Scope and Contents

This publication was conceived as an extension of Assembling. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Stephen Perkins, the curator of the exhibition and the editor of the catalogue writes the following introduction, "This catalogue is a documentation for an exhibition of assembling magazines that took place at Subspace, Iowa City, during September, 1996. The call for submissions was circulated among the correspondence art network and the exhibition was comprised of 38 titles from 15 countries, a small number of assembled books, two audio compilations and assorted artists' magazines, books and catalogues. Many contributors submitted statements about their publications and others offered articles and histories on particular aspects of assemblings. Also included in this catalogue are interviews with editors of four of the periodicals in the exhibition. I'd like to thank all the participants who contributed so generously and were instrumental in creating an exhibition that reflects the spirit of collaboration and exchange that is so central to this international networking community....