In the archive, a significant bibliographic background accompanies the materials, and original documents (invitation cards, articles, sound recordings, publications, posters, photo-documentations, artworks) are available for research. The collection of experimental poetry–related periodicals is especially rich thanks to the personal contacts and correspondence with artists over the decades.
There are more than 80 international periodicals… loe rohkem
In the archive, a significant bibliographic background accompanies the materials, and original documents (invitation cards, articles, sound recordings, publications, posters, photo-documentations, artworks) are available for research. The collection of experimental poetry–related periodicals is especially rich thanks to the personal contacts and correspondence with artists over the decades.
There are more than 80 international periodicals referring to visual poetry from all over the world (for instance countries like Canada, Cuba, France, Italy, ex-Yugoslavian countries, and Hungary). Further topics connected to visual poetry can be found in the Artpool archive, like bookwork, artists’ publications, samizdat literature, performance art, and action art. The Artpool bookwork collection consists of nearly 1,000 items, including many editions of literary interest, focused on visuality, or dedicated to conceptual expression.
The archive contains documents of diverse character (such as posters, sound and video recordings, invitations, publications, photos, etc.) referring to visual or sound poetry events from the 1970s up to the present day.
The Artpool Art Research Center contributed to the promotion of experimental poetry in Hungary through its own publications. In addition to the catalogues published on the occasion of thematic events, Artpool informed the public about recent novelties in the contemporary art scene in regular periodicals (Pool Window, Artpool Letter). The samizdat art journal Artpool Letter was an up-to-date information source which also dealt with questions regarding marginalized underground art practices.
Major visual poetry periodicals in the Artpool archive:
Baobab (IT), Dialogi – Westeast (SVN), Dimensão (BR), Doc(k)s (FR), E/mana/azione (IT), Geiger (IT), Hangups (DE), Kladron (USA), Kontexts (NLD), Laza Lapok, Le Cahier du Refuge (FR), Lotta Poetica (IT), Magyar Műhely, Medium - Art. Kísérleti / irodalmi fórum, Orgon (ES), Ovum (URY), Poezja (konkretna) (PL), Signalizam (SRB), Signos (CUB), Shi-shi Concrete & Visual Poetry (JPN), Tam Tam (Rivista internazionale di poesia) (IT), UNI/vers(;) (DE), VEC– Visual, Experimental, Concrete (NDL).
In 2018, the archive holding included documents from a total of 182 international artists active in visual poetry and 53 in sound poetry. The bibliographic database contained 977 entries with the keywords “visual poetry” and 358 related to sound poetry.
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