W. Reginald Bray (Freak Letters)

postcard to "Any Resident of London", 1899 / script from BBC radio programme, 1935 /envelope crocheted by Bray's mother, 1899

from The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects by John Tingey, Princeton Architectural Press, NY, 2010---The book documents W. Reginald Bray's experiments with the postal system. Bray's postcard addressed to "Any Resident of London" predates Ben Vautier's "Postman's Choice" by 66 years! Read more here at A Sound Awareness (thanks Martin!)

I was reminded of this book as a postal strike continues here in Canada.

Ben: terrain vague

(Terrain Vague, 1961, 1970 / Partie Du Tout A Ben, 1960 / Le Temps, 1961 / To Change Art Destroy Ego, 1965, 1968 / Centre Du Monde, 1962 / Jeter Dieu a la Mer, 1962 / Voiture, ca. 1964-65 / Voiture, ca. 1964-65 / Le Vitres De Magazins, 1979 )
From Strip Tease Intégral de Ben (Rétrospective Ben [Vautier]), Somogy editions d'art/ MAC Lyon, Paris/Lyon, 2010 (french language)

previously and previously

The Encumbrance

From Strip Tease Intégral de Ben (Rétrospective Ben [Vautier]), Somogy editions d'art/ MAC Lyon, Paris/Lyon, 2010 (french language) I'll be posting more from this soon.

choose between thees two squares and answer why?

sketchbook with inscription by Ben Vautier, Lyon, France, 2004