N E Thing Co Netco (2 results)

Brossura. Condition: ottimo. prima edizione. Halifax, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1970, 27,7x21,5 cm, paperback, pp. [214], artist's book documenting a long-distance exchange between N.E. Thing Co. in Vancouver and faculty and students at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, from 15 September to 5 October 1969. Using telephone, telex and telecopier, NETCO transmitted instructions and "Visual Sensitivity Information," which participants received, interpreted and answered through actions and documentation. Reproducing the communications in facsimile, the volume makes their exchange both the substance of the exhibition and its lasting record. An early experiment in using telecommunications to connect artistic production, geographical distance and collaborative learning. First edition, published in 1970 [Bibliography: Celant 1972, pp. 74]. …

Brossura. Condition: ottimo. prima edizione. Halifax, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1970, 27,7x21,5 cm, paperback, pp. [214], artist book documenting with black and white reproductions the correspondence between the artist, who also worked under the name The N.O.Thing CO. until the end of the 1960s. and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. The artist's foreword states: "The publication was created using the copying process. The exhibition did not actually take place, but consists of the correspondence documented in the book and is also the exhibition". An early attempts to bridge technology [telegrams, telex, telecopier], distance [Vancouver to Nova Scotia] and time [the four hour time zone change between the two cities], sending instructions for artworks and students at NSCAD attempting to execute and respond with results. Project also involved David Askevold, Mary Lou Bowstead, Richards Jarden, Jo Knapp, Sue Krassman, and others. Edition size unknown unsigned and unnumbered. [Bibliography: Celant 1972, pp. 74].…