Correspondance avec John Armleder
Endre Tót
1974
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This seminal correspondence between Endre Tót and John Armleder begins and ends cyclically with the phrase: “I write you because you are there and I am here”. As we learn from the first page, the ...
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Correspondance avec John Armleder
Endre Tót
1974
Geneva: Ecart Publications
Unpaginated [80 pages]
29.2 × 20.7 cm
Edition of 500; numbered 279/500

This seminal correspondence between Endre Tót and John Armleder begins and ends cyclically with the phrase: “I write you because you are there and I am here”. As we learn from the first page, the volume contains almost all of the correspondence exchanged between Budapest and Geneva by Endre Tót and John Armleder during the preparation of Tót’s solo exhibition at Ecart in June–July 1974. 


 


Beyond the evidence of the exhibition’s development itself (projects, models, and plans), these documents introduce Tót’s work in the spirit and language in which he conceived it. We encounter traces of instruction stamps, preparatory studies for One Dozen Rains Postcards (1971–1973), and tautological letters conceived almost as concrete poems, consisting of the repetition of a single phrase:


 


“I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if…”


 


The correspondence has generally been presented in chronological order. Tót’s documents are most often typewritten, while Armleder’s are handwritten. The booklet served as the exhibition catalogue, revealing the project in its becoming.

Geneva: Ecart Publications
Unpaginated [80 pages]
29.2 × 20.7 cm
Edition of 500; numbered 279/500

This seminal correspondence between Endre Tót and John Armleder begins and ends cyclically with the phrase: “I write you because you are there and I am here”. As we learn from the first page, the volume contains almost all of the correspondence exchanged between Budapest and Geneva by Endre Tót and John Armleder during the preparation of Tót’s solo exhibition at Ecart in June–July 1974. 

 

Beyond the evidence of the exhibition’s development itself (projects, models, and plans), these documents introduce Tót’s work in the spirit and language in which he conceived it. We encounter traces of instruction stamps, preparatory studies for One Dozen Rains Postcards (1971–1973), and tautological letters conceived almost as concrete poems, consisting of the repetition of a single phrase:

 

“I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if…”

 

The correspondence has generally been presented in chronological order. Tót’s documents are most often typewritten, while Armleder’s are handwritten. The booklet served as the exhibition catalogue, revealing the project in its becoming.

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This seminal correspondence between Endre Tót and John Armleder begins and ends cyclically with the phrase: “I write you because you are there and I am here”. As we learn from the first page, the volume contains almost all of the correspondence exchanged between Budapest and Geneva by Endre Tót and John Armleder during the preparation of Tót’s solo exhibition at Ecart in June–July 1974. 

 

Beyond the evidence of the exhibition’s development itself (projects, models, and plans), these documents introduce Tót’s work in the spirit and language in which he conceived it. We encounter traces of instruction stamps, preparatory studies for One Dozen Rains Postcards (1971–1973), and tautological letters conceived almost as concrete poems, consisting of the repetition of a single phrase:

 

“I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if…”

 

The correspondence has generally been presented in chronological order. Tót’s documents are most often typewritten, while Armleder’s are handwritten. The booklet served as the exhibition catalogue, revealing the project in its becoming.

Geneva: Ecart Publications
Unpaginated [80 pages]
29.2 × 20.7 cm
Edition of 500; numbered 279/500

This seminal correspondence between Endre Tót and John Armleder begins and ends cyclically with the phrase: “I write you because you are there and I am here”. As we learn from the first page, the volume contains almost all of the correspondence exchanged between Budapest and Geneva by Endre Tót and John Armleder during the preparation of Tót’s solo exhibition at Ecart in June–July 1974. 

 

Beyond the evidence of the exhibition’s development itself (projects, models, and plans), these documents introduce Tót’s work in the spirit and language in which he conceived it. We encounter traces of instruction stamps, preparatory studies for One Dozen Rains Postcards (1971–1973), and tautological letters conceived almost as concrete poems, consisting of the repetition of a single phrase:

 

“I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if…”

 

The correspondence has generally been presented in chronological order. Tót’s documents are most often typewritten, while Armleder’s are handwritten. The booklet served as the exhibition catalogue, revealing the project in its becoming.

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This seminal correspondence between Endre Tót and John Armleder begins and ends cyclically with the phrase: “I write you because you are there and I am here”. As we learn from the first page, the volume contains almost all of the correspondence exchanged between Budapest and Geneva by Endre Tót and John Armleder during the preparation of Tót’s solo exhibition at Ecart in June–July 1974. 

 

Beyond the evidence of the exhibition’s development itself (projects, models, and plans), these documents introduce Tót’s work in the spirit and language in which he conceived it. We encounter traces of instruction stamps, preparatory studies for One Dozen Rains Postcards (1971–1973), and tautological letters conceived almost as concrete poems, consisting of the repetition of a single phrase:

 

“I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if I can write sentences to you, one after the other. I am glad if…”

 

The correspondence has generally been presented in chronological order. Tót’s documents are most often typewritten, while Armleder’s are handwritten. The booklet served as the exhibition catalogue, revealing the project in its becoming.

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