File LA.SC158.f57 - Notes on 1970s Projects and Nihilist Spasm Band photo

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LA.SC158.f57

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Notes on 1970s Projects and Nihilist Spasm Band photo

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  • [197-] (Creation)

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1 folder textual records and graphic material : 1 B&W photograph on paper ; 20x28 cm

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(1940-)

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File consists of approximately 37 loose papers with typed and handwritten notes, as well as 1 B&W photograph printed on paper of the Nihilist Spasm Band. The writings include a draft of an article titled "The Rise and Fall of a Technology (1973)," "The 4th Level of Machines," "the concretization of Functioning," "Hypothetical engine #2," a diagram for a possible project called "Sound Optics," a list of topics to study "for acoustic optics," a movie idea from 1971, a draft of a letter to Manfred Schnechenburger, a draft of an "Explanation about Work and Intentions," a page of typed writing titled "Synthetic (1973)," notes on "Saw Tooth Evolution", a list of "Works to be Completed 1975," and some pages of notes relating to a "Hypothetical Chessboard" dated to July 1974.

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  • English

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