2013 Exhibition Index of Boxes Contents of Boxes 11, 25, 28, 29.
Box #11 - Artists Books, Catalogues, Robin Crozier...
catalogued at xero, kline & coma. 9, 16 + 23 June 2013

Title + number editor(s) Country/Town date price theme/info
Boekie Woekie Katalog '93-94 Amsterdam A5 photocopy 36pgs
English Stocklist of Boekie Woekie Amsterdam of January 1995 A5 photocopy 64pgs
This doubles as a special edition of Jan Voss' 'Umschlag', pages 2686-2749 of an ongoing, unlimited, numbered edition.
Nigel Greenwood Books, new books, catalogues & special editions London Spring 1990 A5 12pgs
Nigel Greenwood Books, new books, catalogues & special editions London Summer 1990 A5 12pgs
Greenwood Contemporary Books , Booklist August 1993 London A5 12pgs
Statement at the end of the catalogue 'The aim of Contemporary Books is to provide a service in the spirit of the now closed Nigel Greenwood Books...'
(There are other Nigel Greenwood Catalogues in Box #7 - group these all together)
IMPRINTS 1 imprints london (Matthew Tyson) London 1985? A5 28 pgs
Catalogue of artists books/livres d'artiste, the books listed were published between 1966 - 1985, many titles are from Circle Press (Ron King) and Tetrad Press (Ian Tyson).
Ben Allen and I visited their place on Bonner Road, London E2, next to the Acme Studios, we went to the Buddhist cafe on Globe Road for lunch afterwards.
D.A.P. Distributed Art Publishers New York 1995 21x21cm offset 36pgs
'...our first catalogue devoted exclusively to artists' books and special editions.'
XEXOXIAL ENDARCHY 1990-91 Catalogue Miekal And, Elizabeth Was Madison, WI, USA A5, landcape 28pgs + 4 inserted leaflets
lists an impressive 150+ books/cassette tapes/floppy discs/VHS tapes, details of ongoing publications and requesting contributions for
forthcoming projects.
The Plagiarist Codex: An Old Maya Information Hieroglyph Plaster Cramp Press Chicago, USA 1988 4.25 x 5.5 inches 56pgs
by 'Armendant Hardiker & a brilliant group of London Plagiarists.' (Miekal And) (This would be ideal for reprinting!) - an enlarged version was exhibited at 34 Cotesbach Road, London E5, as part of the Festival of Plagiarism, London 1988.
See:- The Festival of Plagiarism, Stewart Home, 1989.
XEXOXIAL EDITIONS have 77 publications listed on Amazon.co.uk , most of which are currently available, The Plagiarist Codex is amongst them.
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform is listed as the publisher for many of them - so they're print on demand versions, which is
not surprising considering Miekal's early interest in electronic publishing. There's more from XEXOXIAL ENDARCHY in Box #4
Bookworks Publications - Artists Books 21 x 10 cm 1992(?) (are there other early Book works catalogues elsewhere?)
A card folder, containing 10 leaflets for individual books and 2 order forms.
Bookworks was then based at Green Dragon Court, London Bridge.
An Envelope containing miscellaneous information about Artists Books. Includes:-
Weproductions List of Publications 1972-1982, A4 4 pgs listing books made by Telfer Stokes + Helen Douglas, working together and singly.
+ letter. + Lots of other press clippings/photocopies of articles/ephemera.
UK ARTISTS BOOKS 1992 a list compiled by Stefan Szczelkun, London, 1992, £1.00, A5, 24pgs.
A survey of Activity in the UK, 140 entries for artists/publishers/organisations, divided into 7 categories. Arts Council Funded
+ letter requesting contribution to the booklet + letter enclosed with the finished booklet. contributor
- some of my books are listed in the mail art section.
UK ARTISTS' BOOKS - marketing & promotion report by Stefan Szczelkun, pub. Estamp (Silvie Turner) London 1993 A4 32pgs Thermal Binding 2 copies
Arts Council Funded. Price is listed as £10, sold together with another report by Simon Ford. ( which I don't have a copy of, probably because I couldn't scrounge a free copy!)
The First Artists Book Makers Conference , 18 September 1993, Interchange Studios, London, NW5. A4, 12 pgs, Slide Binding.
Agenda, Proposals and Information, plus invitation + 15 x A4 pages - of documents/proposals/workshop group minutes produced at the conference participant
(After losing it's building in Kings Cross, Community CopyArt, existed in a slightly modified form at Interchange Studios - called CopyArt Printshop. This book contains an information sheet/pricelist for CopyArt Printshop. This design/photocopy resource centre was later known as Cop Shop. See:- radicalprintshops.org/docuwiki/doku.php)
Book Ends & Odd Books - publications refuting conventional form from the Banff Centre Library Collection,, curated by Ashok Mathur. Banff, Canada. 1993.
Introductory essay and listing of works in the exhibition. Catalogue takes the form of 18 card pages 28 x 11 cm and 3 business cards, bound with a metal nut and bolt.
FREE RANGE Ian Breakwell - A selection of his printed works. Victoria & Albert Museum/National Art Library London 1993
A free booklet published to accompany the exhibition held at the N.A.L. at the V&A, introduction and interview by Stefan Szczelkun plus list of the 19 works included.
This exhibition was held in the display cabinets on the landing just outside the NAL, where the 'SMILE- classified' exhibition was also held 1992. There were a few small, interesting exhibitions in this slightly out of the way location,
Robin Crozier, 1936-21/12/2001, Robin was a Lecturer at Sunderland Polytechnic and a prolific Mail Artist since the early 1970s.
After Robin's death, some of his collection went to the Tate Gallery (the Robin Crozier Mail Art Archive) and some was sold by Marcus Campbell Art Books, I bought several items from this collection, for very modest prices, at one of the Artists Bookfairs at the ICA and should have bought lots more. Items from this source are marked CROZIER.
Robin was invited to give a talk at the Tate Gallery in 1994, as part of Flux Britannica, as it was during the week he had applied to take time off work. Just as he was about to start his 'Fluxus Lecture', another lecturer from Sunderland Polytechnic interrupted and announced that he'd been incredulous at hearing of Robin's invitation to appear at the Tate and taken it upon himself to take the train down to London and check that it was actually true. Having satisfied himself of this, he then walked out of the room.
(Ben Vautier and Stewart Home also gave lectures/performances as part of Flux Britannica)
Interview with Robin by Ruud Janssen from 1994/5
Here's a short review of the 2002 'Correspondences' display at Tate Modern:-
Robin Crozier
70 x completed Memo(Random) - Memo(ry) A4 sheets dating from 1984-1997. (have I got any more elsewhere?)
1 x uncompleted Memo(Random) - Memo(ry) A4 sheet to me, dated 12/11/97.. ( find the envelope we sent back and forth for several years.)
Memo(Random) - Memo(ry) was a long-term project of Robin Crozier's, which began in February 1983, with each piece of post he sent out he would enclose an A4 sheet (handwritten and/or photocopied)
which on the top front read, with your name and the date added:-



