Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos

This collection of materials from the Fernardo Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts contains drawings, paintings, collages, photographs, correspondence, manuscripts, poetry, essays, and screenplays created and collected by Argentinian filmmaker and artist, Fernando Birri. Several of Birri’s diaries are collected here as well.

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"Al dar vuelta este papel…" de Cuaderno de Bitácora - Dibujo

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Immediate Source of Acquisition note: E1.1
Digital object made available by : Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts , Box A, …

Contributor:

Birri, Fernando, 1925-

Subject:

Poetry

Language:

Spanish

Collection:

Performance and Entertainment

Brown University Library

Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas & Escritos

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(Inventor en sueños) Colores arrugados. [(Inventor Dreaming) Wrinkled Colors].

Description:: Vitral astillado o para un manicomio [Shattered Stained Glass or for an Asylum]. Highly abstract mixed media drawing on a textured background.
Year:: 1984
Contributor:: Birri, Fernando, 1925-2017 (Creator)
Subject:: Art, Abstract; Glass painting and staining; Rome (Italy)
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Brown University Library; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri; Performance and Entertainment; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos

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A ponte clandestina. Experiment Braunschweig [The clandestine bridge. Experiment Braunschweig].

Description:: Mixed-media drawing covered in scribbled handwriting and radiating lines in various colors. A large, black-rimmed eye dominates the center of the work.
Year:: 1993
Contributor:: Birri, Fernando, 1925-2017 (Creator)
Subject:: Bridges; Eye
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Brown University Library; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri; Performance and Entertainment; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos

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A slide from L’Occhio, Il Lupo, La Luna Nell’Imbuto Cosmico [The Eye, the Wolf, the Moon in the Cosmic Funnel]. Luciano Valleta (photographer), Gianni Nocenzi (music composer).

Description:: Hammer and sickle with a yellow star. Reproduced from slide. Fernando Birri coined the term Cosmunism by blending cosmos and communism to express a utopian …
Year:: 1974
Contributor:: Birri, Fernando, 1925-2017 (Creator)
Subject:: Collage; Hammer & sickle--1960-1980; Rome (Italy)
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Performance and Entertainment; Brown University Library; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri

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Adiós: experiencia poetica escrita en Sa Pereyra de Santa Fe

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Description:

Immediate Source of Acquisition note: E1.1
Digital object made available by : Brown University Library, John Hay Library, University Archives and Manuscripts , Box A, …

Year:

1945

Contributor:

Birri, Fernando, 1925-

Subject:

Poetry

Language:

Spanish

Collection:

Brown University Library

Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Escritos

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Ahora sé lo que quiere decir llagado de amor yo estoy [Now I Know What “Wounded by Love Means” I Am].

Description:: Typewritten poem by Fernando Birri
Contributor:: Fernando Birri (Creator)
Subject:: Spanish poetry
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Performance and Entertainment; Brown University Library; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri

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Anticamera (e) del labirinto del minotauro. Hoja explicativa para el montaje de las hojas Nº 125 - 1,2,3,4 [Antechamber of the Labyrinth of the Minotaur].

Description:: Explanatory Sheet for the Display of Sheets No. 125 - 1,2,3,4], J. Pencil and crayon on paper.
Year:: 1977
Contributor:: Fernando Birri (Creator)
Subject:: Labyrinths; Minotaur (Greek mythological character)
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Brown University Library; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri; Performance and Entertainment; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos

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Apoyarse en la nada [Leaning on Nothing].

Description:: Ink and pastel on paper.
Year:: 1983
Contributor:: Fernando Birri (Creator)
Subject:: Art, Abstract; Rome, Italy
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Brown University Library; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri; Performance and Entertainment; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos

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Apoyarse en la nada [Leaning on Nothing].

Description:: Marker on paper.
Year:: 1983
Contributor:: Fernando Birri (Creator)
Subject:: Signs and signboards; Rome, Italy
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Performance and Entertainment; Brown University Library; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri

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Arcano Mayor y Menor o Maestro y Discípulo .Espejismos del Karibe [Major and Minor Arcana or Master and Disciple. Mirages of the Caribbean series].

