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The Minimalism issue
Twenty-eight numbered items, including advertisements folder. Edited and designed by Brian O'Doherty, art direction by David Dalton and Lynn Letterman. Published Fall-Winter 1967 by Roaring Fork Press, NYC.
Box. Two-piece box, 8-1/4 by 8-1/4 by 2-1/8 inches. White box of two nearly identical halves, title on side in inconspicuous type. Contains sections 2 through 28.
Contents. Editor's description of items included with this issue.
Three Essays. Essays with post-modern perspectives.
The Death of the Author
Style and the Representation of Historical Time
George Kubler
The Aesthetics of Silence
Phonograph recording. Beckett / Gabo & Pevsner. Side A: Samuel Beckett's Text for Nothing #8 (1958), read by Jack MacGowan. Side B: The Realistic Manifesto (1920), by Naum Gabo and Noton Pevsner, read by Naum Gabo.
Phonograph recording. Burroughs / Robbe-Grillet. Side A: Excerpts from Nova Express (1964), by William Burroughs, read by the author. Side B: "Now the shadow of the southwest column..." an excerpt from Jealousy (1957), by Alain Robbe-Grillet, read by the author. Translation of side B in item 23.
Phonograph recording. Feldman / Cage. Side A: The King of Denmark, by Morton Feldman, realized by Max Neuhaus in 1967. Side B: Fontana Mix-Feed, Nov. 6, 1967, by John Cage, realized by Max Neuhaus. Score of side A in item 20. Score of side B in item 21.
Maze model part 3. Cardboard model part. Mates with item 9.
Maze model part 2. Cardboard model part. Mates with item 27.
Phonograph recording. Merce Cunningham. Side A: Space, Time and Dance (1952), by Merce Cunningham. Side B: Further Thoughts (1967), an interview with Cunningham.
Phonograph recording. Duchamp / Huelsenbeck. Side A: Marcel Duchamp, The Creative Act (1956). Side B: Richard Huelsenbeck, Four poems from Phantastiche Gebete (1916), and Marcel Duchamp, Some Texts from L'Infinitif (1912-1920).
The Russian Desert: A Note on the State of Our Knowledge. Douglas MacAgy on Russian art history.
Conditionnement. Reverse side: Repair. A poem by Michael Butor, translated by Michael Benedikt.
Poem, March 1966. Conceptual poetry by Dan Graham.
Serial Project #1. Description of an installation at Dwan Gallery by Sol Lewitt.
Seven Translucent Tiers. A grid study in three dimensions, by Mel Bochner.
Structural Play #3. Description of a performance piece by Brian O'Doherty.
The King of Denmark. Part of a musical score by Morton Feldman; recording at item 6.
Fontana Mix. Musical score by John Cage; recording at item 6.
Drawings for The Maze. Illustrates and describes a model by Tony Smith, included in this issue. Its eight pieces are numbered items 7 through 11 and 25 through 27.
Translation of Jealousy (Recorded excerpt). A translation by Richard Howard of the excerpt read by Robbe-Grillet on item 5.
Four Films by Four Artists. Reel of super-8 film, comprising four film clips:
Lightplay (excerpt)
Robert Morris &
Stan VanDerBeek
Site (excerpt)
Linoleum (excerpt)
Included in some copies in lieu of the film spool was a note from the publisher promising that the reel of film would be mailed seperately.
Advertisements/Advertisements. Folder, enclosing a sheet for Artforum, 8 by 22 inches, accordion-folded to 8 inches square; sheet for from Wesleyan University Press advertising John Cage's Silence and A Year from Sunday, 8 by 22 inches, folded twice to 8 inches square; a checklist of Something Else Press books and Great Bear pamphlets, 8-1/2 by 11 inches; a die-cut, color brochure for Bolex super-8 projectors, 9 by 8-3/8 inches, folded to 3-1/8 by 6 inches; subscription form for Aspen, 8-1/2 by 10-5/8 inches, folds to make its envelope (misfolded, to fit in this box); green, black, and white Aspen renewal order form, 6-1/4 by 7-1/4 inches, with perforated detachable envelope.
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