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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 330 Collections and/or Records:

Moi la Diete Blanche / Ignazio Apolloni., 2009

 Item
Identifier: CC-49672-70725
Scope and Contents

This closed, wooden object, with a book-like shape, is one of several made by Apolloni as illustrated in his catalogues. However none of the other poem objects seem to have a handle which creates the feeling of a portable book. The translation loosely is "I the essence [or whiteness] of diety." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2009
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

Momenta: Arts Geelong 98, 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-49732-70785
Dates: 1998
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)

More Proverbs for Jacobins / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Lemaire, Angela., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-11062-11277
Scope and Contents Wikipedia 2011: A Jacobin in the context of the French Revolution, was a member of the Jacobin Club (1789--1794). The Jacobin Club was the most famous political club of the French Revolution. So called from the Dominican convent, where they originally met, in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris. At that time, the term was popularly applied to all supporters of revolutionary opinions. In contemporary France, it refers to the concept of a centralized Republic, with power concentrated in the national government, at the expense of local or regional governments.During the constitutional monarchy, there were two radical groups vying for power, the Girondins and the Jacobins. Although both groups were more radical in their views than the moderates who had designed the constitutional monarchy, the Girondins were somewhat less radical. In late 1791, the Girondins first emerged as an important power in France. At first the two parties were united in their views. The Girondins were concerned about the...
Dates: 1992
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)

Multiple Pleasures / Tipping, Richard Kelly., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-34307-36002
Scope and Contents

This folder reproduces in postcard format, "Machine Guns against Jeans and Sneakers," "Caution: There is No Avant-Garde," "Expressive Mail," "Sea Threw," and "Poetry Mail," works held in the original by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996
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)

My Twelve Steps / Martin, Emily., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-29017-30353
Scope and Contents

The single page is folded 12 times so that when the book is opened and the two strings attached to the pages are pulled, it expands into a step-like appearance. Each step is printed with the author's philosophy, e.g., you can't make me be both parents, you can't keep secrets from me, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
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)

Nautical Chart / Stetser, Carol., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-46926-49663
Scope and Contents

The map is stamped with seafaring sayings and sea images. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004
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)

New Exercises / Jamme, Franck Andre ; Charles Borkhuis, translator., 2008

 Item
Identifier: CC-50611-71684
Scope and Contents

First published in French in 2002. The sentences on each page are arranged in block form like an ancient Roman tablet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2008
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)

No-one admires your fears / Schuldt., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-58792-65314
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)

Notes on This Show / Price, Seth., 2006

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Identifier: CC-50501-71572
Dates: 2006
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)

Notes Written While on the Train.... / Evason, Greg., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-13850-14155
Dates: 1993
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)

Nous Sommes Tous Emigres / Chopin, Henri., 1971

 Item
Identifier: CC-19772-20159
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)

On the Cutting Edge / Skjei, M. ; Kalman T ; Lerner A ; Spencer H ; Brody N ; Glaser M ; Fella E ; Chermayeff I ; Rand P ; Makela S ; Carson D., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-33215-34845
Scope and Contents

Each page has a quotation from a well known designer. The aphorisms are set at the extreme top of the page, viz., the cutting edge. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998
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)

one cent: Expo '86. No.166/Sep / Norman Chadwick., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-05413-5516
Scope and Contents

Also designated GAP (Guardian Angel Press) No.37 that is also held by the Sackner Archive. The poem reads, "the bigger the spectacle - the bigger the boredom." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals(unprocessed)

Openings Press Card Series: uncorrect poem for henri chopin. No.4/Feb / Jiri Valoch., 1969

 Item
Identifier: CC-38126-40019
Scope and Contents

One copy is stored in Card Series box, the other copy in the Valoch box. -- 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: Periodicals(unprocessed)

Opus Maledictorum: A book of bad words / Aman, Reinhold., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-51063-72144
Scope and Contents

This volume includes" insults, slurs, curses, blasphemies, and other maledicta from around the world." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996
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)

Orworks: Tiny Cookie Monsters. No.163., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-05362-5465
Scope and Contents

Edited by Don Milliken. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals(unprocessed)

peace / Lumb, Michael., 2001

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Identifier: CC-58387-10001603
Dates: 2001
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)

Perservere / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1978

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Identifier: CC-12040-12263
Dates: 1978
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)

Philosophy / Caruso, Barbara., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-17044-17400
Dates: 1990
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)

Physical Language Laboratory, No. 3: Specimen/Kaddish, 1997

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CC-28027-29181
Scope and Contents

The poem object is a black egg placed in the bottom center of an acrylic jar. The title, Kaddish, is the Jewish prayer of mourning. At the base of the egg, a line of poetry by Walt Whitman is set in a spiral line. It reads,"All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier." The box is printed with the quote from an unidentified person, "...when she put out all her eyes from grief, they did not turn to fire but fell to earth as eggs..." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997
Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (processed) / PERIODICALS / NON-COMMERCIAL AND ARTIST PERIODICALS

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