NEOIST WORLD CONGRESS plus
NEOIST WORLD'S FAIR
OCTOBER 2005
Call for Avant-Garde Art
Dear prospective participant,
You might have asked yourself
many times: What is Neoism, and how
can I
become a Neoist? The Neoist World's Fair now gives you the multiple
opportunity to become a Neoist as well
as a member of the International
Post Dogmatist Group, The
Fluxnexus, The International
Society of Assemblage and Collage Artists and the Massurrealist Society of Mexico.
During October of 2005 (exact dates and times to be
announced) both a
World Festival of Neoism and a
Conference about the present and future state of this
century's Neoist Art is taking place at the Conservatory of the The Ontological Museum in
conjunction with the Royal
Embassy to Mexico and Central America of the Principality of New Utopia in Cuernavaca, Mexico, The
International Post Dogmatist Group, The
Fluxnexus, The International
Society of Assemblage and Collage Artists and the Massurrealist Society of Mexico.
Everybody is kindly invited
to forge Neoist artworks or performances. Although it is in no way
necessary to know anything about Neoism
in order to forge Neoist
(anti-)artworks or to proclaim a Neoist manifesto you might appreciate
some basic information on the subject...
It was in Portland, Oregon,
USA in the late 70ies where Neoism
emerged out of the
Mail Art scene. Then, (anti-)art of the 80ies was heavily influenced by
a number of Neoist Apartment Festivals. Neoism
was defined as prefix and
a suffix without anything in-between. The peak of historic Neoism was
reached when an Art Strike was proclaimed by Karen
Eliot in 1990. For
three years no work of art was produced by Neoist anti-artists what
eventually lead to the collapse of the art market in the early 90ies.
The central Neoist strategy is
the use of multiple names, especially of "Monty Cantsin" and "Karen
Eliot". Whoever uses these names becomes
a
Neoist. Whereas Monty Cantsin
is conceived as multiple Pop-Star, Karen
Eliot can rather be described as
multiple signature for any form of
(anti-)art.
In the year 2000, found abandoned and near death in a dumpster in
Tepoztlan, Mexico, Neoism was taken over by and absorbed into the the
International Post-Dogmtist Group (founded in 1987) as a subsidiary of
the IPDG.
If you want to take part in
this Latin American based Neoist World's Fair in October of 2005 (exact
dates and times to be announced) please fill out this form and
send it in (via
e-mail or snail mail). We guarantee the acceptance of
every single entry as long as there is enough space left in the Conservatory of the The
Ontological Museum and
time left in Oct. 2005. The only condition for the acceptance
of (anti-)art works/performances is the use of the signature "Karen
Eliot" and respectively the multiple
name "Monty Cantsin".
ADMISSION FORM:
a) I want to take part in the
"Neoist World fair" under the multiple
signature "Karen
Eliot" with a work of (anti-)art. I declare to agree
with my work bearing the
signature "Karen
Eliot" and being donated to The Ontological Museum,
Cuernavaca, after the end of exhibition.
prospective title of work:
b) I want to use space and/or
infrastructure of the The Ontological Museum during the month of October for
the following anti- or non artistic
activities under the name of Monty
Cantsin:
organizing discussions, holding political assemblies (illegal for
foreign visitors), playing dominos,
destroying Neoist art-works, eating, gluing posters to city walls,
inventing bumper sticker slogans, etc.
c) I want to declare a Neoist
manifesto (max. 5 min.) under the name of
Monty Cantsin:
prospective title of
manifesto:
d) Could you arrange a reservation at Casa del Artista or otherwise finding a cheap accommodation for
me?
My name:
Address:
City:
Country:
tel.No:
e-mail:
web site:
All artworks can be
handed over to The Ontological
Museum - after prior
announcement/arrangement via the form above - or can be
installed by the respective Karen
Eliots themselves during
the Fair. The Ontological
Museum guarantees the acceptance of every work of art,
performance/activity and paper. The artifacts generated for
the Fair will be exhibited on line on the neoist.org website.
Works contributed will be donated to the Ontological Museum and
exhibited physically during the Fair then shown before and after on
neoist.org. The Ontological Museum may, at its discression,
publish individual works or compile works into some sort of document.
Copies may be for sale at some nominal fee to recover expences.
Please send the filled out
form via email
to The Ontological Museum
or contact us
for further information:
The Ontological Museum
5-B Privada Pericon APT 4
Colonia Miraval
Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico 62700
Tel: +52-777-317-0795
Tel: + 646-405-7232 (NYC)
e-mail: mail@neoist.org
