Network Atlas by Geza Perneczky - Ruud Janssen

523re head of a strange new religion called Neoism. It seems that Neoism confuse thepublic by drinking human blood, and wearing cats, fish, and mushrooms on theirheads. These so called Neoists had certainly managed to confuse me. On the onehand there were parallels to my own life: Martial Panterel. Blocus Solus, The OhPan Pop Satyr, and now this Neoism. My own religion is known through the freeworld as One-ism. (...)Just who this God of Neoism is or was, remains a mystery, even to this day.I have compiled some documents on this matter that are enclosed herein. You willfind rare archival material from Zack, Sno White Jung, Arthur →Berkhoff, Stewart→ Home, David → Cole, Al→ Ackermancy, Peter → Below and others toohumorous to mention. I hope these documents and this concisse essay will shedsome light on just WHO this Monty Pansin is, as well as answer the questionWHAT THE FUCK IS NEOISM?»(Mark → Bloch: Cover Story. In: C NILE, Panmag, #15, New York, 1985)(What is Neoism?): «Who cares about the sex of the angels? Each neoist writes hisown manifesto, adds symbols to the mithology of Monty Cantsin (→ Kántor),publishes Smile magazines, draws maps of the promised land. A ghost floats overthe decaying cake of contemporary art, the ghost of the Generation Positive (→Home), invisible international organisms, fre spirits. Just like Lt. Murnau's (→Baroni) purple hearts N League, or the Church of the Subgenius (→ Ackerman),or the Temple of Psichick Youth, or the Eternal Network (→ Filliou). From thechic decorativism of art movements programmed by the butchers of culture supermarketsto the staging of a collective dream. The total disposability of the ubiquitousmedia-star, one, nobody and a thousand prophets with a flaming neoteris heartpumping miraculous lymph. What if nothing is there, inside, over, under, behind?Our smile suffices. The spontaneous generation of pseudopodes, ectoplasms, materializationsof thin souls, white slaver from the mouth, art of tought (try yourself,put your head in a photocopier, push the button, concentrate, expire, check theresult). Neoism has many enemies and friends. Only thus the conspiracy may grow.Generation Positive is here to save the world, to slick a colourful mole on yourskin, to fly flaming irons (→ Kántor) forever. Cool iron for delicate garments,dropped over your feet, mad with love. Wash yourself anew before wearingNeoism (...) Big Nemo is Mr. Network. A smile to everybody, a snarl if necessary.»(Victor → Baroni: What is Neoism? In: Smile-Snarl, Pontenossa, 1985)(The goal of Neoism...): «It is the times like this that Neoism, with its notoriousdoctrine of „positive plagiarism“, comes in especially useful. The goal of Neoismis nothing less than Total Freedom. Thus its teachings adónd rituals are designedto liberate rather than to enslave (as is so often the case with more orthodox artistictechniques). A weak-willed artist may choose to limit his options by following theconventional morals of society. A Neoist, on the other hand, will always follow hisimpulses through to their logical conclusion, borrowing fromany number of sourcesin his quest for pure expression...»(Pete → Scott: Statement in SMILE (again). Doncaster, August 1987, 2 p.)^Ford, Simon: Smile Classified. Cat.: A/5, phc., 12 p. National Art Library / Victoria& Albert Museum, London. March-August 1992^Smile / The Anatomy of Neoism. (A late appeared & collective edited issue aboutNeoism entitled with a hint to the Smile mania. A/4 horz. size, phc. 28 p. 1992, #1)The Memorial Group ( Monty Cantsin, Natalie Slovikoski, Björn Balcke, MarkBloch, Oliver Gassner, Graf Haufen, Stewart Home, Helix Lott, Jena Parson, BertSchuck) Berlin? 1992Géza Perneczky: With Love and Sabotage (About Neoism and Radicalism in the