Implosion
Wedge Pamphlet 1
Kathy Acker
New York, NY : Wedge Press, Inc.. 1983

Implosion is a play which uses the French Revolution as its basis, with several stylish subplots that are erotic, historical, and fantastical. Illustrated by Mark Magill.

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$20.00

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From Partial Portrait
Pamphlet #7 of Wedge #3/4/5
Roberta Allen
New York, NY : Mariani & Wallis. 1983

Pamphlet of Roberta Allen's poetry about a relationship.

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$5.00

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Sterilization/Elimination
Pamphlet #3 of Wedge #3/4/5
Nan Becker
New York, NY : Mariani & Wallis. 1983

International highway signs post warning of sterilization abuse in Puerto Rico which is supported by U.S. government, medical and corporate structures. The book outlines eugenic logic and includes transcriptions of surgical sterilization procedures. Becker's graphic virtuosity supports and expands her hard fact reporting. Text in English and Spanish.

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$5.00

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Clio History
Pamphlet #8 of Wedge #3/4/5
Theresa Cha
New York, NY : Wedge Press, Inc.. 1982

Cha's book tells the story of Yu Guan Soon, a sixteen-year-old Korean girl who was an active revolutionay against the Japanese at the beginning of the 20th century. The book also includes a translation of a Korean government document from 1907, an exploration of the concept of "enemy," and the text of a petition from the Koreans of Hawaii to President Roosevelt.

Though the focus is mostly on this textual content, Clio History also features a black and white photograph of Yu Guan Soon, two pages of large chracters in brush script, and a page-spread of handwriting in English. The first page has the same seal-stamp as the cover, but in red ink. The cover itself is not bound to the book, but folded over the end-pages as a dust jacket.

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$2.50

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Bio-Music
Manfred L. Eaton
Barton, VT : Something Else Press. 1974

This pocket-sized edition reprints articles originally published in the experimental music journal Source that relate to the creation of music through human brain alpha waves. The introduction defines bio-music as "the term used by ORCUS research to describe a class of electronic systems that use biological potentials in feedback loops to produce powerful, predictable, repeatable, physiological / psychological states that can be controlled in real time." The research on employing sensory stimulation towards the creation of time-rhythmic sequences is imbued with an utopian desire to create art that reaches towards a deeper human consciousness.

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$10.00

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Beauty's Only Screen Deep
Pamphlet #10 of Wedge #3/4/5
John Fekner
New York, NY : Mariani & Wallis. 1983

Beauty's Only Screen Deep is an earnest call to action for readers to resist the lure of the "blue glow of the television set" and the "green fluorescence from the computer monitor." With photographs documenting Feckner's public art projects from the early 1980s and text describing some of the projects and the dissent that inspired them.

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$6.00

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Hidden Away in a Musty Chamber
Pamphlet #5 of Wedge #3/4/5
Matthew Geller
New York, NY : Mariani & Wallis. 1983

Hidden Away in a Musty Chamber examines the way in which television sets were first introduced to the American family as pieces of furniture. It begins with a photograph of Walter Cronkite next to the caption "I'm the type of man you would invite into your home" and then quickly turns into a 1950s catalog advertising various models of television sets, including the long-forgotten Duoscope, which allowed two people to watch two different programs by wearing polarized glasses and hearing devices.

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Evening Tomorrow's Here Today Since The Hornet Flies I Triangle
Pamphlet #11 of Wedge #3/4/5
Candace Hill
New York, NY : Mariani & Wallis. 1983

A series of photographs taken from the associated press and from Hill's own life and work overlaid with poetic typewritten texts examining racial issues in the USA.

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$5.00

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Time Outs
Nancy Holt
Rochester, NY : Visual Studies Workshop. 1985

Stemming from her love of TV sporting events as a child, Holt pairs photographs of televised football games with texts containing excerpts from the interviews and commentaries broadcast during the games in this paperback book.

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$10.00

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Echo-logy
Allan Kaprow
New York, NY : D'Arc Press. 1975

This book photo-documents this Alan Kaprow performance piece carried out by Kaprow and others at a stream in Far Hill, New Jersey and is concerned with natural processes, the movement of wind, water, and sound, and human interaction with them. Formatted in panels with a brief text description of each action, the document reads like a Fotonovella.

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$20.00

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Rates of Exchange
Allan Kaprow
New York, NY : D'Arc Press. 1975

Directions for and documentation of three choreographed conversations in which couples share information through tape-recorded messages. These exchanges took place in New York City in 1975 at the private homes of the couples who participated.

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$20.00

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