Plah plah pli plah
Contributors: Alatalo, Sally, book designer, photographer; Sara Ranchouse Publishing
Publisher: Sara Ranchouse Pub
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Chicago, Ill.]
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781888636284
Subjects: Concrete poetry; Visual poetry; Artists' books; Percussion instruments; Poetry; Beans in art; Onomatopoeia
Description: "Plah Plah Pli Plah documents the sounds, performance and material of Knowles' handmade paper and dried bean instrument 'Bean Turners.' It includes transcriptions of the instruments' sounds, images of Knowles performing, scores, and a 'bean page instrument,' fabricated especially for this project at the Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts"--Publisher's website, viewed on September 22, 2014.
Notes: Poems by Alison Knowles.
Table of contents: title: Tuning up; title: Bean turner sound poems (with Alison performing); title: Bean page instrument; title: Scores; title: Some beans; title: Bean turners.