and on the reverse at the bottom of the page:-



each time you sent one back, he'd return one completed by another artist/correspondent and another blank one, this exchange could continue for years.
ART A to Z part two Robin Crozier Sunderland, UK, 1978 A4, 57 pgs, slide binding, numbered 44/50, mint uncirculated copy. CROZIER
Each artist was asked to contribute;- one page of autobiography, and one page about anything beginning with the same initial as their surname. Photocopy/rubberstamp/collage.
not actually in this box at the moment - but it belongs here...not actually in this box at the moment - but it belongs here...
portrait of Robin Crozier Ceolfrith 25 Sunderland, UK, January 1975 EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT
Robin sent me a copy of this and then a short while afterwards I bought 10 copies from him, fairly cheaply, £3 each, he wasn't very interested in making profit from them. They were in beautiful mint condition, but the glue had deteriorated over the years, when opening the book you had to hold the spine tightly to prevent all the pages coming loose!
One of these copies was included in the 'Live in Your Head: Concept and Experiment in Britain 1965-1975' Exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2000.( I should get a copy of the catalogue for this show.)
Here's my Mailorder Catalogue description from 1997:- 'Early mailart project with contributions from many International Postal Art Superstars and Fluxus gangmembers, 19x19cm 68pgs £8.00 +50p/p'.
Currently on sale for $27-$70 (June 2013) here
portrait of ..... by Robin Crozier Sunderland, UK, January 1976 A4,104pgs , comb binding, mint uncirculated copy.
'This is the second part of my portrait project' photocopy/duplicator with handwritten additions and details coloured in with felt tip pen + stickers. CROZIER.
Available for £70 (June 2013) here
Daniel Spoerri, ECART, Geneva, Switzerland, 1973, A4, 28pgs, 500 copies, duplicator/offset?, various coloured inks and papers, many pages are overprinted, some very faintly!
Front cover white embossed snakeskin textured paper with 2 rubber stamp impressions. Publication to accompany the exhibition, includes copies of restaurant menus from some of Spoerri's 1960s gastronomic performances. v (+ another Spoerri catalogue somewhere.) CROZIER
John Gosling. Billiard Drawings, 29 States of Play & Public Action on Gallery Windows. ECART, Geneva, Switzerland, November 1973, A4, 8pgs, corner stapled, 500 copies.
Publication to accompany his exhibition. Catalogue prepared & edited by David Briers.
duplicator/offset? Some pages are overprinted, with the same image printed first in yellow, then in green. CROZIER.
IRON , No 27, Winter 79/80, A4, 56pgs, 50p/$2, North Shields, Tyne & Wear, POPEYE themed edition. Offset, black, blue and red inks on multiple paper colours. Has an ISSN
'Poems', illustrations, a list of early popeye cartoons, sheet music and press clippings etc,. Put together by both a UK editor, Peter Swan and Opal Nations in the US.
Cover is credited to 'George Hardy', but I assume it's by George Hardie. CROZIER.
I Had Changed His Nane To Dadaland, Dadazine, Bill Gaglione, Spring 1976, 21.5 x 17.5 cm, 12pgs, SF, USA, $2.00, offset.
A slightly surreal, dadaistic short story by Jorge Zontal (of General Idea), about renaming his cat Bill Gaglione. CROZIER
The Agent , Number 2, London, Nov 1979, A5, 36pgs, edited and produced by Georgette Munday and Jim Hol (James Holloway) published by 'New Agency', previously called the 'New Dada Agency'. Addressed and stamped directly on the back cover, the magazine had been closed with a small sticker on each of the 3 open edges.
'This issue works out at 31p a copy, (including postage); if you send what you think itÕs worth youÕll help pay for the next one (February 1980); or send something else in exchange.' The centrespread of 4 typed pages, is an intentionally convoluted and overdetailed account of beginning to prepare a complete list of all New Agency Publications.
Print methods mentioned are:- Paper Plate Offset Litho (Instant Print), Letterpress, Stencil Duplication and Photocopy. CROZIER
Currently on sale by Steven Lieber $20 (June 2013) here
