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The label states that Eighty Days was made during an Australian Visit from June 13 until August 31, 1997. The cloth bag is labeled Networkers are Miners on one side and Fossick Edition on the other. On one of the photocopied sheets within the bag, the meaning of Fossick is given as Australian or New Zealand slang for to rummage or to search. Its contents are 30 works produced by students of the School of Arts at University of Ballarat that explore the themes of mining, minerals and local history of Ballarat, Australia.The case also contains a catalogue entitled "Field Study Australia" documenting international mail art exhibited at the Courthouse Project in Geelong, Australia.The plastic case is a blue color with the Australian flag embossed on its lid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Jurgen Olbrich did the cover collage. Edited by Axel Fabry and Peter Krabbe. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Includes a Field Study Directory that lists names and addresses of present and past contributors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Laura Poll included a card in the magazine sent to Patricia Collins. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Contains Banana Rag No.26. Stored in Anna Banana Publications box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The main feature of this issue was a compact disc recording by Stefan Kurt with selections of music and sound poetry. The disc was produced by Jurgen Olbrich at the No Institute. The melodic music often incorporated street sounds, for example, a travelling, steam locomotive. the 84, 35mm, color transparency slides are labeled and depict landscapes, buildings and scenes of a marketplace somewhere in Africa. The can holding this material is an appropriated Danish cookie can onto which Olbrich has collaged paper, perforated with letters on its lid and side to read, No News 39. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents The other copies of this assembling belong to Geof Huth, Nancy Huth, Erin Huth, Timothy Huth, Ficus Strangulensis, and John M. Bennett. Three copies are still held by Geof Huth. The archival envelope that houses the pieces is numbered 255950. Geof Huth provides extensive documentation on this project which is reproduced as follows. FILM CLIPS # 4 A SELF-DESTRUCTING COMPILATION OF CULTURAL ICONOGRAPHY AND MAIL ART O + + + + + . + + + + + R THE ILLEIST'S FRAME OF REFERENCE ENTOMBED WHAT ABOUT THIS IS ABOUT A bagazine of mailart and the ephemeral evidence of the culture we burrow through, "Film Clips" gives us some idea of the changing ways of documenting the world over the course of time. Ge(of Huth)'s life as an archivist and an occasional packrat have allowed him access to all kinds of materials just before their owners have destroyed them forever. He collected these with no idea in mind of what to do with them, and eventually "Film Clips" came to be. The proximate impetus for this...

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This project and the accompanying book are a spoof on a vehicle advertised in Frankfurter Allegmeine Sonntagszeitung, the "ResidenSea." The latter is a luxery liner and houseboat all in one with 110 holiday residences and 88 apartments for sale. The prices range from $680,000 to $3,900,000! The booklet gives the artist's take on this project and the box objects presents the artists' view of another kind of travelling. The top of the box is a painting by Brigetta Heidtmann. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Lara placed an image on the left side of a page of a dentist working on a child. The contributing artists added unique material to the right side of the page and sometimes altered Lara's image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.