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Scope and Contents This publication is edited by John Herschend and Will Rogan. Kota issue utilized the entire THING. It was our first issue in which the issue itself was the whole. Much of Kota's work has been about interpretation and modes of translation. And his contribution to THE THING was not an exception to this. His issue consisted of the standard THING box stamped in Cyrillic (Russian), a letter from the editor translated in to Mandarin, and a simple white cotton baseball cap with Arabic Text embroidered onto the front. Subscribers were only given a very small clue as to what the translation might be (a URL in English, buried in the Mandarin text). The result for many became a search for meaning and an interaction with a text that had symbolic feel but little relevance to their daily lives (unless they spoke the languages). Many subscribers took the letter to their local Chinese restaurant and asked for help, or they wore the hat around for days and weeks until someone told them what it...

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This publication is edited by John Herschend and Will Rogan. This issue is designated a back issue on the card accompanying this object. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a homage to an art gallery director in San Francisco. Written at the bottom of the poster, "This is a toast to William Passarelli and the Vibrant Electical Energy of Good Thoughts and All to Our Extended Families Is." The cups are inscribed at the bottom "I WISH YOU WELL." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The maple syrup was produced by Mike Czok in Braintree Vermont from the trees that grow around his home.The image on the poster is such a tree.The Thing Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. It's like a magazine, except that each isssue is conceived of by a different contributor and then published on a useful object. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Thing Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. It's like a magazine, except that each issue is conceived of by a different contributor and then published as a useful object. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Thing Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. It's like a magazine, except that each issue is conceived of by a different contributor and then published as a useful object. Jennifer Clavin, the lead vocalist of the punk band "Bleached" contributed several wonderful graphic, concrete poetic designs depicted in this record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.