This
is the LAST update for the IM98, so you will NOT receive other e-mail
messages
regarding this project.
The
DEADLINE to be included in the IM98 final CATALOGUE is January 31st,
1999,
so mail your DOCUMENTATION in time.
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E.O.N., via C. Battisti 339, 55049 Viareggio, Italy
to
be included in a free for all Conclusive IM98 Calendar-Catalog.
Nothing
and everything may happen at an Incongruous Meeting, so share
gibberish
and memories, follow your ethereal instinct and start a brand new
correspondance.
it
goes by six+six+six:
MAC
86 (Mail Art Congress 1986)
+
6 =
DNC
92 (Decentralized Networker Congress 1992)
+
6 =
IM
98 (Incongruous Meetings 1998)
Could
we live so far apart for more than 6 years?
DUPLICATE,
IMPROVE, REWRITE freely and DISTRIBUTE widely all the texts in this message.
-
THIS IS A TOTALLY NO COPYRIGHT PROJECT -
TRANSLATE
and ADJUST the IM98 invite in your own language and CIRCULATE it in your
country.
DESIGN
A LOGO, SUGGEST A CONVOCATION, CREATE A (RUBBER)STAMP, INVENT A SLOGAN
FOR
THE INCONGRUOUS MEETINGS OF 1998.
"Our
collective unconscious (incongruous) needs some prodding now & then"
The
Sticker Dude
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THANKS:
to Keith Bates for printing a series of "im98 ispensations/absolution vouchers"
booklets (request a free one to K.Bates, 2 Ferngate Drive, Manchester,
M20 4AH, United Kingdom); to Joel S.Cohen/Ragged Edge Press for printing
a bunch of IM98 leaflets, stickers and rubberstamps (and for a lot more);
to the magazines Boek 861, P.O.Box, ANNA. AMANITA (e-mail mag), Open
World, Numero and Mailartmeeting Bulletin (Anna Boschi) for help in circulating
the IM98 invites;
WARNING:
The meetings that have already taken place are omitted from this
version
of the IM98 list, a complete documentation will be included in the
final
catalogue-calendar. While the idea of a mail art "decentralized
congress"
originated from german/swiss artists Gunther Ruch and H.R.
Fricker
in 1986, I want to stress again here that the spirit of this
project
does NOT (hopefully) involve a dull replay of what has already
happened
(twice) in the form of rational and reasonable discussions of
networking-related
topics, nor is the IM98 list intended to be a mere
depository
for mail-art-show-type invites or other messages COMPLETELY
off-theme.
Therefore, not included in this list are some submissions that
totally
avoided to take into consideration the concepts of "meeting"
and/or
"incongruity" (though also these contributions will be included in
the
final documentation).
If
too many projects confuse & annoy you, just pick up one!
Here
we go:
TAPE MEETING
MEET
YOURSELF
WHEN:
now.
WHERE:
there.
WHAT:
I want to meet myself.
WHO:
I went out to meet myself but found out I was not home, disappointed I
returned...
and there I was! Communication by geert-jan@staalplaat.com.
WHY:
don't know me (yes, it is as easy as that!).
TO THE TOP
MEET
YOUR HOMONYM(S)!
WHEN:
anytime in 1998.
WHERE:
anywhere in the world.
WHAT:
use the fantastic power of the Internet directories and search
engines
to locate one or several people named exactly like you (example:
another
Guy Bleus, etc.). Contact him (them). Arrange a physical meeting to
simply
talk about your life(s) around beers, play a game of chess, pick
mushrooms,
go fishing, or have any other vain activity. Don't forget of
course
to xerox the identity cards. And send a detailed report to Vittore
Baroni,
with copy to Charles Francois.
WHO:
R.A.T. (Regroupement des Animaux Transgeniques) Charles Francois, Quai
Churchill,
35 - 4020 Liege, Belgium. E-mail charfra@arcadis.be.
WHY:
electronic networks and genetic engineering are about to give us new
big
identity thrill. But meeting your clone(s) is not for tomorrow.
Meanwhile
get a thrill today! Locate and meet your homonym(s) NOW!
THEME
PARK MEETING
WHEN:
At any time.
WHERE:
A Theme Park.
