Network Atlas by Geza Perneczky - Ruud Janssen

408haeadquartier's lobby during February 1982.» (Umbrella, 6/#1, 1983)^Spiegelman's Mailart Rag (At the start a one-sheet rag, later an offset brochure with very useful informations and texts for the whole international Mail Artscene. Also an with familiar photos illustrated chroniqule of the CaliforniaMail Art and alternative art sociaty in th 80s. A special case ofSpiegelman's info activity (and the real first issue of his rag) was theholly debated and later retracted Umbrella issue in 1984 (see below).Letter, offset, 2-20 p., with manual interventions as well as orig. rubberstamps as hand written individual notes, etc. 1983-86, #1-4)^#(1), 2, 3, 4A History of Los Angeles Mail Art (1978 Through 1983). In: Flue / → Franklin Furnace, Vol. 4 #3, 1984, 29-39.^Umbrella (Mag. → Hoffberg, J.), «special exlcusive mailart edition» (retracted issue). Vol. 7, N° 2. 1984. About the New York Mail Art Pannel →«Franklin Furnace Mail Art Show» in the 22 Wooster Gallery, Febr. 241984. From the contents: Faith Heisler: Review of Postal Art Panel.+ Open letters from Carlo →Pittore, M. Mollet, Cracker Jack Kid(→ Welch), Al → Ackerman (also as LING), J. P. →Jacob, Ken →Friedman, R. → Sounders, A. Ur, Joachim → Frank & others.^Visual Response League. (Mail Art show with Alan H. Nakagawa). Letter size inv., + Doc. 35.5x21.5 cm. sheet, offset / Exh. held at the park Plaza Hotel(April 30 -), Otis Parson Student Leage 459 S. Citrus Ave., Los Angeles.(April 30-), and the Cotton Exchange Show (May 5-) 1984^Olympic Mail Art Show – the fake invitation behalf of the Olympic Committee. No project. Inv.-flyer by Spigelman, 1984^Olympic Games, Music & Orwell's 1984. (with M. →Hyatt, L.→ Caldera, M. Mollett, R.→ Meade) A multi-thematical project with large exhibitions. Insteadof a catalogue an offset poster of 53x31 cm. Exhibitions: “Base 2 Gallery”,Los Angeles, & the “Galley 1331” by Michael Hyatt, Santa Monica. July-August 1984 Lon Spiegelman died December 9, 2002 in Los Angeles 2002~Literature:Lon Spiegelman & Michael Mollett: Mail Art Keeps Me Sane. In: The Los AngelesMonitor, Augustus-September issue, 1980Lon Spiegelman: Letters to Umbrella. (About the postage costs and the „free ofcharge“ character of Mail Art catalogues) In: Umbrella (→ Hoffer), Vol. 3,# 5, 1980. 99 p.Lon Spiegelman: Letter (concerning artists' dependence on government subsidies)In: Los Angeles Times. August 2, 1981. (See P. → Horobin's reflection to thisaffair; Letter to the editor. In: Umbrella [→ Hoffberg], Vol. 4, #4, 84 p.)Lon Spiegelman: The non-written rules of Mail Art. In: Pro Fun, 1980, LosAngeles. Reprint: N D, (→ Plunkett) N° 6, Austin, 1986 6 p.Lon Spiegelman: A History of Los Angeles Mail Art (1978 trough 1983)In: Flue(→ Franklin Furnace), Vol. 4 #3-4 (Winter 1984), 29-31 p.Lon Spiegelman: Archives (about the purchasing the Judith A. Hoffberg Collection /the Jean Brown Archive by the UCLA Art Library / Getty Center for theHistory of Art and the Humanities and likes of problems) In: Spiegelman'smailart rag. Vol. 1, #4. December 1986. 15-16 p.→ Plunkett: Interview with Lon Spiegelman. In: N D, N°9, Austin, 1987, 5-8 p.Géza Perneczky: The Magazine Network... Edition Soft Geometry, Köln, 1993.(about the „special mail art“ issue of Umbrella) 11-12, 23 p.«One unwelcomed side-effect of being part of such an "enlarged family" as the mail artcommunity is the fact that we must often weep the passing of near or distant "relatives"."On December 9, Lon Spiegelman suffered a heart attack and left this world. He had