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'''Neoism''' was a cultural movement influenced by [[Futurism]], [[Dada]], [[Fluxus]] and Punk, which emerged from the [[Mail art|Mail Art Network]] in the late 1970s. The initial idea came from the US Mail Artists [[David Zack]] and [[Al Ackerman]], but the fledgling movement found its focus in Montreal (Spring 1979). The Montreal group wanted to escape from 'the prison of art' and 'change the world'. With this end in mind, they presented society with an angst-ridden image of itself. Their activities are typified by Kiki Bonbon's film ''Flying Cats''. Two men, dressed in white coats, stand on top of a tower block. They have with them a selection of cats. One at a time, the cats are picked up and thrown to their death. Throughout the film, the protagonists repeat the phrase 'the cat has no choice'.
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'''Neoism''' was a cultural movement influenced by [[Futurism]], [[Dada]], [[Fluxus]] and Punk, which emerged from the [[Mail art|Mail Art Network]] in the late 1970s.  
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The initial idea came from the US Mail Artists [[David Zack]] and [[Al Ackerman]], but the fledgling movement found its focus in Montreal (Spring 1979). The Montreal group wanted to escape from 'the prison of art' and 'change the world'. With this end in mind, they presented society with an angst-ridden image of itself. Their activities are typified by Kiki Bonbon's film ''Flying Cats''. Two men, dressed in white coats, stand on top of a tower block. They have with them a selection of cats. One at a time, the cats are picked up and thrown to their death. Throughout the film, the protagonists repeat the phrase 'the cat has no choice'.
  
 
The Neoists tended to use the mediums of video, audio and live performance. They developed the concept of Apartment Festivals as a way of showing such work. These were week long events based in the living spaces of individual Neoists. The first of these was held in Montreal in September 1980. Subsequent Apartment Festivals took place in Baltimore (twice), Toronto, New York (twice), London, Ponte Nossa (Italy), Berlin and Montreal (twice more).
 
The Neoists tended to use the mediums of video, audio and live performance. They developed the concept of Apartment Festivals as a way of showing such work. These were week long events based in the living spaces of individual Neoists. The first of these was held in Montreal in September 1980. Subsequent Apartment Festivals took place in Baltimore (twice), Toronto, New York (twice), London, Ponte Nossa (Italy), Berlin and Montreal (twice more).
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==Publications==
 
==Publications==
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[[Image:Monty_Cantsin_ed_Neoist_Book.jpg|thumb|200px|''Neoist Book'', 1984, [[Media:Cantsin_Monty_ed_Neoist_Book.pdf|PDF]], [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=11241 Log].]]
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[[Image:Cantsin_NO_ed_A_Neoist_Research_Project.jpg|thumb|200px|''A Neoist Research Project'', 2010, [[Media:Cantsin_NO_ed_A_Neoist_Research_Project.pdf|PDF]], [[Media:Cantsin_NO_ed_A_Neoist_Research_Project.epub|EPUB]], [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=4141 Log].]]
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; Magazines
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* ''[http://psrf.detritus.net/issues.html PhotoStatic]'', 41 numbers, ed. Lloyd Dunn, Aug 1983-Jan 1993.
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* ''[http://www.thing.de/projekte/7:9%23/smile_index.html SMILE]'', 1984-95.
 
* ''[http://www.thing.de/projekte/7:9%23/y__yawn.html Yawn]'', 38 numbers, Sep 1989-Mar 1993, [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=5864 Log].
 
* ''[http://www.thing.de/projekte/7:9%23/y__yawn.html Yawn]'', 38 numbers, Sep 1989-Mar 1993, [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=5864 Log].
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* ''[http://www.thing.de/projekte/7:9%23/smile_index.html SMILE]'', 1984-95.
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* ''[http://psrf.detritus.net/issues.html Retrofuturism]'', 11+6 numbers, ed. Tape-beatles, Jan 1998-Apr 1993.
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* ''[http://psrf.detritus.net/issues.html Psrf]'', 2 numbers, ed. Lloyd Dunn, Oct 1997-Oct 1998.
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* ''The Neoist Network's First European Training Camp'', Kryptic Press, 1982, 72 pp. [http://ccca.concordia.ca/performance_artists/k/kantor/kantor_perf18/neoism/books_about_neoism/pages/book-001.html] [http://plus.google.com/photos/114939328148169132229/albums/5268284555356974689]
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=11241 Neoist Book]'', ed. Monty Cantsin, Canada, 1984.
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; Anthologies, Source books
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* Monty Cantsin, ''Neoism Now'', Artcore Editions, c1987, [156] pp. [http://ccca.concordia.ca/performance_artists/k/kantor/kantor_perf18/neoism/books_about_neoism/pages/book-004.html]
 
* ''[http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/artstrik.htm The Art Strike Papers / Neoist Manifestos]'', eds. James Mannox (ASP) and Stewart Home (NM), Edinburgh: AK Press, 1991. A collection of essays and statements concerning the 1990-1993 Art Strike, together with manifestos mostly dating from the early to mid-1980s. [http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/neoism/neoman.htm Manifestos].
 
* ''[http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/artstrik.htm The Art Strike Papers / Neoist Manifestos]'', eds. James Mannox (ASP) and Stewart Home (NM), Edinburgh: AK Press, 1991. A collection of essays and statements concerning the 1990-1993 Art Strike, together with manifestos mostly dating from the early to mid-1980s. [http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/neoism/neoman.htm Manifestos].
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=11241 Neoist Book]'', ed. Monty Cantsin, Canada, 1984.
 
 
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=4141 A Neoist Research Project]'', ed. N.O. Cantsin, London: OpenMute 2010, 246 pp.
 
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=4141 A Neoist Research Project]'', ed. N.O. Cantsin, London: OpenMute 2010, 246 pp.
  
