FaGaGaGa in Youngstown,Ohio sent this in 1992 to document the Decentralised Networker Congress. On the front cover is an image by Ray Johnson.
In the opening "Word" Mark Corroto writes - " Our culture, and i am speaking of American culture, is saturated by media. Our celebrity gossip and commercials are beginnin g to become confused with news reporting. It's like a dog chasing it's tail. The TV anchor reports a story of "celebrity news." The commercial is not a product endorsement but a way of life...."
42 odd years of mail art, networkings and related postal ephemera from the A.1.Waste Paper Co. Ltd.
Monday, November 08, 2004
FaGaGaGa - Documentation
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3 comments:
I don't have this one but I do have issues 3,4,5,6.
Nice production, it was. Is FaGaGaGa still active ???
I have no idea. I certainly havent heard from Mark in quite a while. Impressed at your archive at your fingertips Johnathan - you must be very organised!
Michael...
You trip over paint cans, other flotsam to arrive at my file cabinets. In some cases, there's a file for each contact... in others it's sorted by country. And, of course there's the various stacks that have never been filed. Somehow I know where things are...
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