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Visual poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4847 Collections and/or Records:

Horrendo Man I / Torres, Edwin., 1984 - 2012

 Item
Identifier: CC-53725-12978
Scope and Contents

Torres wrote to the Sackners that the drawing for this print was a calligraphic comic made with black & red india ink, rapidograph pen, x-acto blade, enamel coated glossy paper, glue. It depicts meticulously precise letterforms with minimally rendered characters in freeform angles offset by geometrics.The text was inspired by rap music, H-Man is a superhero-Buddha fighting war with peace in sound bites as follows. Look...it's Horrendo Man. "Amma break yo face!" "Amma break yo case!" Just wait now, fellas! "Amma git'ma gun!" "Ammo keel ya!" Hey mates, don't gestulate... you gotta R.B. so just postulate! Amma king a calm, that's no brag-a-dag, bro! Chill, you mutual quads, you facin' Horrendo! -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984 - 2012

Horrendo Man II / Torres, Edwin., 1984 - 2012

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Identifier: CC-53726-642804
Scope and Contents

In a communication to the Sackners, Torres states that this print is a calligraphic comic made by scanning the original drawing that used black & red india ink, rapidograph pen, x-acto blade, enamel coated glossy paper, and glue with meticulously precise letterforms with minimally rendered characters in freeform angles offset by geometrics. The text was inspired by rap music, H-Man meets his villain BauBug with a cryptic "to be continued" at the end. Horrendo Man meets Bau-Bug. Don't be callin' me no louse. Amma froma BauHouse. Amma muncha people,too! Bau-Bug is afta you! "Translate the slate, Jack...that bug is wack!" Hey mates, constructivate, Moholy-Nagy's no holy fate! This Mister Motown's onna motel kick. He's an overgrown Geometric. "Pardon me, Si Cumference...go drug yo jug. If radiance could fly, it be I...Bau-Bug!" 2-B Scene -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984 - 2012

Hot Bird Mfg: Ten From Nice. No.14/Mar / John Evans., 1991

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Identifier: CC-09148-9329
Scope and Contents

Edited by Ray DiPalma. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

How to Imagine: A Narrative on Art and Agriculture / Baruchello, Gianfranco ; Martin, Henry., 1983

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Identifier: CC-23262-23701
Scope and Contents

The drawing was done by Gianfranco Baruchello. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

How to Make a Humument / Schwenger, Peter; Phillips T., 1994

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Identifier: CC-02811-2854
Scope and Contents

This is the manuscript of a talk on Tom Phillips' "A Humument" delivered by Schwenger before The Modern Language Association in a session that dealt with "Peritext" - all that surrounds a text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Howdy[CR]Howdy! / Jackman, Sandra., 2000

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Identifier: CC-34472-36169
Scope and Contents

The card consists of several small drawings of people encountered during the Sandra Jackman's visit to the Prado Musem in Madrid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

HPY BIRTHDAY Ruth Sackner / Helmes, Scott., 2001

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Identifier: CC-46725-49455
Scope and Contents

Each card was sent to Ruth Sackner at a different time and with a single letter in random order. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Human Documents: Tom Phillips's Art of the Page / Phillips, Tom ; Sackner MA ; Traister D., 1993

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Identifier: CC-39116-41058
Scope and Contents

The exhibition was curated by Daniel Traister who contributed a critical essay. Marvin Sackner wrote the preface, "Humumentism": The Works and Ideas of Tom Phillips. Sackner coined a word, "Humumentism" to signify the art form of Tom Phillips, one that intregrates humanistic activities through individual creative thought that falls outside the current popular conception of artistic presentations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Human Documents: Tom Phillips's Art of the Page / Phillips, Tom ; Sackner MA ; Traister D., 1993

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Identifier: CC-04486-4571
Scope and Contents

The exhibition was curated by Daniel Traister who contributed a critical essay. Marvin Sackner wrote the preface, "Humumentism": The Works and Ideas of Tom Phillips. Sackner coined a word, "Humumentism" to signify the art form of Tom Phillips, one that intregrates humanistic activities through individual creative thought that falls outside the current popular conception of artistic presentations. The works to the exhibition were lent by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993