Fresh Goods from the East

Published by the artist, New York
Transparent plastic box with label containing
a typewriter ribbon, 10 x 12 x 2.8 cm.

See also "Fluxkit labels", No. 0110E


Transcript of the two pieces of Carbon Typewriter (by Elke Gruhn)

Longer piece
OKOONO,GM,NAMJUNEPAIKBENJAMIN PATTERSON,CHIEKOSHIOMI,BENVAUTIER,ROBERT WATTSANDEMMETWILLIAMS,ADMISSION$2:CONCERT(NOTNUMBERED)SECRETCOMPOSITIONBYNAMYUNEPAIK-TOBEANNOUNCEDATCARNEGIERECITALHALLCONCERTORATFLUXUSSHOP.STREETEVENTSEVERYSATURDAYAFTERNOON,INQUIREATFLUXUSSHOPORSEND25c/FORALLANNOUNCEMENTS.TOBEANNOUNCEDAT25c/FORALLCARNEGIERECITALHALLORGANIZATIONANDRULES BOYSCOUTTROOP64DUMONT,N.Y.MAY1,1964ORGANIZATIONANDRULESBOYSCOUTTROOP64DUMONT,N.Y.MAY,1964ORGANISATIONTROOPCOMMITTEE:AORGANISATIONSPORGANIZATIONSPONSOR:TheOldNorthReformedChhurchMEETINGS:Wednesday,7:30-99:00P.M.FellowshipHall.INSTITUTIONALREPRESENTÁTIVE:HaroldSoffelTROOPCOMMITTEE:AndrewNelson,ChairmanArnoldMagnus,SecretaryThomasMulligganTreasurerDU4.-6132DU4-7128DU4-5928DU5-1668Kenneth,EnbergAdvancementDU4-7232BertHoffman,AdvancementD13-6227JohnSchwarz,AdvancementDU4-5438ONNIEBLOOMDU4-3240JackBuckleyDU5-3127CassLiszkaDU4-5739TroopCommitteemeetings-FirstTuesdayofthemonth,8p.M.atdesignaxedmember`shome.LEADERS:PaulVanNuttScoutmasterDU4-6885WarrenBurger,Ass.ScoutmasterDU-2722RobertFinley,,,,,DU4-0929WalterGeorg,,,,,DU4-8703JosephGrande,,,,,DU5-5965BenKatzenstein,,,,DU4-7125,,,JosephKennedy,,,,,DU-5435CharlesKuykendahl,,,DU4-7179MOTHERSAUXILARY:MOTHERSAUXILARY:BunnyGeorg,LiaisonOfficerDU4-8703RoseLaessigSecretaryDU4-8460EveelynVenezia,TreasurerDU4-5041AnnAdzema,ChairmananDinner&SocialCommitteeDU4-8688TheBondurant,ChairmanTransportationCommitteeDU5-0034MildredGiedroyce,Co-ChairmanDU4-7895PeggyPalm,Co-ChairmanDU5-5694WaysandMeansCommitteeDU5-5694MothersAuxiliarymeetings-FirstThursdayofthemonth,8:00P.M.GreenRoomofOldNorthReformedChurch.TROOPRULESTROOPRULESADVANCEMENT:EachScoutmustadvanceatleastonerankperscoutyearuptoandincludingStar,orhewillbesuspended*from theTroop.Failuretopartici-suspended*pateinthefullscoutprogrammwillendangerascout’sadvancement.ATTENDANCE:Scoutswhomissthreeconsecutiveweeklymeetingswillbesuspended*,unlesssatisfac-toryexplenationisgiventothe Scoutmaster.CONDUCT:SCOUTSMUSTDOTHEIRBESTTOLIVEUPTOTHESCOUTOATHANDLAW.DUES:AnyscoutfourweeksbehindinduescannotparticipateinTroopactivities.UNIFORMS:Onlyascoutinfulluniformwillbeadmittedtomeetings,providedheownsauniform.UniformsmustbewornonallscoutactivitiesandduringBoyScoutWeek.*Reinstatementwillbemadebythe TroopCommitteeuponrecommen-dationoftheScoutmaster.recommanda-tionScoutsmustdotheirbesttoliveuptotheScout 0 athandLaw. ORGANISATIONANDRULESBOYSCOUTTROUP64,DUMONT,NXX,MAY1,1964ORGANIZATIONANDRYLESBOYSCOUTTROOP54 ,DUMONT,N.J.$10$30$60$(9090$$60p  ovldeapendulumofsuitablematerialandweightsuspendedfromtheuppermostpointofthedomebythincableandreachingtoal0centralpointonthemainfloorC onstructunderthependulumasuitablesurfaceofsand,perhaps4blackandwhite,andatsuchanelevationandcurvaturethatthe7pendukumwilltracetheactvityoftherotationearthasit8turnsuponitsaxis.Itmaybenecessarytoscreenthependulumfromanyactionofthe3wi ndthroughthedoorssoasnottoaffectitsmovements.TomakethegunshootslowlythePowderlstoberammeddowninasolidmass.A3lighttapbeingallthatisnecessarywhenaquickexplosionisrequired.S oagalnas2thefrictionofsnallshotisgreatertha

2nd piece
mple”)NOVinvitedbyKarlheinzStockhausentoparticipateinhistheaterwork”Original”with Paik’sownwork(premiereof”ZenforHead”and“EtudePlatoniqueNo3”)1962MAYinvitation fromDuesseldorfKammerspieletoonemanshow(amunicipaltheatrefamedforrearlyperformancesof Becket&Ionesco)(premiereof“BagatelleAmerican”)Paikintroduced&performed

Exh.: 2000, Bassano del Grappa ; 2009, Barcelona ; 2009, Paris ; 2010, Moscow ; 2012, Chiasso ; 2022-2023, Milan.



Bibl.: "Fluxus etc", exhibition catalogue, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills 1981, p.142 ; "Sentieri Interrott-Crisi della rappresentazione e iconoclastia nelle arti dagli anni Cinquanta alla fine del secolo", exhibition catalogue, Bassano del Grappa 2000 ; "Creative R'evolution-50 years of Fluxus from the Archivio Bonotto", exhibition catalogue, Barcelona, 2009 ; "Sudain l'été Fluxus", exhibition catalogue, Passage de Retz, Paris, 2009 ; "Fluxus. A Creative Revolution 1962-2012", Chiasso, 2012, p. 187.