Eugene Gomringer - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk AVANT-GARDES Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:09:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-nTKdHdZI-1-1-32x32.png Eugene Gomringer - Unoriginal Sins https://unoriginalsins.co.uk 32 32 SIX CONCRETE POEMS. 1967. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/six-concrete-poems-1967/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=six-concrete-poems-1967 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/six-concrete-poems-1967/#respond Fri, 16 Jun 1967 08:53:57 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?p=18140 Brighton: Brighton Festival, 1967

13 x 19cm, printed manilla envelope content of six artist designed cards. Finlay has Star Steer and there are other works by Augusto de Campos, Eugene Gomringer, Jose Lino Gruynewald, Dom Sylvester Housedard, Gerhard Ruehm. There is also an English translation of "From Line to Constellation" by Eugen Gomringer - a manifesto of sorts from 1954.



It is worth noting that Finlay is here amongst those regarded as the giants of the visual poetry movement - a movement that became most prominent in South America but by 1963 Finlay was also producing such works and here is recognised his prominence in the British scene.


All VG in envelope that has a few marks on the back and is stamped "School of graphics Chelsea School of Art".

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13 x 19cm, printed manilla envelope content of six artist designed cards. Finlay has Star Steer and there are other works by Augusto de Campos, Eugene Gomringer, Jose Lino Gruynewald, Dom Sylvester Housedard, Gerhard Ruehm. There is also an English translation of From Line to Constellation by Eugen Gomringer – a manifesto of sorts from 1954.

It is worth noting that Finlay is here amongst those regarded as the giants of the visual poetry movement – a movement that became most prominent in South America but by 1963 Finlay was also producing such works and here is recognised his prominence in the British scene.

All VG in envelope that has a few marks on the back and is stamped “School of graphics Chelsea School of Art”.

The post SIX CONCRETE POEMS. 1967. appeared first on Unoriginal Sins.]]> https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/six-concrete-poems-1967/feed/ 0 POTH (POOR OLD TIRED HORSE) NR 10. 1963. https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/poth-poor-old-tired-horse-nr-10-1963/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poth-poor-old-tired-horse-nr-10-1963 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/poth-poor-old-tired-horse-nr-10-1963/#respond Fri, 15 Nov 1963 11:43:58 +0000 https://unoriginalsins.co.uk/?p=18076 Edinburgh; Wild Hawthorne Press, 1963

26 x 21cm, 4pp. The ninth tenth of Finlay’s poetry publication with contributions by Robert Frame, Finlay himself, Eugene Gomringer, Anselan Hollo, Dom Sylvester Houedard, Robert Lax and Edwin Morgan. This number was printed in part red on white and was designated by Finlay as "the Concrete number" and all the poems included can be regarded as such. There is an abstract illustration by Robert Frame as an insert (printed b/w).

ALSO INSERTED:

FROM BURGOS JAIL.

29.5 x 19.5cm, 1pp. Folded. Promotional leaflet printed green and black on white published by Appeal for Amnesty in Spain: for a poetry book protesting fascist political prisoners under Franco.

This was the first issue to break with the previous size format - thereafter while most numbers were 26 x 21cm, some were smaller or even oblong. New printing techniques were being used also - the earliest numbers of POTH were laid up using pretty much only type - these slightly later numbers were pasted up and some typesetting also used (which allowed more flexibility in design and made reproducing visual and concrete works more easy (and accurate).

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One poem by Morgan on the back page was mistakenly corrected by the printer (Gaol was corrected to Goal) so each copy was hand altered to indicate the correct format - it should have been thus:

BRAZILIAN "FOOTBALL"

1958 - Goal! Goal! Goal!

1962 - Goal! Goal! Goal!

1964 - Gaol! Gaol! Gaol!

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26 x 21cm, 4pp. The ninth tenth of Finlay’s poetry publication with contributions by Robert Frame, Finlay himself, Eugene Gomringer, Anselan Hollo, Dom Sylvester Houedard, Robert Lax and Edwin Morgan. This number was printed in part red on white and was designated by Finlay as “the Concrete number” and all the poems included can be regarded as such. There is an abstract illustration by Robert Frame as an insert (printed b/w).
ALSO INSERTED:
FROM BURGOS JAIL.
29.5 x 19.5cm, 1pp. Folded. Promotional leaflet printed green and black on white published by Appeal for Amnesty in Spain: for a poetry book protesting fascist political prisoners under Franco.

This was the first issue to break with the previous size format – thereafter while most numbers were 26 x 21cm, some were smaller or even oblong. New printing techniques were being used also – the earliest numbers of POTH were laid up using pretty much only type – these slightly later numbers were pasted up and some typesetting also used (which allowed more flexibility in design and made reproducing visual and concrete works more easy (and accurate).

*********

One poem by Morgan on the back page was mistakenly corrected by the printer (Gaol was corrected to Goal) so each copy was hand altered to indicate the correct format – it should have been thus:

BRAZILIAN “FOOTBALL”

1958 – Goal! Goal! Goal!

1962 – Goal! Goal! Goal!

1964 – Gaol! Gaol! Gaol!

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