First Mock-Up of Agrippa (Jan.-Feb. 1992)

Picture of AgrippaItem #A9 (variant photo, with box-case). Promotional “mock-up” of Agrippa (a book of the dead).

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Variant photo (without box-case)

Florida State Univ. Exhibition Loan Agreement (9 February 1992)

Picture of Agrippa

Item #D20. Agreement between Florida State University Gallery & Museum and the publisher of Agrippa for exhibition, March 5-April 10, 1994.

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(See also exhibition press release.)

Victoria & Albert Museum Book and Beyond Exhibition Catalog (1995)

V&A Exhibition Catalog
Item #D21. Catalog for the Victoria & Albert Museum’s display of Agrippa in its “The Book and Beyond” exhibition, London, 1995.

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(See also the V&A Web page for the exhibit.)

Flyer for UC Santa Barbara Exhibition and Panel on Agrippa (1 Dec. 2005)

Flyer for UCSB Exhibit and Panel
Item #D46. Flyer for UC Santa Barbara exhibition and panel on Agrippa, Dec. 1, 2005.

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This event at UC Santa Barbara celebrated the completion and imminent launch of The Agrippa Files Web site. The exhibition featured the “Archive-1” copy of the deluxe edition of Agrippa, on loan from the publisher, together with a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible from the UCSB library’s Special Collections. (The case, inner case, and book were displayed separately under glass, with the book open to pp. 62-63.) The panel featured members of The Agrippa Files development / editorial team and members of the UCSB Art department. (Flyer created by Kimberly Knight.)

Instructions for the Diskette in Agrippa (1992)

Instructions for Agrippa diskette
Item #D3. Instructions for running the diskette in Agrippa containing William Gibson’s poem.

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Notes on Agrippa‘s Code (25 March 1992)

Handwritten notes on Agrippa's code
Item #D7. Handwritten notes on Agrippa’s code.

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Letter from the Programmer (28 March 1992)

Letter from the programmer
Item #D6. Letter from the programmer to the publisher regarding the code for Agrippa‘s disk.

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Letter from Kevin Begos to Chris Farley at USA Today (8 April 1992)

Letter to USA Today
Item #D14. Letter from Kevin Begos to Chris Farley at USA Today regarding press coverage of Agrippa.

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Letter from the Programmer (28 April 1992)

Letter from the programmer
Item #D31. Fax of letter from the programmer to the publisher with an update on the program for scrolling William Gibson’s poem in Agrippa.

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Letter from the Programmer (7 May 1992)

 

Letter from the programmer Item #D32. Fax from Agrippa‘s programmer to its publisher about the “fuss” resulting from confusion that the encryption on the work’s diskette might be a “virus.”Facsimile Image
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For the New York Times article on encryption legislation referred to by the programmer (and faxed with his letter), see article. For the “original press release” referred to, see Agrippa press release/prospectus.