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Concrete! : the Ruth & Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Padded Cell Pictures ; produced & directed by Sara Sackner.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Sackner, Sara, director, producer.
Sackner, Marvin A., 1932-2020, commentator.
Sackner, Ruth, commentator.
Phillips, Tom, 1937-2022, commentator.
Drucker, Johanna, 1952- commentator.
DuPont, Albert, 1951- commentator.
Padded Cell Pictures, producer, distributor.
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Sackner, Ruth.
Sackner, Marvin A., 1932-2020.
Letter-pictures.
Concrete poetry.
Visual poetry.
Sackner, Marvin A., 1932-2020--Art collections.
Sackner, Marvin A.
Sackner, Ruth--Art collections.
Art--Private collections--Florida--Miami Beach.
Art.
Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry.
Art--Private collections.
Art museums.
Florida--Miami Beach.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Interviews.
Video recordings.
Penn Provenance:
Ruth and Marvin Sackner (gift)
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Other Title:
Ruth & Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry
Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry
Place of Publication:
[Ojai, Calif.] : Padded Cell Pictures, [2003]
Language Note:
Commentary by artist Albert Dupont in French, subtitled in English.
System Details:
DVD.
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Summary:
"Ruth and Marvin Sackner share their love of words and images with an intimate tour of their Miami Beach home/museum -- the largest private collection of its kind. Over sixty thousand objects from around the world speak volumes about a compulsive and joyful life of collecting art, poetry, and artist books"--Container.
Participant:
Narrators: Ruth Sackner, Marvin Sackner.
Featured artists: Tom Phillips, Johanna Drucker, Albert Dupont.
Credits:
Director of photography, Hamid Shams; editors, Sara Sackner, Andrew Behar, music, Terry Riley, Arnold Dryblatt.
OCLC:
259235529

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