Network Atlas by Geza Perneczky - Ruud Janssen

341formed as postcards or «letters», altogether 16 pieces in an envelopeof 32.5x22.5 cm.) Köln, 1982^Post Infinite. Doc. Exh.: Kunoldstr. 34, Kassel, → Olbrich J. O. 1983 ®^500 Marxist Celles. (Identity cards as A/6 booklets {500} + rubber stamps) 1983 ®^Mail Art Aktion: Marx-Test. (for the anniversaly of Karl Marx) Cat.: A/4, phc. ®16 p. Exh.: Poller Atelierhaus, Köln-Poll, 1983^Atlantis/Antarktis project – “Mail Art Land Atlantis”. Inv. + form-sheet, 1984^Soft Geometry (Manifesto). April 1, 1985. A/3, folded, phc. 1 sheet.^Soft Geometry (Art project and Mail Art activity) A/3 xeroxed book, horz. size, withthe Soft Geometry manifesto & div. images, altogether 18 leaves.Paintings and the outfit partly handmade / orig. {200}. Köln, 1985^Soft Geometry. Exh. in Liget-Galéria, → Várnagy, Budapest, 1986^Soft Geometry. (With all Mail Art Publs.) Cat.: Cut A/4, offset, 16 p. Essay: MartaKovalovszky + the Soft Geometry manifesto, all texts Hungarian &English / Budapest Galéria – Lajos utca, 1987 ^Transcendental Mail Art (A/4 size prints & handmade pieces, very div. technics,13 leaves altogether in box {300}), 1987-88 ^The Artists' Books in European View... (On the artists' books exh. of the King Stephan Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, entitled A surprise forour readers!) Brochure in size of A/4, phc. 32 p. S. P. Köln, 1987^The Story of the Colourful Ribbons (Artists' Books series with textile ribbons, div. form and size, mostly A/4 overzise, also horz. ~ 90 vols.) 1987-91^The Story of the Colourful Ribbons. Theory & Praxis. (The «scores» of the first24 volumes in 42x15 cm, horz. size, photocopy with textile ribbonapplication {100}) 1987Artistamps: ^Secret Society of Diligent Mail Artists (Sheet of 32 diff. stamps, black offset) Transcendental Mail Art. 1988 ^Art Strike Comments, criticism and graphics collected in A/4 envelope {200}. 1990 ^The Boy Evacue The Art Strike set N° 2 published in A/4 envelope {200}. 1990 ^A Háló. (Book about the alternative magazine network, Hungarian) 34x24 cm, offset, 302 p. Héttorony Ed., Budapest. n.d. (1991)^The Magazine Network. The trends of alternative art... 1968-1988. (Monographical work, A/4, offset, 286 p.) Köln, 1993~Literature:J. A. Hoffberg: Reviews (About 8 stamp art actions published in the form of artists'books by G. Perneczky) In: Umbrella (→ Hoffberg). Vol. 5, #4. 93 p. 1982^The Samping Activity of Géza Perneczky (Making An Impression). In: Lightworks(→ Burch), N° 16, Winter 1983-84. 24-27 p.)(The Artists' Books in European View...): «A tentative and personal exploration ofthe development of artists' books, concentrating from the 60s through to the present.The very nature of the development, the vide diversity of book objects, and theinternational scope of this activity preclude any definite categories. However, bybreaking down artists' books into roughly three generations Perneczky gives anominal coherence to this development, these are, 1st generation: constructivist upto WWII, 2nd generation: Fluxus, Neo-Dada, European Nouveau Realisme, Minimal/ConceptArt, 3rd generation: Mail Art activity from early 70s. Perneczkytouches upon who has been collecting artists' books, who's been writing about them,who's been left out of these books (Poles, Hungarians, Spaniards, S. Americans,Russians), the kind of book exhibitions organised, the different type of artists'books, and a discussion of some of the work received for an artists' book exhibitionat the Kind Stephan Museum in Hungary... I found this is a stimulating and thoughtfulbooklet that is not afraid to confront the difficulties in surveying such a broadterrain...» (Stephen → Perkins: Magazines. In: Box of Water, N° 4, 1988)^Vittore → Baroni: Géza Perneczky. In: Arte Postale. Guida al network della