor ; Williams, John, editor ; LeWitt S ; Boyle M ; Cobbing B ; Roth D ; Higgins D ; Houedard DS ; Oldenburg C ; Gaul W ; Bass S ; Carmi E ; Folon ; Hamilton R ; Kriwet F ; Massin R ; Mayer HJ ; Rand P ; Rauschenberg R ; Themerson F ; Themerson S ; Tschichold J ; Wright E ; Cage J ; Chermayeff I ; Fletcher A ; Ionesco E ; Schmidt P., 1972
This book is reviewed by Adrian Shaughnessy in eye Vol.13 no.50, 2003. Its aim was to show that graphic design and fine art blend as one. In the review, Shaugnessy points out that in the 21st century, the disciplines are growing apart due to commercial art galleries that need to distinguish the two to maintain business. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook / Lyons, Joan, editor ; Higgins D ; Kostelanetz R ; Carrion U ; Moore B ; Hendricks J ; Phillpot C ; Davids B ; Morgan R ; Ehrenberg F ; Duchamp M ; Phillips T ; Mallarme S ; Drucker J ; Brecht G ; Porter B ; Ford CH ; Lehrer W ; Bernstein D ; Gins M ; Zweig J ; Weil S ; Vaughn-James M ; Smith K ; Zimmerman P ; King S ; Smith M ; Gilbert S ; Rutkovsky P ; Rice S ; Garnet E ; Nonas R ; Applebroog I ; Fish M ; Kirby M ; Spera S ; Horovitz S ; Holzer J ; Nonas R ; Kruger B ; Gordon B ; Zelevansky P ; Ruscha E ; Roth D ; Paolozzi E ; Warhol A ; LeWitt S ; Weiner L ; Long R ; Baldessari J ; Hompson DD ; Stokes T ; Douglas H ; Osborn K ; Moholy-Nagy L ; Marinetti FT ; Cendrars B ; Leger F ; Schwitters K ; Blake W ; Butler F ; Lara M ; Snow M ; Kaprow A ; Downsborough P ; Bakhchanyan V ; Marcus A., 1985
The Sackner Archive is listed as resource of Artists' Books Collections. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Book As Artwork 1960/1972 / Celant, Germano ; Higgins D ; Oldenburg C ; Roth D ; Ruscha E ; Johnson R ; Kaprow A ; Knowles A ; Kosuth J ; Baruchello GF ; Brecht G ; Williams E ; Phillips T., 1972
Breakthrough Fictioneers - An Anthology, 1973
Happening & Fluxus / Hans Sohm, curator ; Harald Szeemann, curator ; Higgins D ; Williams E ; Paik NJ ; Lebel JJ ; Spoerri D ; Beuys J ; Brecht G ; Sohm H ; Knowles A ; Ono Y ; Filliou R ; Saito T ; Maciunas G ; Hansen A ; Kaprow A ; Klintberg B ; Schneemann C ; Shiomi C ; Ben ; Watts R ; Vostell W., 1970
This exhibition was co-curated by Hans Sohm and consisted of material from his Archive. It included a chronology of Fluxus performances. Haralld Szeeman (1933-2005) was a Swiss curator and art historian whose Archive and Library was acquired by the Getty Research Institute in 2011. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Iuvenilia Loeti: Raccolta di Poeti Latini Medievali, 1969
This is a survey of medieval, Latin shaped poetry with critical text. Several pages by Rabano Mauro (Hrabamus Maurus) are reproduced from a book that is also held by the Sackner Archive. The marginata was inserted by Dick Higgins, the previous owner of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
New Directions in Digital Pioetry / Funkhouser, Chris T. ; Drucker J ; Drummond de Andrade C ; Higgins D ; And M ; Menezes P ; Andrews J ; Rosenberg J ; Sondheim A ; Ferraiolo A ; Serandour E ; Zellen J., 2012
Notations / Cage, John, editor ; Fernbach-Flarscheim C ; Filliou R ; Friedman K ; Hansen A ; Higgins D ; Johnson R ; Kaprow A ; Knizak M ; Knowles A ; MacLow J ; Ono Y ; Roth D ; Rothenberg J ; Ruhm G ; Satie E ; Schneemann C ; Williams E ; Young L., 1969
This book illustrates a collection of 255 music manuscripts whose selection by Cage was determined by circumstances. The text was the result of I-Ching chance operations which determined how many words were to be written by or about the 269 composers. Not only the number of words and the author, but the typography too - letter size, intensity and typeface - were all determined by chance operations. Alison Knowles served as co-editor and also designed the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Notations / Cage, John, editor ; Fernbach-Flarscheim C ; Filliou R ; Friedman K ; Hansen A ; Higgins D ; Johnson R ; Kaprow A ; Knizak M ; Knowles A ; MacLow J ; Ono Y ; Roth D ; Rothenberg J ; Ruhm G ; Satie E ; Schneemann C ; Williams E ; Young L ; Andriessen H ; Andriessen L ; Ahhalt I ; Antoniou T ; Filiou R ; Ashley R ; Austin L ; Ay-O ; Babbitt M ; Gaburo K ; Bayle F ; Bedford D ; Behrman D ; Berio L ; Neuhaus M ; Bloch S ; Bodin LG ; Boulez P ; Bowles P ; Brecht G ; Brouwn S ; Brown E ; Brun H ; Bussotti S ; Byrd J ; Cacioppo G ; Cardew C ; Castiglione N ; Castillo G ; Chiari G ; Christiansen H ; Clementi A ; Colgrass M ; Conrad