Tom Ockerse (7 results)

Condition: Very good. - Squarish octavo [7-3/4 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide], soft cover bound in printed white wraps with a postage stamp incorporated into the title on the front wrap. The extremities of the wraps are slightly darkened with a few tiny stains to the front wrap & a small area of rubbing along the spine. Title & 13 full-page serigraphs [visual poems] in black & white plus a 1-page catalog of Tom Ockerse publications. Very good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. PoST ART by Tom Ockerse is an artist's book organized around postage stamps. The cover is a real stamp with type going across it. The inside is a series of enlarged postage stamps, many of famous American figures including Franklin, Washington, Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and others. 16 pages plus cover. Paper with stiff cover. Slight yellowing to the cover otherwise very good condition.

Condition: Fine. - Oblong octavo [6-1/2 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], soft cover bound in pictorial white wraps. The wraps are very lightly spotted. Title, [1] leaf & 16 black-and-white plates [visual poems]. Near fine. Number 112 of a limited edition of 300 copies.An author's note states: "documentracing has to do with the documenting of a real time / space event or object (television, printed matter, etc.) through the collecting of fragments (tracings) in a programmed manner.".

Condition: Very good. - Oblong octavo [6-1/2 inches high by 8-3/8 inches wide], soft cover bound in printed white wraps. The wraps are lightly spotted. Title, [1] leaf & 10 plates [visual poems]. There are 4 tiny pinholes to the front edge of each leaf. Very good. Number 96 of a limited edition of 300 copies.An author's note states: "documentracing has to do with the documenting of a real time / space event or object (television, printed matter, etc.) through the collecting of fragments (tracings) in a programmed manner.".

