M26475: Spatial Poem No. 4

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M26475

People

Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi, Japanese (Okayama, Japan born 1938)
Designed by George Maciunas, American (Kaunas, Lithuania 1931 - 1978 Boston, MA)
Published by Fluxus, American

Title

Spatial Poem No. 4

Classification

Multiples

Work Type

multiple

Date

1973

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/29150

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Plastic box containing microfilm, plastic hand viewer, and printed/typed card

Technique

Mixed technique

Dimensions

box: 6.6 x 6.6 x 5.1 cm (2 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Barbara Moore, Bound/Unbound, New York, New York, partial gift partial purchase; to Harvard University Art Museums, June 28, 2005.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

S. 413

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Barbara and Peter Moore Fluxus Collection, Margaret Fisher Fund and gift of Barbara Moore/Bound & Unbound

Accession Year

2005

Object Number

M26475

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

This edition contains the documentation of Shiomi's "Shadow Event", in which participants were instructed to "project the shadow of the letters S H A D O W of the enclosed film." The documentation was then (fittingly) editioned on microfilm with a small plastic hand viewer by Maciunas. Although Shiomi created nine "Spatial Poems", only the first four were published as Fluxus editions.

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