WHAT:
Whilst visiting a Theme Park, select a person that you feel sexually
attracted
to. Get to know her or him over a cup of erzatz coffee and an
over-priced
hamburger. Suggest you go back to your place - or to a cheap
hotel
- for the night. Once in bed, but before copulation takes place,
explain
that this is an incongruous meeting, as normally you would never
dream
of taking someone to bed on a first date, and also that it is an art
project.
After she or he has left document the event. You may, if you wish,
send
the documentation to either Roger Radio, as part of his ongoing "Life
Is
A Theme Park" project, or to a local farmer, if you wish to take the
theme
of incongruity a little further.
WHO:
Thought up by Roger Radio, 11 Malvern Road, Alexandra Park, Nottingham
NG3
5GZ, England, UK. E-mail jargonradio@ndirect.co.uk.
WHY:
Because Theme Parks don't quite make it, do they?
A
MAGICAL AND OCCULT DICTIONARY OF MAIL ART
WHEN:
until December 1998.
WHERE:
every place on Earth.
WHAT:a
dictionary of mail art should necessarily be magical and occult and
therefore
we invite all mail artists of the world to hold a little meeting
to
confess unmentionable data of the intimacy of mail art and to transmit
this
information to Boek, apartado 861, 43080 Tarragona -Spain. This
information
will be included directly in our web dictionary
(http://www.fut.es/~boek861).
WHO:
César Reglero Campos and José Emilio Antón.
WHY:
because we want to be intimate with all the mail artists and become
unconfessed
friends.
INTERNATIONAL
TAX FORM DAY
WHEN:
on the day the taxes are due.
WHERE:
in every Country where taxes are paid.
WHAT:
rip the tax form in tiny pieces and throw it in the water-closet
while
reciting lines from "The Divine Comedy".
WHO:
Umberto Principi/MAGAM.
WHY:
to wait for the tax collector and pay also the additional taxes...
I
SANTINI DEL PRETE MEETING
WHEN:
from January 1st to December 31st 1998.
WHERE:
anywhere but preferably in a train station.
WHAT:
choose a person with whom you will create an intense common feeling,
identifying
yourself with I Santini Del Prete (lit."the priest's saint holy
pictures",
a duo of railwaymen-performers). Send a photo to R. Del Prete,
C.P.
133, 57013 Rosignano Solvay, Li, Italy. Catalogue in 1999.
WHO:
a project by Franco Santini and Raimondo Del Prete.
WHY:
you are I Santini Del Prete!
FESTIVAL
OF THE WRITTEN BANKNOTE
WHEN:
from January 1st till December 31st, 1998.
WHERE:
somewhere over the network.
WHAT:
write a message and/or your address on the cheapest banknote of your
country,
then mail it to Stefano Marcoz, via St. Martin de Corleans n.300,
11100
Aosta, Italy. On January 1st 1999, a 32 years old dwarf will mix the
banknotes
and mail them back at random to all the participants.
WHO:
Richard Chase.
WHY:
because money is communication.
"WITH
YOU" MEETING
WHEN:
from Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st, 1998.
WHERE:
all participants' houses and Keiichi's house, but only on the
postcard.
WHAT:
this is a meeting on the postcard and booklet. Anyone who wants to
participate
to this project should send me a letter so he will receive a
collaged
postcard. Add something and send back, I will make a booklet.
WHO:
Keiichi Nakamura, 1-18-7-402 Kamiochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 161-0034
Japan.
WHY:
we can't live alone.
SPIRIT
DREAMS
WHEN:
at midnight any night.
WHERE:
on your doorstep.
WHAT:
raise your hands and spirits high to ward off the evil from past
abuse.
WHO:
survivors of child abuse, mental and physical.
WHY:
for strenght, hope, and love.
TARTARUGO
FLUXUS ACTION N.1
WHEN:
anytime in 1998.
WHERE:
anywhere.
WHAT:
realize this performance. 1- take a bus carrying the remote control
of
your TV. 2-sit down by the side of a window. 3-as the bus goes on, press
at
random the different buttons of the remote control. 4.observe through
the
window the changes in the landscape every time you press a button.
5-avoid
to get to any conclusion.
WHO:
Tartarugo, apartado 8577, 28080 Madrid, Spain.
WHY:
any reason.
MAIL
ART BATHROOM
WHEN:
ongoing until the end of December 1998.
WHERE:
Santa Fe Contemporary Art Gallery's bathroom walls.
WHAT:
a mail art display of postcards, artistamps, odd items sent through
the
mail. It is a happening!