Saddle-stapled 8vo in pictorial wrappers printed in black throughout. Unpaginated [16 pp.]. Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition 'SPACE WINDOW*: Man in Space and Space in Art,' held September 14October 4, 1977, at Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University. Organized by Eve Vaterlaus and Joan Waltemath, the event included lectures, seminars, and stagings of objects connecting mail art with artifacts from space, including lunar soil, under the premise of "space is the connector of all things." The catalog, designed by Tom Ockerse, is meant to be read sideways, with the left half reading one way and the right half in the opposite direction, creating an interactive reading experience in which the book must be rotated 180° at each spread. With contributions by over ninety artists from twenty countries, including Dana Atchley, Eduard Bal, Eric Andersen, Anna Banana, Peter Van Beveren, Peter Below, Jorge Caraballo, Vaclav Vokolek, Bill Vazan, Lawrence Weiner, Stefan Weisser, The Western Dakota Junk Co., Miroslaw Wrobel, Timm Ulrichs, Janos Urban, Jirí Valoch, Edwin Varney, Regina Vater, Ernst Buchwalder, Paulo Bruscky, Ulises Carrión, Guglielmo Achille Cavellini, Hans Clavin, Buster Cleveland, Betty Coburn, S.I.R.Q. Works, R. Walter Sĝrensen, Soft Art Press/Max Bucher, Al Souza, Kishio Suga, Cosey Fanni Tutti, T. R. Uthco, Coum Transmission, Geoffrey Cook, Robin Crozier, Lowell Darling, Guillermo Deisler, Doo-da Postage Works, Steven Durland, Jerry Dreva, Jürgen Elsässer, Epistolary Stud Farm, Jas. W. Felter, A. M. Fine c/o Book Arts, Hervé Fisher, David Franks, Ruedi Schill, Guy Schraenen, Tomasz Schulz, Zdenek Sedlacek, Falves Silva, Ken Friedman, Bill Gaglione/Dadaland, John Furnival, Alan Gallett, Gamba, Peter Gengler, George in Georgia, Baron von Geraldo, Giancarlo Politi/Flash Art, Albrecht d./Reflection Press, G. J. de Rook, Ely Raman, Toshinori Saito, Ken Saville, Alexandra Gherban, Carlos Ginzburg, Jorge Glusberg/CAyC, Klaus Groh, Renee Van Halm, Bruce Helander, Mizukami, Yoshio Nakasima, Maurizio Nannucci, Tom Ockerse, Clemente Padín, Michele Perfetti, Pawel Petasz, Lisa Pomeroy, Gronk, Davi Det Hompson, Tohei Horijke, Brenda Huffman, Basia Irland, Ruth Jacoby, Ray Johnson, Miroslaw Klivar, Richard Kostelanetz, The Library of Art, Niels Lomholt/Lomholt Formular Press, Christoph Machert, Aaron Marcus, Frank Miele, Gerald Minkoff, and J. H. Kocman, whose contribution, or lack thereof, was a card titled 'JHK'S PARTICIPATIONABSENCECARD,' stating, "By means of this card I acknowledge my absence in: SPACE WINDOW." Artifact Vibration Score: 6.5. Rust to staples, mostly visible at middle spread. Else fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Ockerse, Tom (illustrator). Cloth/dust jacket Octavo. Dark green hardcover, gilt lettering on spine, dj, 130 pp Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Ockerse, Thomas 1.The A-Z Book New York: Colorcraft-Brussel Publishing, 1969. Square folio, title page + 48 pages alternating white and black pages on heavy stock with numerous cut-outs. Stiff printed wrappers. In original black box with printed title on top. All for edges of the top of box torn. - First edition. With red TOE rubber stamp at the bottom of first page. This book, first produced in 1965 as a limited edition of 25 silkscreened copies, uses die-cuts pages to offers an unfolding experience of concrete poetry from its letters revealed out of new relationships. Consequently the book became a natural part in numerous international exhibitions on concrete poetry and bookworks. Colorcraft-Brussel Publishing Company (CBPC*) reproduced and boxed an exact copy of the original book for an unnumbered offset edition. It won the AIGAs 50 Best Books Award in 1971. This unnumbered edition by CBPC (Lib. of Congress Card Nr: 74-101307), has fifty pages, 28 x 28 cm., printed black on white Mohawk Superfine stock, bound with a plastic comb binder. 2. Ockerse Thomas TIME: a documentracing by thomas ockerse Providence: Tom Ockerse edition, 1973. Octavo, un paginated, (120 pages), illustrated throughout. Illustrated front wrapper. - First edition One of 1000 numbered copies. This copy inscribed by Ockerse to Massimo Vignelli: To Massimo, and semiotics of the visual ! Tom documentracing has to do with the documenting of a real time/space event or object (television, printed matter, etc.) through the collecting of fragments (tracings) in a programmed manner. the gamelike process of confronting the programmes constraints with the selection of images has a true life of its own in that it forces constant change in the chance juxtaposition of symbols. The traced words and images (semiotic) of a verbivisual quality. .time is a result from duocumentracing the 29 october 1973 issue of time magazine. quote from small 3. DE-SIGN poster (91 x 28 cm) published on the occasion of the Graphic Design Summer Workshop, presented by the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, in the summer (June 18 July 27) of 1973. Providence: TOE (tom ockerse editions), 1973. - First edition. Inscribed on the rear by Tom Ockerse: Massimo, this just for the fun. T. The poster prints a statement about design with quotes by Martin Pawley and Robert Venturi. Includes list of faculty members: Thomas Ockerse (being the Full-time Director and Professor of graphic Design at the Rhode Island School of Design) , Robert Eberle, Kenneth Hiebert, Frank Volpitta, Ron Beckman, John Benson, Tom Geismar, Michael Graves, Malcolm Grear, Heiner Jacob, Constantine Karalis, Toshihiro Katayama, Aaron Marcus, Dietmar Winkler and Richard Wurman. Furthermore more practical information Admission + Eligibility, location and Housing + two attached application forms. 4. a TLS + addressed envelope with letterhead of the Rhode Island School of Design, dated January 21, 1982 in which Ockerse refers to a recent meeting with Massimo Vignelli and writes plans about a summer/seminar workshop. The last line in this letter Enclosed a couple of mementos for your collection, signed in pen Tom. Signed by Author(s).