Description:: Pastel and charcoal on paper.
Year:: 1990
Contributor:: Fernando Birri (Creator)
Subject:: Celestial bodies; Grotesques; Cuba
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Brown University Library; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri; Performance and Entertainment; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos

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Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae installation photographs.

Description:: Photos of the installation and performance of Fernando Birri: Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae, Osnabrück: European Media Art Festival, 1992. The European Media Art Festival …
Year:: 1992
Contributor:: Birri, Fernando, 1925-2017 (Creator)
Subject:: European Media Art Festival; Performance art; Osnabrück (Germany)
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Performance and Entertainment; Brown University Library; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri

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Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae.

Description:: Original piece created for Fernando Birri: Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany, 1992. Collage and pastel on black paper.
Year:: 1992
Contributor:: Birri, Fernando, 1925-2017 (Creator)
Subject:: Mixed media (Art); Penis in art; Osnabrück (Germany)
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Brown University Library; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri; Performance and Entertainment; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos

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Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae.

Description:: Photocopy of collage. Original piece created for Fernando Birri: Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae, European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany, 1992.
Year:: 1992
Contributor:: Birri, Fernando, 1925-2017 (Creator)
Subject:: Collage; European Media Art Festival; Osnabrück (Germany)
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Brown University Library; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri; Performance and Entertainment; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos

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Así [This Way].

Description:: Handwritten poem by Fernando Birri
Year:: 1976
Contributor:: Fernando Birri (Creator)
Subject:: Penis in Art; Totems
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Performance and Entertainment; Brown University Library; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri

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Autorretrato de Fernando como pobre hombre [Self-portrait of Fernando as a poor man].

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Description:: Self portrait of Fernando Birri. Black and turquoise color marker on paper. Hotel Nacional de La Habana.
Year:: 1982
Contributor:: Birri, Fernando, 1925-2017 (Creator)
Subject:: Fernando Birri; Self-portraits; Havana (Cuba)
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Performance and Entertainment; Brown University Library; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri

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Baco audiovisivo [Audiovisual Bacchus].

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Description:: Marker on paper.
Year:: 1983
Contributor:: Fernando Birri (Creator)
Subject:: Art, Abstract; Rome, Italy
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Brown University Library; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri; Performance and Entertainment; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos

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Cento quadri in uno ó El encuadrador [One Hundred Paintings in One or The Framer].

Description:: Mixed media on paper.
Year:: 1984
Contributor:: Fernando Birri (Creator)
Subject:: Art, Abstract; Rome, Italy
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Performance and Entertainment; Brown University Library; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri

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Ci sono cose più antiche di noi - II. Volatilizzazzione [There Are Things Older Than Us - II. Volatilization].

Description:: Geometric mandala drawn on graph paper.
Year:: 1979
Contributor:: Birri, Fernando, 1925-2017 (Creator)
Subject:: Geometry; Mandalas
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Performance and Entertainment; Brown University Library; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri

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Collage de fotografías que documentan la producción de la película experimental ORG. [Collage of photographs documenting the production of the experimental film ORG.]

Description:: Settimio Presutto, a longtime collaborator of Fernando Birri, served as director of cinematography and took on multiple roles during the nearly ten years of production. …
Contributor:: Fernando Birri (Creator)
Subject:: Cinematography; Film festivals
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Performance and Entertainment; Brown University Library; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri

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Collage possibly created for the experimental film ORG.

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Description:: Note by Fernnado Birri: Collage con universo de fondo pintado a mano, luna, beso, retablo/teatrillo de títeres (para ORG?) [Collage using film still and magazine …
Contributor:: Fernando Birri (Creator)
Subject:: Astronauts; Celestial bodies
Language:: Spanish; English
Collection:: Brown University Library; Hay Exhibits; A Pictorial Dragon, the Art of Fernando Birri; Performance and Entertainment; Fernando Birri Archive of Multimedia Arts - Pinturas, Fotos, Escritos

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