Trans VSI Connection NSCAD-NETCO. Sept 15 - Oct 15, 1969

Halifax, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1970, 27,7x21,5 cm, paperback, pp. [214], artist’s book documenting a long-distance exchange between N.E. Thing Co. in Vancouver and faculty and students at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, from 15 September to 5 October 1969. Using telephone, telex and telecopier, NETCO transmitted instructions and “Visual Sensitivity Information,” which participants received, interpreted and answered through actions and documentation. Reproducing the communications in facsimile, the volume makes their exchange both the substance of the exhibition and its lasting record. An early experiment in using telecommunications to connect artistic production, geographical distance and collaborative learning. First edition, published in 1970 [Bibliography: Celant 1972, pp. 74].