2022-07-19 Guide to the Baron Von Geraldo and John M. Bennett Visual Poetry Collaborations, 2003-2010 SPEC.RARE.0146 Finding aid prepared by Audrey Wimbiscus Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2022-07-19T12:53-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Baron Von Geraldo and John M. Bennett Visual Poetry Collaborations SPEC.RARE.0146 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.2 Cubic feet 2003-2010 Baron Von Geraldo is an artist and poet; John M. Bennett is an American experimental visual poet and mail artist. As of 2022, Bennett and Baron collaborate on visual poems. The Baron Von Geraldo and John M. Bennett Visual Poetry Collaborations, dating 2003-2010, consists of visual poetry created collaboratively by the two men, as well as incidental collaborations with other visual poets, and email correspondence between Baron, Bennett, and others. This correspondence describes the iterative process of creating collaborative visual poetry, and how it changes with each addition by different poets. (1) 2.5" letter document box English Baron Bennett, John M. Arrangement of Materials

Materials are arranged in chronological order.

 Acquisitions Information

Donated by: Baron Von Geraldo, date unknown

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Baron Von Geraldo and John M. Bennett Visual Poetry Collaborations, SPEC.RARE.0146, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains compact discs.

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 Biographical Note

Baron Von Geraldo, also known as Gerald Karlovec or Baron (1941-) is an artist and poet. He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1965 with his Bachelors in Fine Arts, and then attended Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), where he graduated with his Masters in 1967. Throughout the course of his career, he taught art in the Cleveland public school system, at CWRU, and at the Cleveland Museum of Art. From 1975-1986, Baron primarily worked with the medium of mail art; after that time, he began focusing on visual poetry, and as of 2022, it is still his primary artistic medium.

John M. Bennett is an American experimental visual poet, and participates in the mail art community. He was also the curator of the Avant Writing Collection at the Ohio State University Libraries. As of 2022, Bennett and Baron still collaborate on visual poems.

 Scope and Contents

The Baron Von Geraldo and John M. Bennett Visual Poetry Collaborations, dating 2003-2010, consists of visual poetry created collaboratively by the two men, as well as incidental collaborations between Baron, Bennett, Jim Leftwich, Ficus Strangulensis, Luc Fierens, Peter Ganick, and other visual poets. Physical and digital visual poetry collaborations are represented in this collection. The collection also contains email correspondence between Baron, Bennett, and others. This correspondence describes the iterative process of creating collaborative visual poetry, and how it changes with each addition by different poets.

 Related Materials Luc Fierens Collage Visual Poetry Jukka-Pekka Kervinen Visual Poetry Peter Ganick Collection Jim Leftwich Papers John M. Bennett Correspondence Ficus strangulensis Collection John M. Bennett Correspondence Collection Baron Bennett, John M. Fierens, Luce Ganick, Peter Kervinen, Jukka-Pekka Strangulensis, Ficus, 1942- Artists--21st century Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--21st century Compact discs Correspondence Male artists--Ohio--21st century Visual poetry Visual poetry, American--Ohio--21st century Visual poetry 1 1 2003-2005 Collaborations 1 1 2006 April 13 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Compact disc

 Collaborations 1 2 2006 July 13 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Compact disc

 Collaborations 1 3 2006 July Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Compact disc

 Collaborations 1 4 2006 November 5 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Compact disc

 Collaborations 1 5 2006 November 20 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Compact disc

 Nikonova (Rea) & Baron "Nine Reas Dancing" 1 2 2006 "popcorn" 1 3 2006 Visual poetry 1 4 2007 Visual poetry 1 5 2007-2010 "Pistol Packin' Dada" 1 6 2008 January Visual poetry 1 7 2008 January "laal" 1 8 2008 March