"The back of Shozo Shimamoto's head": In 1987, Shozo Shimamoto, a Japanese Gutai artist & Mail Artist, & Ryosuke Cohen, another Japanese Mail Artist, & a Jap...
Tags: Cohen, Paul, Ryosuke, Shimamoto, Shozo, More…Summers, a, cONVENIENCE, tENTATIVELY
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Sorry about that, Carolyn. I improved on the movie slightly, deleted the original version, & uploaded the new one. Here's the new URL: https://youtu.be/dpOcptaJt1Y
"The back of Shozo Shimamoto's head" notes - 5:24
「島本翔三の頭の裏」:1987年、日本のグータイ·アーティスト兼メール·アーティストの島本翔三と、他の日本のメール·アーティストのコーエン亮介、そして誰かがパフォーマンス·アーティストだったのか、おそらく誰かが思い出したMail Artistも、北米ツアーの一環としてBalTimOreにやって来ました。日本語を少ししか話さず、BalTimOronsの誰もが日本語を話さなかったRyosukeを除いて、3人の日本人は英語を話さなかったので、コミュニケーションは少しぎこちないものでした。それにもかかわらず、Paul Summers牧師と私はShozoとRyosukeとの間でMail Artの交換を頻繁に行っていたので、私達はすでにお互いを幾分知っていました。 MICA(メリーランドインスティテュートカレッジオブアート)の駅の駐車場にどのように着いたのか私にはわかりませんが、これはRev Paulが設定したものだったと思います。正三は、頭を剃って物事をやるためにはっきりとツアーをしていたと思います。私は私の郵送物で使用したステッカーのコレクションを持っていたので私はShozoに固執するためにその中からいくつかを選びました。 Alan Baryshは、このプロセスに伴うように第三次世界大戦に対するベトナムの退役軍人の記録された声明をしました。アランと私は当時ルームメイトでした。その後、正三がこの目的のために持ってきたスーパー8フィルムが彼の頭の後ろに映し出されました。私は示されている人々はおそらくMail Artistsだと思います。 1人目はレイジョンソンかもしれませんが、私に言うのは難しいです。この投影がどこで行われたのかはわかりません。少なくとも、亮介はアランと私の家に戻ってきて、そこで私たちは贈り物を交換し、パーティーをしました。
"The back of Shozo Shimamoto's head": In 1987, Shozo Shimamoto, a Japanese Gutai artist & Mail Artist, & Ryosuke Cohen, another Japanese Mail Artist, & a Japanese woman whose name I don't remember who was a performance artist & possibly a Mail Artist as well, came to BalTimOre as a part of a North American tour. The 3 Japanese didn't speak English except for Ryosuke who only spoke a little & none of the BalTimOrons spoke any Japanese so communication was a bit awkward. Nonetheless, Reverend Paul Summers & I had had extensive Mail Art exchanges with Shozo & Ryosuke so we already knew each other somewhat. I don't know how we ended up on the MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) Train Station parking lot but I imagine this was something Rev Paul set up. I think Shozo was touring expressly to do things with his shaven head. I had a collection of stickers that I used in my mailings so I chose some from that to stick to Shozo. Alan Barysh, played a recorded statement of Vietnam Veterans Against World War III to accompany this process. Alan & I were roommates at the time. Later, a super-8 film that Shozo had brought for this purpose was projected on the back of his head. I think the people shown are probably Mail Artists. The 1st one might be Ray Johnson but it's hard for me to tell. I'm not sure where this projection took place. I remember that Ryosuke, at least, came back to Alan's & my house later where we exchanged gifts & partied. - June 8, 2019 notes from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
Tags: Shozo Shimamoto, tENTATIVELY a cONVENIENCE, stickers, Mail Art
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