A ; Corner P ; Cowell HD ; Cross L ; Crumb G ; DeLeeuw T ; DePablo L ; Donatoni F ; Drew J ; Echarte P ; Ehrlich T ; Evangelisti F ; Feldman M ; Fine AM ; Haubenstock-Ramati R ; Gandini G ; Ginastera A ; Gladdys A ; Glanville-Hicks P ; Glick J ; Goldstein M ; Halffter C ; Hendricks B ; Hendricks G ; Hidalgo J ; Hiller La ; Hunt J ; Dufrene F ; Jones J ; Kagel M ; Kasemets U ; Kelemen M ; Klintberg B ; Komorous R ; Koepcke A ; Kosugi T ; Kotik P ; Krumm P ; Lieberman F ; Ligeti G ; Llinos N ; Logothetis A ; Lucier A ; Luening O ; Maginnis WJr ; Marchetti W ; Martirano S ; Mathews M ; Maxfield M ; Mestres-Quadreny JM ; Meyer-Denckman G ; Moran R ; Morthenson J ; Mumma G ; Nancarrow C ; Neuhaus M ; Oliveros P ; Otte H ; Paik NJ ; Simonetti GE ; Patterson B ; Pousseur H ; Reich S ; Watts R ; Riedl JA ; Riley T ; Rjewski F ; Rothenberg J ; Ruhm G ; Schaeffer P ; Schmit T ; Schnebel D ; Schneemann C ; Silva C ; Stegall SW ; Stockhausen K ; Tenney J ; Ten-Holt S ; Vostell W ; Tosco VFH ; Tudor D ; Goldstein M ; Vagvione H ; Varese E ; Williams E ; Wolff C ; Xenakis Y., 1969
This book illustrates a collection of 255 music manuscripts whose selection by Cage was determined by circumstances. The text was the result of I-Ching chance operations which determined how many words were to be written by or about the 269 composers. Not only the number of words and the author, but the typography too - letter size, intensity and typeface - were all determined by chance operations. Alison Knowles served as co-editor and also designed the book. The book is missing the dust jacket. it is complementary to another book held by the Sackner Archive of experimental music scores, "Spartito Preso" (1980) that emphasizes Italian composers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Pattern Poetry: Guide To An Unknown Literature, 1987
Pattern Poetry: Guide To An Unknown Literature / Higgins, Dick ; Simmias of Rhodes ; Maurus H ; Salmonius Macrinus ; Puttenham G ; Lobkowitz J ; Pierius ; Theocritus ; Porphyrii PO ; Caruso L ; Optatian ; Cook G ; Fortunatus V ; Bettini M ; Honthemius J ; Abulafia A ; Rossi N ; Rabelais ; Martin G ; Ferland A ; Geuder J ; Helwig J ; Peuker N ; Frisch J ; Schonenfels S ; Kankel J ; Beaumont J ; Browne W ; Herbert G ; Herrick R ; Puttenham G ; Watson T ; Carroll L ; Bean S ; Taylor E ; Ramirez B ; Gama Lobo E ; Radolinski A ; Susliga W ; Rypson P ; Rothmann B ; Forstenovius P ; Simeon of Polotsk ; Dovhalevskij M ; Haugsdorf P ; Dordjic I ; Peignot C ; Thilo V., 1987
Pattern Poetry: Guide To An Unknown Literature / Higgins, Dick ; Simmias of Rhodes ; Maurus H ; Salmonius Macrinus ; Puttenham G ; Lobkowitz J ; Pierius ; Theocritus ; Porphyrii PO ; Caruso L ; Optatian ; Cook G ; Fortunatus V ; Bettini M ; Honthemius J ; Abulafia A ; Rossi N ; Rabelais ; Martin G ; Ferland A ; Geuder J ; Helwig J ; Peuker N ; Frisch J ; Schonenfels S ; Kankel J ; Beaumont J ; Browne W ; Herbert G ; Herrick R ; Puttenham G ; Watson T ; Carroll L ; Bean S ; Taylor E ; Ramirez B ; Gama Lobo E ; Radolinski A ; Susliga W ; Rypson P ; Rothmann B ; Forstenovius P ; Simeon of Polotsk ; Dovhalevskij M ; Haugsdorf P ; Dordjic I ; Peignot C ; Thilo V., 1987
Reading Writing Interfaces: from the digital to the bookbound / Emerson, Lori ; Houedard DS ; Lloyd A ; McLuhan M ; Higgins D ; Williams E ; DeCampos A ; DeCampos H ; Pignatari D ; Olson C ; Solt ME ; Garnier P ; Johnson R ; McCaffery S ; Zurbrugg N ; bissett b ; Duguay R ; Scobie S ; Dickenson E ; Sackner MA., 2014
Une Generation 1960-1985 / Donguy, Jacques ; DeCampos H ; Higgins D ; Kolar J ; Sarenco ; Miccini E ; Balestrini N ; Blaine J ; Heidsieck B ; Bory JF ; Giorno J ; Wendt L., 1985
Consists of critical essays with photographic reproductions of several poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Wiesbaden Fluxus 1962-1982 / Rene Block, curator ; Williams E ; Vostell W ; Cage J ; Higgins D ; Maciunas G ; Patterson B ; Paik NJ ; Knowles A ; Schmit T ; Klintberg B ; Beuys J ; Page R ; Schippers J ; deRidder W ; Ben ; MacLow J ; Shiomi M ; Brecht G ; Filliou R ; Kopcke A ; Andersen E ; Moorman C ; Young L ; Ruhm G ; Gosewitz L ; Kosugi T ; Knizak M ; Schneemann C ; Iannone D ; Broodthaers M ; Hansen A ; Chiari G ; Jones J ; Ay-O ; Friedman K ; Kaprow A ; Corner P ; Hendricks G ; Kirkeby P ; Spoerri D ; Watts B., 1983
This catalogue consists mostly of a large number of photographs documenting Fluxus performances in Wiesbaden, West Germany. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.