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Eight pages from "Artificiata I" by Manfred Mohr, a visual poetry artist book, with a preface by Pierre Barbaud, Agentzia Publisher, Paris 1969

Artificiata I was my first artist book. The drawings for the book made in 1968/1969 were my last drawings before I started using the computer in my work in 1969. I called the book Artificiata I because I saw it as an artificial visual sonata and felt I would make a second book Artificiata II when I started using the computer. I actually didn't make this second book Artificiata II until I returned to some of these ideas in 2012.

Manfred Mohr: Artificiata I from A.I.Po.Ex. on Vimeo.

International Archive of Experimental Poetry and Other Intermedia, from the archives of Fernando Millán

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Drawings for Artificiata I (1968), visual poetry artist book shown at Carroll / Fletcher Gallery, London Feb 12 - April 2, 2016

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Drawings for Artificiata I (1968), visual poetry artist book in show "Sounds / Codes / Images: Audio Experimentation in the Visual Arts" at Prague City Gallery, June 4 - October 13, 2019. Photo courtesy: Martin Biskup, Prague