out of print 1 March to 18 May 2003, Exhibition Hall

«Out of Print» is an exhibition showing a representative cross-section from the «Archive
for Small Press and Communication (ASPC)» compiled by the Belgian collector Guy
Schraenen. An international selection of 800 items from about 35000 artists' books,
mail art, posters, artists' magazines, multiples, records, videos etc. will be on display
in Zurich. The ASPC was acquired by the Neues Museum Weserburg in Bremen in
1999, and forms the core of an artists' publications study centre there. The Zurich
exhibition will also contain examples from the MfGZ Poster Collection. Artists' publications
dating from the period between 1965 and 1978 show artists working vigorously
on coming to terms with the social contexts of their day. The «reading room» in the
exhibition offers the possibility of looking at documents and artists' books and consulting
other material. Collecting as a process and content analysis were an essential element
when the ASPC was set up; it is an archive that should be made accessible to
future interested parties as well.

Photos: Bettina Brach

Guided tours and lectures German only (pdf)