>In the email today: > >Show and Tell Editions are pleased to announce the publication of Ken >Friedman's 52 Events in a calendar diary edition for 2002 together with a >parallel electronic edition. > >Ken Friedman is a well-known artist and art theorist. Since the l960s, he >has been associated with Fluxus, the international forum of experimental >art, architecture, design, and music. Friedman's work can currently be seen >in the opening exhibition of the Tate Modern. > >Ken Friedman's event scores are a classic example of the subtle, >multivalent art form known as intermedia. Friedman's projects began as >"things without names, things that jumped over the boundaries between ideas >and actions, between the manufacture of objects and books, between >philosophy and literature." This edition documents Ken Friedman's >contribution to the early days of intermedia and conceptual art. > >The original Fluxus edition of Friedman's Events was planned in 1966 for >publication in the spring of 1967. Edited and designed by George Maciunas, >the 1967 Fluxus edition waited on a large-scale printing order that never >materialized. While waiting for the Fluxus edition, Friedman began >exhibiting his event scores and circulating them in small editions of >various kinds. > >In 1973, the University of California at Davis organized an exhibition >exclusively composed of Friedman's events. This exhibition marked the first >time that a Fluxus artist presented an exhibition comprised solely of >text-based events. The exhibition toured the world in the 1970s, with >editions of scores appearing in English and in translation. > >When the premature death of George Maciunas ended the Fluxus publishing >program, Friedman continued to work with the event structure, adding to the >corpus of events in a continuing series. > >Show and Tell Editions of Edinburgh has gathered a selection of 52 events >for a calendar diary for the year 2002. This 140 x 158 mm artist's book and >diary was developed and designed by Paul Robertson. The book is comprised >of 118 pages plus card wrappers and a dust jacket. Nine pages of detailed >notes by the artist shed fascinating light on the events and on Fluxus. > >In the original Fluxus spirit, Show and Tell Editions has also published >the project in a free electronic edition. This is an open edition with the >complete contents of the book. It is available for download as a .pdf file. > >To access the free electronic edition, go to URL: > >http://www.heartfineart.com/Images/Friedman.html > >Acrobat Reader is required. It is available free at > >http://www.adobe.com/acrobat > >This multiple edition consists of 250 signed and numbered copies (some with >original drawings by Friedman), together with 10 deluxe examples, and 2 >artist proof examples. > >The 10 deluxe copies are enclosed in an unique, hand-built and hand-painted >wooden box designed by the artist. The box contains various objects used in >the event scores including wooden toys, decks of cards, a tube of acrylic >paint, and a paint brush, all nailed to the outside and inside of the box. >Each box has a metal plate engraved with the title and number of the box. > >Electronic edition. Free. > >Artist's book. 25 UK pounds plus postage. > >Deluxe multiple. (Only 6 are left) 195 UK pounds plus postage. > > >If you are interested in the signed, numbered edition, or the deluxe >multiple, contact: > >SHOW AND TELL EDITIONS >1 Royal Mile Mansions >50 North Bridge >Edinburgh EH1 1QN >Scotland, United Kingdom > >Tel/fax 0044 131 225 8217 > >Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Please note we have no wish to spam or cause annoyance to anyone. We hope >this short announcement is of interest to you as a supporter of artist's >books, mail art or intermedia in general: should you wish to be removed >from this database then please just reply placing the word REMOVE in the >subject line and you will be immediately deleted from our records. >