HAND-SOME DEVILS, Claes Tellvid, Gothenburg, Sweden, 36pgs, A4 landscape, 1981, 120 copies, numbered. ( series - Intima Banaliteter 3 )
Mailart Project with 28 contributors. ( include text from the invitation - which explains it perfectly!) CROZIER
The First Post Post Mail Art Correspondeence New DaDa Rubberstamp International mail art Network Activity show. A4, 26pgs, 1988, SUNY at Buffalo, USA.
Produced by Robyn Rebecca Bates and Greg Puchalski. The full title, originally made with individually rubberstamped letters, is spread through the whole catalogue, across the top of each page. Exhibition catalogue, although dated 1988, it's a historical collection of 1970s Mail Art, some addressed to Puchalski, so it could be from his personal collection or a collection held by the University. Works included are a selection of interesting pieces, rather than taking the more completist 'one thing from every participant' approach.
The list of artists included is definitely of people active in the 1970s and not of those active in 1988! CROZIER
The NYCS WEEKLY BREEDER, Vol 1 No1, 1978 (NOT 1968!) 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 28 Pages, Buster Cleveland, (New York?) Signed and numbered 21/100 on front cover. Offset with one page of colour xerox. Front Cover collage with image of William Burroughs with a (real) safety pin stuck through his cheek.
The NYCS Weekly Breeder, (NYCS - New York Correspondence School) had existed since 1971, with various editors. ( see Magazine Network and Correspondence Art books)
Contributors, Jerry Dreva, Cavellini, Buster Cleveland, Ray Johnson, Ken, Steve & Boyd, Tod Jorgensen, Angelika Schmidt, E F Higgins III, dadaland, Tim Mancusi,Anna Banana, Nicola Vanzetti, Pauline Smith, Genesis P-Orridge, Tom Robbins, Zak, Peter Frank, John Evans.
The postcard by Genesis P-Orridge, reproduced in full colour, is from the series of Porno/Royal Family collaged works, one of which led to the court case being brought against him.
( see GPO v G.P-O, Ecart, Switz, 1976) CROZIER
Lee's Alphabet, By Lon Spiegelman, 1977, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 24 pgs, offset,
A hand drawn, surreal alphabet and some characters by Lon for his son Lee, who was born this year. Lon makes the idea of this booklet being a gift to his new son even more explicit by taking the imaginative step of assigning copright to Lee.
This copy signed, numbered and inscribed to Robin Crozier. CROZIER
The drawings are reminscent of the Topps 1967 Nutty Initials bubblegum sticker series, wdely assumed to be by Basil Wolverton, but actually drawn by Norman Saunders.
(There are examples of these stickers, from the more recent Pee Wee's Playhouse and MAD CAPS sticker series, in another box...)
(These were preceded by Topp's 1965 Ugly Stickers - some of which were sketched by Wolverton, with finished artwork done by Saunders)
Images and Information, Volume One, Issue 4, ed Chuck Stake (Don Mabie), 8 .5 x 7 inches, 20pgs 1975?, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Mix of local arts news and views, opportunities for artists, a few poems and some mail art images and info + adverts for local galleries and bookshops. Brief article on Beau Geste Press. CROZIER
Universidad Autonomia de Puebla - Segunda Bienal Internacional de Poesia Visual y Alternative En Mexico 1987-1988, Cesar Espinosa, Mexico DF, Mexico, A4, 28pgs.
Exhibition Catalogue with 2 essays in Spanish plus an extensive list of visual poetry/artists books, theoretical writings, Catalogues and records/cassettes - 174 items.
Illustrated mainly with work from the Latin American contributors. PARTICIPANT - LISTING ( see also Cesar Espinosa's, CORROSIVE SIGNS book.)
ARNYEKKOTOK - ELECTROGRAPHIC ART , Vol2 No2, 1991, Budapest, Hungary, A4, 64pgs, 150 Florint. Photocopy with a bound-in fax/thermal paper print which folds out. Perfect bound. Photocopy artworks and text in Hungarian, artists are predominantly Hungarian with a couple from Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, plus a few from France, Sweden and the USA. Adverts for several copier art shows in Budapest and the publication has sponsorship/support from a photocopier company.


