Ben Vautier | Suicide Kit (Kit de suicide)

Ben Vautier
Suicide Kit (Kit de suicide)
Self-published, 1962
9.5 x 37 x 18 cm
Unique object

A prototype for the edition below.

Vautier told Fluxus curator Jon Hendricks "I used two live electric wires: you tie them to your ears and put your feet in a bucket of water, sleeping pills, rope. They were real systems. I never used nails or fish hooks, those were from [George] Maciunas".

Ben Vautier | A Flux Suicide Kit

Ben Vautier
A Flux Suicide Kit
New York City, USA: Fluxus, 1967
9 x 12 x 2.5 cm.
Edition size unknown

A seven-compartment plastic box containing various one might use to self-harm: matches, BBs, razor, nails, fish hooks, an electrical plug with frayed cord, etc.

Bici Hendricks | 5 Seed Poem

Bici Hendricks
5 Seed Poem
New York City, USA: Backworks, 1970
14 x 9 cm.
Edition size unknown

Seeds in a plastic bag stapled to card which is titled, dated, initialed by the artist. Re-issued in 1974 by the Black Thumb Press.

Öyvind Fahlström | On The Air - Manipulating The World

Öyvind Fahlström
On The Air - Manipulating The World
Fylkingen, Stockholm: Sveringes Radios Förlag, 1999
338 pp., 16 x 29 cm., slipcover
Edition size unknown


Available here, for $227.00

Jeannie Meejin Yoon | Absence

Jeannie Meejin Yoon
Absence
New York City, USA: Printed Matter,
[unpaginated], 12.5 x 10 x 7 cm., board binding
Edition of 2000


Absence is a two-pound die-cut book sculpture memorial for the twin towers, by architect and designer Jeannie Meejin Yoon.

Julio Le Parc | Jeu Visuel formes en mouvement

Julio Le Parc
Jeu Visuel formes en mouvement
Paris, France: Edition Denise René, 1966
57 x 57 x 14 cm
Edition of 100

Subtitled Multiple No. 9, this electrical kinetic object is housed in a wooden box and accompanied by an "edition label".

Ian Hamilton Finlay | 1794/1994

Ian Hamilton Finlay
1794/1994
[no publisher listed], 1994
6 cm diameter
Edition size unknown

A plastic pin/button/badge.