(Fluxus) Hendricks, Geoffrey, Allan Kaprow, Carolee Schneemann, Al Hansen, Nam June Paik et al.
New York: Judson Gallery, 1967.
Medium-sized printed envelope, with 12 sections. First edition, an edition of 500, originally distributed free. Cover by Ralph Ortiz. Includes 12 colorful-printed paper sections (each section has a varied number of pages) that were from the 12 Evenings of Manipulations at the Judson Church Gallery. Each section is folded in half and all but the Kaprow (as issued) contain an offset photographic image from the performance. Included sections on Ralph Ortiz "Destruction Realization"; Bici Hendricks "Deteriorations"; Jean Toche "Art Experiments"; Allan Kaprow "Push and Pull"; Al Hansen "Viking Dada"; Geoffrey Hendricks "Sky Change"; Malcolm Goldstein "State of the Nation"; Steve Rose "Art Demonstration"; Carolee Schneemann "Divisions and Rubble"; Lil Picard "Construction- Destruction- Construction"; Kate Millet No; and from the last evening: Nam June Paik letter; Paik program notes for "Soft Transformations". Also included is the Judson publications manifesto and notes by Geoffrey Hendricks; a schedule of the 12 Evenings; and the photo credits page.
Manipulations was reprinted in Winter 1968-1969 as issue #6A of Aspen Magazine edited by Phyllis Johnson, but the Aspen reprint is very different from the original and does not include a number of the items included here. Scarce.
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Manipulations.