WHO:
Dragonfly Dream, 223 N.Guadalupe #286, Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA. E-mail
dragonfly@RT66.com.
WHY:
to promote mail art awareness.
BIG
BREAST DAY
WHEN:
all the time, continuing.
WHERE:
everywhere you find people.
WHAT:
find large-breasted women and tell them a bit about mail art and our
church.
WHO:
The Sacred Church of the Holy Ones. Contact: Rev. J.Luoma, Karperont.
6B,
65610 Mustasaari, Finland.
WHY:
to celebrate the REAL women.
REMEMBER
THE POST OFFICE
WHEN:
midday every weekday in 1998.
WHERE:
Ipswich old Post Office, England.
WHAT:
attempt to purchase a stamp.
WHO:
a project by Michael Lumb.
WHY:
to remember the loss of the Post Office.
BLAH,
BLAH, BLAH
WHEN:
any Wednesday in 1998.
WHERE:
your local lecture hall or fishmonger's or hat shop.
WHAT:
stand with one hand raised in the air and, when someone asks you what
you
want, shout, "BLAH, BLAH, BLAH" (repeat as many times as you feel
necessary).
WHO:
inaugurated by Joe Decie and Apple Jack Dada.
WHY:
to fight against art, fishmongery and the selling of hats.
CLAMOR
BRZESKA
WHEN:
each third Saturday of the month, starting April 25th, 1998.
WHERE:
Barraca Vorticista, Barrio de Flores, Buenos Aires. For the project,
I
emptied a big room in my house, which used to be a sculpture workshop,
to open
this place.
WHAT:
meetings with actions, performances & exhibitions of mail art will
be
held
monthly during the year. Free works and participation from those who
would
like to virtually "be" at these meetings will be received via e-mail
<vortice@cvtci.com.ar>.
WHO:
Vortice Argentina, c/o Fernando Garcìa Delgado, Bacacay 3103 - (1406)
Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
WHY:
main objective of this project is to draw insistence closer with a
more
concrete sense of movement. Thus, it seeks to inculcate a vigorous
state
of action and rebellion in all its followers, generating energetic
attempts
intended to reanimate existence itself.
THE
FESTIVAL OF LOST OBJECTS
WHEN:
September-December 1998.
WHERE:
Anywhere and Everywhere.
WHAT:
construct an object according to your dreams and desires. Then take
it
outside and lose it - so that others might find it.
WHO:
this is an Incongruous Meeting organized by Gypsy Sherred. Please send
all
information to 4 Milden Court, 66 Sandringham Road, Bitterne Park,
Southampton,
So18 1JN, United Kingdom - documentation to all.
WHY:
our Lost Objects become somebody else's Found Objects. Scatter our
Marvellous
Obsessions into the world at large, where they will be
incongruously
met by someone, somewhere - and who knows what might result.
IM98
TABACOT
WHEN:
from November 5th till December 31st, 1998.
WHERE:
in all the tobacco shops of all the train and bus stations of the
universe.
WHAT:
to find empty cigarette boxes.
WHO:
Jas W.Felter and César Reglero.
WHY:
because Jas W.Felter is collecting 6000 empty cigarette boxes for his
art
project "tobacco NO creation YES". The meeting was initiated on
November
5th 1998 when Felter and Reglero met at the Tarragona train
station
in Spain, collecting in 10 minutes 8 empty boxes of 4 different
brands.
Send all the empty boxes to Jas W.Felter, IM98 Tabacot, 2707
Roseberry
Ave., West Vancouver, B.C., Canada V7V 3A3.
AN
ACTION FOR YVES KLEIN
WHEN:
for 24 hrs on Friday, November 27, 1998.
WHERE:
world wide.
WHAT:
an incongruous leap into the void, a jump into space. Document this
action
by having someone take a photograph of you leaping/jumping into
space.
Send a copy to the address below, for inclusion in documentation and
the
final gathering of this incongruous meeting.
WHO:
(NEW ADDRESS) Stephen Perkins & Arda Ishkhanian, 27964 Edgecliff Way,
Hayward,
CA 94542 USA.
WHY:
November 27, 1998 is the anniversary of the publication of Yves
Klein's
one day newspaper, "Dimanche" (Sunday, Nov. 27, 1960). In this
newspaper
was the first publication of the famous photography of Klein
leaping
into the void.
