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This issue is contains materials from a symposium on the work and life of Greg Curnoe held May 11-12, 2001. Concurrently, there was an exhibition held jointly by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto, "Greg Curnoe: Life & Stuff." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This anthology of poems for most part published in the 60s representing four present tendencies of poetry-Metapoetry: the Poetry of changes, Language Happenings (Concrete & Intermedia Poetry), Found Poetry & the 'Poetry of Survival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The calligraphic drawing was done by Laura Aga-Rossi. Charles was the co-inventor with Edison of the phonograph. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The works depicted in this exhibition catalogue are part of the Theatre Box series of the mid 1970's to the current pyramid works of 1996. The Sackner Archive purchased a "Pyramid ecstasy exercizes" plexiglas sculpture that is similar to those illustrated in the catalogue. Marc Dachy provided an introductory essay. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackner Archive holds a plexiglas box in the "Pyramid Ecstasy Exercizes" series of 1996 similar to the one pictured on the catalogue cover. Marc Dachy contributed a biographical essay tracing the poetic works of Arias-Misson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Phillips writes a brilliant review of David Hockney's book on rediscovering the lost techniques of the old masters using lenses, mirrors and darkened rooms for The Times Literary Supplement. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Dencker has compiled a tour de force of writings, references and examples of visible language from prehistory to the present. It is accompanied by extensive footnotes of documentation asnd references. Although the text is written in German, the images still guide the reader as to the cultural impact of his well-chosen examples. He has described the writings of the most important world-wide individuals in this field while featuring German speaking writers. Omissions of influential American poets/artists include d.a. levy, John Giorno, Barbara Kruger and Paul Laffoly. The index in this book lists the birth and death dates for several individuals. Several works held by the Sackner Archive are reproduced in the book. These include among others Charles Cameron's poem for rose-marie cahc (1965) depicted in Experiencias No.2 (1975); Eino Ruutsalo's story board for the film, "ABC," (1967) [different original story board for same film held by Sackner Archive]; Konrad Balder Schauffelin's...

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This book is number 5 in Word & Image Interactions. REgine Rapp contributes a chapter "Tango with Cows: Russian Futurist Book Art" in which she analyzes the book work of poet and artist Vasily Kamensky, a member of the group called Hylaea. Claus Cluver's essay "Mini-Icons: Letterforms, Logos , Logopoems" refers to the work of the Brazilian poets. Alan Prohm contributes an essay "Resources for a Poetics of Visual Poetry." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Cobbing discusses the early concrete poems of Ian Hamilton Finlay, John Furnival, Kenelm Cox, Dom Sylvester Houedard, and Tom Edmonds in depth. This essay is unbpubished. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This second volume of the catalogue mainly documents the Congress held in conjunction with the exhibition. It includes a congress summary by Kornelia Roder. There are also essays by Geza Perneczky, Karol Sauerland, Piotr Rypson, Guy Schraenen, Karla Sachse, Joachim Blank, and Balint Szombathy on the political-cultural-artistic implications of Mail Art. The catalogue contains a transcription of a panel discussion on Mail Art. The participants included Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, Klaus Groh, Leonard Frank Duch, Joseph H. Huber, Thomas Schulz, Birger Jesch, Hans-Ruedi Fricker, and Uwe Warnke. The catalogue reprints reviews of the exhibition. Four pages of calligraphic concrete poetry, entitled "Mnemonic Scores" by Valeri Scherstjanoi begin this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This exhibition, curated by Kornelia Roder, provides an extensive review of Mail Art examples and exhibitions in Eastern Europe. It is well documented with respect to visuals and text. Several practitioners have contributed essays. Among them, Guy Schraenen's "Addressee Unknown" is particularly relevant to the field. He writes, "Although Mail Art was influenced by visual and concrete poetry, a language of pictures internationally understood, it was English that became the language of Mail Art right from the start. This is the reason why you speak of Mail Art rather than of Art Postal, Arte Postale, Arte Correo or Postkunst...Postal items to unknown addressees have created a circle of related minds. Such ties are the grandeur of a worldwide movement of communication. But Mail Art is only a facet of it. Mail Art used to be a fashion, and as a fashion it will again disappear. It has, however enriched the international art scene by numerous works which otherwise would have been...

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In their introductory essay, "A Fair Field Full of Folk," the editors write about Bob Cobbing as follows: "Cobbing, a resourceful and tireless arts and workshop organizer and publisher, established his radical press Writers Forum in 1954, in 1963 putting its output on a more established and consistent footing, producing cheap mimeographed pamphlets of experimental writing and concrete poetry with great persistence. In his own work he was developing the fusion of visual and aural performance elements that make him a consistent force within British poetry. His re-defining of the nature of the 'text' - as shown by work in this anthology - remains extreme and radical today." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.