Saturday, August 11, 2018

WIPE 112 is bound!










Australia
Teresa Lawrence

Begium
Miche-Art-Universalis

France
André Robè

Canada
Kerosene
Germany
Anna Karina Fries . Ute Mescher
Jurgen O.Olbrich . PLG . TICTAC

Italy
Laura Cristin . Serse Luigetti
Giovanni Strada

Spain
Antonio Gómez. Miguel Jimenez

Taiwan
William Mellott

UK
Babs Bird . Prerna Chandiramani
Alan Turner

USA
John M.Bennett . Laura Dunn

Wipe
Wipe is a small assembling publication in which toilet paper is the medium. The use of a nonarchival, indeed anti-archival medium, is intentional, with the ephemerality and fragility of the medium insharp contrast with the artistic concern for archival materials. Conceived as a playful lightweight publication to circumvent postage costs, Wipe nods to Duchamp’s urinal and challenges contributors to make work on a medium that is almost anti-art.
Contributors source their own toilet paper, a source of fascination in itself and a comment on the hygiene practices of different societies. In spite of its intended ephemerality, toilet paper allows rubberstamping, stitching, collaging, and even frottaging. When 20 contributions are received, Wipe is distributed to participants by mail.(text by Susan Hartigan)
Limited copies of WIPE 112 are available for sale for $20 US (including international p&p) email for further details.

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