HAVE
A NICE DAY
WHEN:
Sunday evening, November 29th, 1998.
WHERE;
your place, your home.
WHAT:
eat, drink, paint a happy graffiti on your wall and wait until dawn
to
receive the new day.
WHO:
take a photograph of the graffitti and send it to Alejandro Thornton &
Paula
Pellejero, Rubber Rhino's Club, Uriarte 890, p.1 dto "C" (1414),
cap.fed.,
Bs. As. Argentina.
WHY:
to begin each day with enthousiasm and to encourage other persons.
33RD
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF FRANCESCA MANIACI
WHEN:
December 9th, 1998, 6:00pm.
WHERE:
on the top of Mont Royal Park by the large cross in Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada.
WHAT:
an all you can eat chinese buffet for just $ 9.95. Bowling shoes not
provided.
Please bring your own chopsticks.
WHO:
Francesca Maniaci (frandom@dsuper.net).
WHY:
to discuss the social problems of disintegration for human body parts.
INCONGRUOUS
Mc MEETING 98
WHEN:
16:00-16:30pm Saturday 12 December and 16:00-16:30pm Saturday 19
December,
1998.
WHERE:
McDonald Restaurant, Oxford St., outside Tottenham Court Rd. Tube
Station,
London, England.
WHAT:
conviviality - sign french-fries carton and post to E.O.N. Make and
wear
IM98 badge for recognition (eating of burgers at participants own
risk).
WHO:
Alan Turner, UK.
WHY:
love of incongruity.
INTERNATIONAL
SITTING ON YOUR TOILET DAY
WHEN:
December 13th, 1998 at 7:11 AM.
WHERE:
on your favorite toilet (mine is green colored).
WHAT:
decide to sit on your toilet, for about 10 minutes, reading, singing,
chanting,
eating or snoring.
WHO:
I (Arturo Giuseppe Fallico) or more (?) people.
WHY:
to realize that the modern toilet is an important part of life, and to
give
praise and thanks to it.
WORLD
PANSEMIOTIC DAY
WHEN:
December 17th, 1998.
WHERE:
everywhere and also 13 rue Marcel Duchamp - 75013 Paris (France).
WHAT:
PAN seminar ie meetings to speak of pansemiotic.
WHO:
Daniel Daligand & anybody interested in pansemiotic.
WHY:
because it is the 17th of December.
LET'S
PARTY WITH "M"!
WHEN:
December 23rd, 1998, hr. 5 pm.
WHERE:
City Lights bookstore, via San Niccolo' 23/r, Firenze, Italy.
WHAT:
all participants should reach the bookstore with an imaginary small
holy
picture of Maldoror.
WHO:
Carmine Mangone.
WHY:
to worthily celebrate his 31st birthday.
TZART
WHEN:
December 26th, 1998.
WHERE:
Santiago Rusintol n.51-1°dercha, 50002 Zaragoza, Spain.
WHAT:
Tzar God is - Zaragosse - Zaragoza.
WHO:
Pedro Bericat, Apartado 4033, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain..
WHY:
Tzart (photoreturn).
ARE
MAIL ARTISTS MILLENNIUM-PROOF?
WHEN:
December 31st, 1998.
WHERE:
wherever you are.
WHAT:
think about what to do in the year 2004 (yes, another 6 years
further).
Will there be any Mail Artists left...?
WHO:
Ruud Janssen - TAM (tam@dds.nl).
WHY:
lots of Mail Artists become Internetworkers. Are Mail Artists
Millennium-proof?
JE
VOUNDAIS PAS CREVER (I WOULD NOT DIE)
WHEN:
the night of December 31st, 1998 and throughout 1999.
WHERE:
in the network, not only for the network.
WHAT:
to remember with a work Boris Vian, restless anticonformist, 40 years
after
his death (1959-1999).
WHO:
mail argt, via Alabastro 17, 58100 Grosseto, Italy (on June 23rd a
catalogue
will be produced with all the works arrived before June 1999).
WHY:
a deserter deserves more celebrations than any war-monger.
ARS
LONGA VITA BREVIS
WHEN:
December 31st 1998.
WHERE:
in front of the Museum of Museums, Bouckaerstraat 8, 8790 Waregem,
Belgium.
WHAT:
R.I.P.
WHO:
Johan Van Geluwe/A.R.T. (Art Recycling Terminal).
