EPHEMERA – No. 6, 1978 [monthly magazine – Ulises Carrión / Aart van Barneveld / Salvador Flores]

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EPHEMERA – No. 6, 1978 [monthly magazine]
32 x 23 cm
8 pp.
inlays, stamps + ink stamps, stapled and tipped in contributions, additional work by Niels Lomholt / Tom Elling and Lomholt Formular Press
monthly journal
published by Other Books & So, Amsterdam
condition of first 2 pages on right lower corner: torn off paper of ca 8 x 20 mm
rare, edition unknown
sold

Participating artists are Gabor Toth, Robin Crozier, Balint Szombathy, Barbara J. Hahn, Ken Saville, Günther Brus, General Idea, Henryk Bzdok, Klaus Boegel, Rúri (hand written label “Energy”), Leonard Franck Duch, Dámaso Oguz, Martha Rosler, Horst Hahn, Richard Hartnell, Rúrí a.o.

 
RÚRÍ: Item: energy, 1978 – edition 500

ULISES CARRIÓN, removal announcement Other Books and So, 1980

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ULISES CARRIÓN, removal announcement Other Books and So, 1980
A3 card
card design by Ulises Carríon, postal stamp d.d. 2 June 1980
n.b. hand written text by Ulises Carrión
edition unknown
very rare
€ 480,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered mail
inv.OBandS 341

In April 1975 Ulises Carríón started a bookshop Other Books and So at Herengracht 227 in Amsterdam.
In 1980 this by artists highly esteemed bookshop changed its name into Other Books and So Archive and removed to Bloemgracht 121. As the hand written lines show the addressees were warmly invited to come to the new venue: Het is zo ver. Komen jullie eens langs? (trans. It’s there. Will you come by?)

The removal card enumerates the activities of the venue: Books, Mail, Recordings, Video, Distribution, Exhibition, Registration and also Concentration.

The first Montevideo catalogue, 1982 [rare catalogue]

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The first Montevideo catalogue, 1982
17,4 x 25,4 x 3,8 cm
screen print on black cassette with colophon on label, 40 archive cards with tab
text by Tineke Reijnders

Participating artists a.o.: Michael Cardena, Ulises Carrión, René Coelho, Dedo (Harry Heyink), Nan Hoover, Livinus, Sluik/Kurpershoek. At that time all living and working in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

   
Example of archive card:
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ULISES CARRIÓN, Dear friend, 1978

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ULISES CARRIÓN, Dear friend, 1978
A4
stencil
hand signed
published by Other Books and So, Amsterdam
very rare
€ 650,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.ObandS 000

In February 1978 Ulises Carrión send out a mailing asking for a written support as a protest to the incarcerating of two artists from Uruguay: Clemente Padin and Jorge Carabello.

ULISES CARRIÓN, Printed in Brazil, 1978 [invitation]

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ULISES CARRIÓN, Printed in Brazil, 1978 [invitation]
A4
colour stencil on paper
folded as mailed
rare
p.o.r.

Participating artists in group show “Printed in Brazil” at Other Books & So: Falves Silva, Julio Plaza, Paulo Bruscky, Revista Arteria, Edgard Braga, Anna Bella Geiger, Ronaldo Azeredo, C. Sampaio, Gabriel Borba, Agusto de Campos, Revista Experiências, Haroldo de Campos, Vilari Hermann, Cooperativa Geral para Assuntos de Arte, Revista Poesia em Greve, Editora Vozes, Artur Matuck, J. Medeiros, Regina Silveira, Vera Barcellos, Revista Codigo, Silvio Spada, Claudio Goulart, Ivald Granato, Unhandeijara Lisboa, Paulo Miranda, revista Muda, Regis Bonvicino, Duda Machado, Telmo Lanos, Revista Qorpe Estranho, Leonhard Frank Duch, Flavio Pons, Omar Khouri and Ze Augusto Nepomuceno.

History of price:
Jonathan Hill, New York, USA June 2023 US$ 450.-