Semina
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Semina was an influential avant-garde literary and art journal created and edited by American artist Wallace Berman in the 1950s and 1960s, known for its experimental, collage-like format and association with the Beat and West Coast counterculture.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
avant-garde literary and art journal
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little magazine ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
assemblage
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collage ⓘ handmade production ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Beat poetry
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Kabbalah imagery ⓘ West Coast bohemian culture ⓘ esotericism ⓘ |
| circulation | very limited ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Wallace Berman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionMethod |
mailed to friends and collaborators
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privately distributed ⓘ |
| editor | Wallace Berman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstIssuePublicationYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| format |
collage-like layout
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loose-leaf pages in envelope ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde literature
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concrete poetry ⓘ visual art ⓘ |
| influenced |
artists’ books movement
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experimental small-press publishing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastIssuePublicationYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| medium |
letterpress printing
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offset printing ⓘ photographic reproduction ⓘ |
| movement |
Beat Generation
NERFINISHED
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California assemblage ⓘ West Coast counterculture ⓘ underground press ⓘ |
| notableContributor |
Allen Ginsberg
NERFINISHED
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Bruce Conner NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Bukowski NERFINISHED ⓘ Dean Stockwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Dennis Hopper NERFINISHED ⓘ George Herms NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Kerouac NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael McClure NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Lamantia NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Duncan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfIssues | 9 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
Los Angeles
NERFINISHED
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San Francisco Bay Area NERFINISHED ⓘ Topanga Canyon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ |
| publisher | Wallace Berman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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