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* [http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/neoism/neobier.htm "Neoists"], ''Super! Bierfront'', Jul 1996.
 
* [http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/neoism/neobier.htm "Neoists"], ''Super! Bierfront'', Jul 1996.
 
* Stewart Home, Florian Cramer, ''[http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/neoism/ninesq.htm The House of Nine Squares: Letters on Neoism, Psychogeography and Epistemological Trepidation]'', Invisible Books, 1997.
 
* Stewart Home, Florian Cramer, ''[http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/neoism/ninesq.htm The House of Nine Squares: Letters on Neoism, Psychogeography and Epistemological Trepidation]'', Invisible Books, 1997.
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* Oliver Marchart, ''Neoismus. Avantgarde und Selbsthistorisierung'', Klagenfurt/Vienna: Selene, 1997. [http://republicart.net/disc/artsabotage/marchart01_de.htm Preface]. [http://ccca.concordia.ca/performance_artists/k/kantor/kantor_perf18/neoism/books_about_neoism/pages/book-007.html] {{de}}
 
* Tatiana Bazzichelli, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=4137 Networked Disruption: Rethinking Oppositions in Art, Hacktivism and the Business of Social Networking]'', Aarhus University, 2011. PhD dissertation.
 
* Tatiana Bazzichelli, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=4137 Networked Disruption: Rethinking Oppositions in Art, Hacktivism and the Business of Social Networking]'', Aarhus University, 2011. PhD dissertation.
 
* Chiara Moioli, ''[[Media:Moioli_Chiara_Cloning_Aura_Neoism_Now_and_Then_In_Conversation_with_Florian_Cramer.pdf|Cloning Aura: Neoism Now & Then. In Conversation with Florian Cramer]]'', Brescia: Link Editions, 2016, [33] pp. {{en}}/{{it}}
 
* Chiara Moioli, ''[[Media:Moioli_Chiara_Cloning_Aura_Neoism_Now_and_Then_In_Conversation_with_Florian_Cramer.pdf|Cloning Aura: Neoism Now & Then. In Conversation with Florian Cramer]]'', Brescia: Link Editions, 2016, [33] pp. {{en}}/{{it}}

Revision as of 23:37, 27 February 2016

Neoism was a cultural movement influenced by Futurism, Dada, Fluxus and Punk, which emerged from the Mail Art Network in the late 1970s.

The initial idea came from the US Mail Artists David Zack and Al Ackerman, but the fledgling movement found its focus in Montreal (Spring 1979). The Montreal group wanted to escape from 'the prison of art' and 'change the world'. With this end in mind, they presented society with an angst-ridden image of itself. Their activities are typified by Kiki Bonbon's film Flying Cats. Two men, dressed in white coats, stand on top of a tower block. They have with them a selection of cats. One at a time, the cats are picked up and thrown to their death. Throughout the film, the protagonists repeat the phrase 'the cat has no choice'.

The Neoists tended to use the mediums of video, audio and live performance. They developed the concept of Apartment Festivals as a way of showing such work. These were week long events based in the living spaces of individual Neoists. The first of these was held in Montreal in September 1980. Subsequent Apartment Festivals took place in Baltimore (twice), Toronto, New York (twice), London, Ponte Nossa (Italy), Berlin and Montreal (twice more).

By the summer of 1981, the centre of Neoist activity had shifted to Baltimore (Maryland, USA) and was focused on Michael Tolson (who worked under the names Tim Ore and tENTATIVELY a cONVENIENCE). Tolson is self-described as a 'mad scientist/d composer/sound thinker/ t hought collector/as been & not an artist'. He is best known for his Pee Dog/Poop Dog Copyright Violation, which he performed on behalf of the Church of the SubGenius in September 1983. The event made national news when Baltimore police discovered him stark naked beating a dead dog in a railway tunnel, with an audience of 35 people watching.

The Neoist Network held its first European Training Camp in Wurzburg, Germany, in June 1982. This led to the involvement of the Scottish artist Pete Horobin, who went on to organise the 8th Neoist Apartment Festival in London (1984) and the 9th Neoist Festival in Ponte Nossa, Italy (1985). However, after a few years of frantic activity, all the members of the small British group renounced Neoism. Another large Neoist event was the 64th (sic) Apartment Festival organised by Graf Haufen and Stiletto in Berlin, December 1986. (Stewart Home)

Works/Resources

Publications

Neoist Book, 1984, PDF, Log.
A Neoist Research Project, 2010, PDF, EPUB, Log.
Magazines
  • PhotoStatic, 41 numbers, ed. Lloyd Dunn, Aug 1983-Jan 1993.
  • SMILE, 1984-95.
  • Yawn, 38 numbers, Sep 1989-Mar 1993, Log.
  • Retrofuturism, 11+6 numbers, ed. Tape-beatles, Jan 1998-Apr 1993.
  • Psrf, 2 numbers, ed. Lloyd Dunn, Oct 1997-Oct 1998.
Books
  • The Neoist Network's First European Training Camp, Kryptic Press, 1982, 72 pp. [2] [3]
  • Neoist Book, ed. Monty Cantsin, Canada, 1984.
Anthologies, Source books
  • Monty Cantsin, Neoism Now, Artcore Editions, c1987, [156] pp. [4]
  • The Art Strike Papers / Neoist Manifestos, eds. James Mannox (ASP) and Stewart Home (NM), Edinburgh: AK Press, 1991. A collection of essays and statements concerning the 1990-1993 Art Strike, together with manifestos mostly dating from the early to mid-1980s. Manifestos.
  • A Neoist Research Project, ed. N.O. Cantsin, London: OpenMute 2010, 246 pp.

Literature

See also

Mail art, Fluxus


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