The first catalogue sheets were just for my own use, but with this one, produced during UNBOXING, I'm aware of a wider audience so am adding more explanation and comments and being careful with dates and fact checking.
Distinguish between :-
Slide Binding
Spiral Binding
Comb Binding
(Thermal Binding)
(Velo Binding)
For some older items, I'm finding it hard to tell how they've been printed:-
duplicator,
early photocopier,
offset/metal plates,
offset/paper plates = 'Instant Print'.
(Have a look at 'Printing It' and 'The Alternative Printing Handbook' for more info.)
When going through the boxes, I've been separating items, placing sheets of card inbetween and putting some things in polythene bags.
This is to protect them - particularly from rusty staples and also to stop them getting crushed and squashed.
It also means that after cataloguing and reboxing, this collection will take up even more space!
NOTES
Unless marked otherwise all items were acquired/purchased at or shortly after the original date of publication. (unless I can't remember!)
LATER - indicates that an item was acquired/purchased at a later date, additional information about where it came from or if bought for a 'collector's price' may also be included.
SOLD - indicates an item that I sold copies of via mailorder/bookfairs/online, additional information about the source/supplier may also be included - direct from the creator/publisher or from a distributor. (sometimes I purchased a copy for myself, and then afterwards decided to get more copies to sell.)
CONTRIBUTOR - my work is featured in some way, either as an :-
ACTIVE contributor to the publication/project.
or as a PASSIVE contributor when it's just been included by the creator/publisher without specifically requesting it!
(this could be - DIRECT a Publication/person that I had been in touch with, or INDIRECT Publication/person that I'd never been directly in touch with.)
ASSEMBLING/PAGE where I sent a specified number of printed pages (or similar items, such as stickers) to be assembled/included.
LISTING listing - where my name and/or address is listed but no work shown.

