Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Kemplen, Tony
Title:
Bolshevik keyboard fingering chart = Imperial keyboard fingering chart.
Alternate Title(s):
Imperial keyboard fingering chart
Published / Created:
[England] : Tony Kemplen, 1995.
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([2] p.): ill. ; 14 x 21 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N7433.4.K455 B7 1995 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"'At the decisive moment, at the decisive point, an overwhelming superiority of force.' Lenin's dictum of 1917 had a profound influence on anti-imperialists everywhere. Even the elite shorthand typing division of the Royal Corps of Signals was infiltrated and a new revolutionary keyboard layout was proposed. ..."--Words and pictures

Words and pictures, issue 4

Humorous contrast of Imperial and Bolshevik style keyboard fingering charts, each diagrammed on opposite sides of a single sheet. The Bolshevik keyboard is laid out in alphabetical order, and includes unconventional keys such as "class struggle," "change," and "space bar (people's thumb)."
Subject Terms:
Artists' books -- Great Britain. | Conceptual art -- Great Britain. | Typewriters. | Communism. | Kemplen, Tony -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Artists' books -- Great Britain.