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Words and Pictures, No. 5, 1996

 Item — Box: 247
Identifier: CC-27253-27759

Scope and Contents

Jake Chapman contributed the preface. For this issue, Ken Cockburn printed a book about the Scottish poet, Robert Burns and his favorable feelings toward the French Revolution. In an introduction to two poems, Cockburn mentioned that Burns died on 3rd Thermidor. He further suggested that the French Revolutionary Calendar attempted to wean peasantry away from the use of Saints' days by designating each day with a rural name. Carrie Reichardt made a yellow, latex mold from a woman (Alison O'Dell) that reproduced part of jeans and umbilicus. Most of the other contributions have visual or conceptual artistic themes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1996

Creator

Extent

22 items (1 periodical object) : 2 soft cover books + 4 poem objects (sea shell, thread, glass, rubber, map) + 2 tape cassettes + 2 cards + 2 photographs b&w + 2 color photographs +1 pamphlet (accordion) + 4 sheets + 1 computer disc + 2 prints (etching, silkscreen), in box (cardboard, collaged) ; 22.5 x 16.5 x 5.8 cm (box)

Language of Materials

English

Original Sackner Archive Location

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Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

Materials Specific Details

Published: London, England : Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. Signed by: several contributors. Copies: About 100 total copies. 10 number copy.

Processing Information

Updated by: RED.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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