la Biennale di Venezia : mostra di poesia concreta, Poesia concreta : Indirizzi, concreti, visuali e fonetici

[Venezia]: Stamperia di Venezia, 1969. Softcover 8vo in letter press printed black and white wrappers, with pages printed in black and white. 156 pp. Text in Italian. Very good with partial sunning to covers, including a faint spot at front, bumps to corners, and trace amounts of age toning throughout.

Catalogue published of the occasion of this concrete and visual poetry exhibition held at the Biennale di Venezia, Italy, September 25–October 10, 1969. Curated by Dietrich Mahlow and Arrigo Lora-Totino, the exhibition featured over seventy artists from across the world, including Pierre Albert-Birot, Guillaume Apollinaire, Alain Arias-Misson, Carlo Belloli, Max Bense, Mirella Bentivoglio, Jean-François Bory, Edgard Braga, Claus Bremer, Augusto de Campos, Haroldo de Campos, Henri Chopin, Bob Cobbing, Paul De Vree, Herman de Vries, Reinhard Döhl, Öyvind Fahlström, Heinz Gappmayr, Pierre Garnier, Mathias Goeritz, Eugen Gomringer, Bohumila Grögerová, José Lino Grünewald, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Raoul Hausmann, Dick Higgins, Josef Hirsal, Dom Sylvester Houédard, Ernst Jandl, Hiro Kamimura, Kitasono Katue, Jiri Kolár, Ferdinand Kriwet, Arrigo Lora-Totino, Stéphane Mallarmé, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Hansjörg Mayer, Franz Mon, Edwin Morgan, Maurizio Nannucci, bpNichol, Ladislav Novák, Décio Pignatari, Diter Rot (Dieter Roth), Gerhard Rühm, Aram Saroyan, Kurt Schwitters, Edward Lucie Smith, Mary Ellen Solt, Adriano Spatola, Vagn Steen, Shohachiro Takahashi, André Thomkins, Timm Ulrichs, Theo van Doesburg, Wolf Vostell, and Emmett Williams among others. Front cover adorned with Mathias Goeritz’ concrete poem ‘Die goldene Botschaft,’ which translates to 'The Golden Message.’ Includes texts by Franz Mon, Carlo Belloli, Arrigo Lora-Totino, and Umbro Apollonio, and short biographies of each contributing artists. Item #979

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