Box #25. Mail Art Files - EUROPE + LATIN AMERICA.
listed 27 Nov 2013, updated 19 Feb 2014
GERMANY
Henning Mittendorf
Volker Hamann
Jurgen O Olbrich
Albrecht/d ( with a completed Smile History Lesson)
Georg Ladanyi & Stiletto,
Florian Cramer (includes an issue of SMILE)
Aachim Snyder/Jurgen Kierspel/Ulli kattenstroth/Graf Haufen/Geza Perneczky

DDR - W.W. Neumann, Joseph W. Huber, Guillermo Diesler, Birger Jesch

BELGIUM
Guy Bleus
Johan Van Geluwe/Museum of Museums
Miscellaneous

ITALY
Gianluca Lerici - Prof Bad Trip
Lo Straniero/The Stranger
Ruggero Maggi
Giovanni Strada
Serse Luigetti
Gianni Broi

NETHERLANDS
Ruud Jansen/TAM
Rod Summers/VEC
Arthur Berkoff
Heer Peejee/Henryk Gajewski/De Blancoos

PORTUGAL
Jose Oliveira/Nomad Museum
Cesar Figueiredo
FRANCE
Eric Heilmann
Miscellaneous

SWITZERLAND
M.Vanci Stirnemann
PK
DENMARK - Mogens Otto Nielsen
ICELAND - Bjork
SWEDEN - Peter R Meyer
POLAND
Andrej Dudek Durer
Pawel Petasz
Show curated by Klaus Groh and Andrej Dudek Durer

YUGOSLAVIA
Dobrica Kamperelic
Nenad Bogdanovic
Jaroslav Supek
Sasa Rakezic

CZECHOSLOVAKIA Svatopluk Klimes, exhibition catalogue from 1988

HUNGARY
Artpool

RUSSIA
Serge Segay
Rea Nikonova
Ilmar Kruusamae (Estonia)
Alexander Zhurba

URUGUAY
Clemente Padin
Jorge Caraballo, Acosta Bentos

MEXIC0
Cesar Espinoza
Enrique Ruiz

BRAZIL
Paulo Brusky
Gilbeto Prado

AUSTRALIA
Peter Lyssiotis

INDIA
Viswa Shanti Ikethana/Swami Nirmalananda
Box #28 - Mailart & Mail etc, U.K.
listed 19,18 February 2014

Pete Horobin 1985-1989 + Marshall Anderson
Stefan Szczelkun 1986-1995
Keith Bates 1993-1995
Christina Lamb + Decadent Action ( Decadent Action Elsewhere)
Paul Holman & Bridget Penney
Ross Sinclair
Euan Sutherland (+ other Glasgow stuff)
Nathan Coley
Harry Fox
David Jarvis
Michael Lumb
Snow White
Mr Social Control
Matthew Fuller - Anticopyright
Calum Selkirk
Chris Jones/ X-chris
Steroid Abuse
Sam Normal
Ian Blake
The Bug - single sheet publication
Andre Stitt
Flea/Chris Draper
Peter Quinnell/Claire Fletcher
Peter Arkle
Sara & Alex
Erica Smith, Emma Bathgate (little emma)
Sandi Tan
Joanne Bloch
Barry Edgar Pilcher, Shaun Robert, factor X
Field Study/David Dellafiora
Mixup
Sarah Staton
Lisa Cool Cheese
Dawn Gill
Kerstie Grimshaw
Dick Jewell
Paul Petard
Elvina Flower
Unknown/Anonymous/Can't remember
Miscellaneous Mail/Art
ABCDE
FGHIJ
KLMNO
PQRST
UVWXYZ

Copier Art Builds Bridges Exhibition, Swiss Cottage Library, London 1987
Box #29 - Mailart USA + UK +...
sorted out 18 + 19 February 2014

U.S.A.
Mark Bloch
John Berndt
Carlo Pittore
Bill Whorrall
Artpolice
Fa Ga Ga Ga, Arturo Fallico, Crackerjack Kid
Stephen Perkins + a copy of Box of Water, Vol.1, No.4
John Evans
Jon Held Jr
Buzz Blurr
tENTATIVELY
AGAR/ Stephen s 'Soreff
Blaster Al Ackerman
Toast Postes. Metal Dog
Nick Lucky Baby, Julee Pezlee, Lary 7, Fabio, The Haters, Helena Perkins, Robin Kahn
(Harry Fox is in with the UK stuff)

CANADA
Anna Banana
Chuck Stake
Istvan Kantor/Monty Cantsin

U.K.
Roger Radio
Jason Skeet/O.Jason
Ona Doddle
Sal Wood
John Hoax/Aux/Datakill
Paul Wood
Tim Lewis/Whimsy
Antony Burrill/Bless The Artist
Eric Finlay
Alan Brignull/Adanaland
Paul Jackson/Art Nahpro
Ben Allen
A1 Waste Paper Co
Mike Gabel/Hot Breath Karaoke
The Horse Hospital
Tony Lowes
Cactus Network

A BIG Pile of Chainletters!
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