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By Alvaro Seica, 19 February, 2016

Almanacco Letterario Bompiani 1962

Publication Type
Issue of a journal
Editor
Sergio Morando
Year
Publisher
V. Bompiani e C
URL
Almanacco Letterario Bompiani 1962 (Full PDF via Post-Digital Publishing Archiv…
WorldCat Permalink
Almanacco letterario : 1962 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25694226
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All Rights reserved
Record Status
Approved record
Tags
electronic calculator
combinatory poetry
digital poetry
literature
Abstract (in English)

A periodical about the theme of electronic calculators and computers applied to moral sciences and literature, subtitled "Le applicazioni dei calcolatori elettronici alle scienze morali e alla letteratura".

"Tape Mark I" appears published here for the first time (pp. 145-151).

The 324-page collection contains works by Nanni Balestrini, Giovanni Anceschi, Silvio Ceccato, Umberto Eco, Karl Gerstner, Bruno Munari, Dieter Rot, among other authors.

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Tape Mark I

Content type
Creative Work
Author
Nanni Balestrini
Year
Appears in
Almanacco Letterario Bompiani 1962
Publisher
V. Bompiani e C
Download URL
Tape Mark I (via GAMMM)
Language
Italian
Publication Type
Application
Print publication
Platform/Software
IBM 7070
License
All Rights reserved
Record Status
Revisions required
Tags
generated poetry
electronic calculator
combinatory
Description (in English)

The early “Tape Mark” poems by Nanni Balestrini (1961) appropriate texts by Lao Tzu (Tao Te Ching), Paul Goldwin (The Mystery of the Elevator), and Michihito Hachiya (Hiroshima Diary). (Source: C.T. Funkhouser 2007: 12) The Cybernetic Serendipity catalog reports that the operations involved withbthe successful production of Balestrini’s “Tape Mark” poems required the author to create 322 punched cards and 1,200 instructions into the computer (Balestrini, “Tape Mark I” 55). (Source: C.T. Funkhouser 2007: 278)

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