WHY:
L'art poor l'art / Mort pour l'art / L'or pour l'art.
SZTUKA
FABRYKA IM98 IN LONDON
WHEN:
Thursday the 31st of December 1998, start at 11 pm.
WHERE:
in London, England, at Trafalgar Square under (or near) Nelson's
column.
WHAT:
celebrating another fine start of a new year all together with some
mail
artists. Bring mail art symbols of recognition on bannes of all sizes.
WHO:
Sztuka Fabryka (Geert De Decker, Kerkstraat 290, 9140 Tielrode,
Belgium.
Phone/Fax ++32(0)3-7708464) and all who want to participate.
WHY:
to be part of a Mail Art New Years Eve meeting in one of the most
beautiful
cities of the world.
A-WAKE
FOR THE MAIL ART SPIRIT
WHEN:
on December 31st 1998, from dusk till dawn.
WHERE:
in front of the Art Museum of your town (or the nearest Art Museum).
WHAT:
all networkers will meet and light candles, incenses, crackers, burn
money
or perform other impromptu incongruences, waiting for the insidious
6661
reversed.
WHO:
anonymous multiple invite.
WHY:
a-wake for the survival of the "mail art spirit" of open,
uncompetitive,
ethereal, unruly & free exchange.
MARK
BLOCH'S MAIL ART LET DOWN CELEBRATION
WHEN:
the rest of your life. Or Dec. 31st , 1999, whichever comes first.
WHERE:
your town and my town, New York City.
WHAT:
gather up valuable stuff. Clever if possible. Send it to me at PAN
P.O.Box
1500, NY NY 10009, USA. I will do nothing with it. It will rot in
my
archive after I open it and think enthusiastic thoughts.
WHO:
you and me, kiddo.
WHY:
same as it ever was. And at least I save it.
INTERNATIONAL
EURO DISAGREEMENT EVE
WHEN:
New Year's Eve, from 12.01 pm onward.
WHERE:
at a bar within the European Union.
WHAT:
order a drink (for example a double whisky) and pay with the old
currency
of your country. Because it is 1999, insist upon having the money
back
in Euro. If the barkeeper disagrees because he has got any of it,
start
a big quarrel with him/her.
WHO:
Jokinen, Lastropsweg 5, D - 20255 Hamburg.
WHY:
mutuality in money dos not further mutuality in mind.
And,
overlapping into the new year...
ALIEN
COMINGOUT DAY
WHEN:
January 4th, 1999 at high noon.
WHERE:
the UFO Museum, P.O. Box 6056, Portland, Oregon 97228-6056 USA.
WHAT:
send postcards from the universe if you cannot attend - aliens living
among
us will finally reveal themselves...
WHO:
"you know who you are".
WHY:
some things just cannot be kept a secret for long.
RAY
JOHNSON NEW YORK RETROSPECTIVE SCHOOL MEETING
WHEN:
January 14th, 1999 at exhibition opening time.
WHERE:
the Whitney Museum, Madison Ave. and 75 St, NY, NY, 10021, USA.
WHAT:
be there in person to learn/teach a lesson on something/nothing (or
mail
something/nothing to the Whitney).
WHO:
the E.O.N. Archive of Ray & the Dead Mail Artists Society.
WHY:
because the whole IM98 project was a big tiptoe of the hat to Ray
Johnson's
Meetings of the 60s-70s.
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NOW
INVENT YOUR CONVOCATION:
Title:...................................
WHEN:
..............................
WHERE:
...........................
WHAT:
.............................
WHO:
...............................
WHY:
...............................
CHOOSE
A DAY
CHOOSE
A PLACE
CHOOSE
A REASON
FILL
IN THE FORM ABOVE
&
ORGANIZE AN INCONGRUOUS MEETING IN 1998!
Think
up, write down, print and distribute your own convocation. (But DO IT
FAST
as the year will end soon!)
Do
not forget (if you want) to mail a clean copy to:
E.O.N., via C. Battisti 339, 55049 Viareggio, Italy
phone-fax +39 584 963918 e-mail baroniv@ats.it
that
will help circulating it world-wide.
ORGANIZE+PARTICIPATE+DOCUMENT
(yes, it is as easy as that!)
REMEMBER:
the DEADLINE to be included in the IM98 final CATALOGUE is
January
31st, 1999, so mail your DOCUMENTATION in time.