Archive of Ephemera

Mass Observation

2010-06-23T10:48:00.000-07:00

You are invited to contribute to a project that I am working on (see below). All that it involves is for you to e-mail a description of something that you've done, seen or thought this Thursday (24th June), the results will be collated as a portrait of the world on a single mid-summer day and published in issue 2 of Patricide.

editor@patricide.co.uk

Please feel free to pass the request on to other people who might like to contribute.

Apologies if you've already received this request.

Cheers

Neil

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Neil Coombs
http://www.patricide.co.uk/

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For inclusion in Patricide 02:

You are requested to record your observations of the world on a midsummer’s day, Thursday June 24th 2010. This could take the form of a photograph, a brief description of what you or the people around you are doing, a diary entry or any other observation of the world on this day. The observations sent in will be included in issue 02 of Patricide and observers will be acknowledged in print (if requested). Send observations to editor@patricide.co.uk

Thank you.

P.S. For inspiration, here are two observations from the 1970s by the British artist - Ian Breakwell:

"Travelling in a taxi past London Zoo. Over the wall is a big cage, in the centre of which is a tree without leaves. Two men in boiler suits are crawling towards each other on their stomachs along the branches on either side of the tree."

"The woman in the blue trouser suit walks around the thickly carpeted Bond Street art gallery, inspecting the expensive prints on the wall. She ignores the small, long-haired dachschund which grips the bottom of her right trouser leg with its teeth. She drags the dog along the carpet as she moves from print to print."

Patricide

2009-12-19T10:16:00.000-08:00

An invitation to submit work for the first edition of patricide

Patricide is a new print journal devoted to documentary surrealism. If you like the Archive of Ephemera - you will understand.

All interested writers and artists are invited to submit work for publication in this new journal with a first edition to be published in the first half of 2010 as a limited edition A5 perfect bound book.

Work should engage with the interface between documentary practice and surrealism. Written work should be within the range of 1 to 1000 words, images may take any form suitable for reproduction in monochrome (drawing, photograph, print, collage etc.).

Please submit work with the author’s/artist's name, brief biography and contact details to the following address.
➽ editor@patricide.co.uk

Please could you pass this invitation on to any interested artists, writers or groups? No payment will be made for contributions but the copyright will remain with the author who will be clearly credited (unless anonymity is requested).

Thank you

editor@patricide.co.uk
www.patricide.co.uk

Danger Man 2

2009-03-20T12:26:00.001-07:00

Danger Man

2009-03-20T12:23:00.000-07:00

Word Processors

2009-01-12T11:06:00.001-08:00

'Word processors' are like speech typewriters. From an O.U. textbook. UK (1980)

Telephone Doodle

2009-01-05T12:56:00.000-08:00

New Year fone doodle. UK (2009)

L'ami Américain

2008-12-29T02:48:00.000-08:00

Wim Wenders' 'American Friend'. Card from the series 'Les Fiches de Monsieur Cinéma'. France (circa 1977)

Patti Smith

2008-12-28T11:35:00.000-08:00

Publicity photograph for Patti Smith. UK (1978)

Low-Life

2008-12-28T11:31:00.000-08:00

Insert from the cassette tape release of New Order's Low-Life album (Fact 100c). Silver and black ink on tracing paper. UK (1985)

Soviet Santa

2008-12-21T15:04:00.001-08:00

Cold War Christmas Card. USSR (1988)

Elvis Stamp

2008-12-21T15:02:00.001-08:00

Rock & Roll singer on stamp. USA (circa 1977)

Soviet Space Stamps

2008-12-21T15:00:00.000-08:00

Part of a collection in cardboard wallet. USSR (1980)

Leningrad Light Meter

2008-12-21T14:58:00.000-08:00

USSR-made light meter instruction manual. Made for the UK market.

Red Drawing

2008-12-17T06:52:00.000-08:00

Found image. Red biro on lined paper. UK (2007)

Class War

2008-12-17T06:49:00.001-08:00

The Working Class Strike Back. Toxteth not Croxteth. UK (Circa 1984)

Christmas Offers

2008-12-17T06:46:00.000-08:00

The world's most powerful binoculars. Daily Mirror December 4th 1976. UK (1976)

Diana

2008-12-17T06:44:00.000-08:00

Guardian Newspaper, Monday September 1st 1997. UK (1997)

A Well-Known Lady

2008-12-11T15:14:00.000-08:00

Shipbuilding. UK (1969)

Movie Paperbacks

2008-12-11T15:08:00.000-08:00

The back of a book about STROHEIM one of a series of mass-market paperbacks on interesting subjects. UK (1967)

Private Bolt

2008-12-10T01:00:00.000-08:00

A bad soldier. Page 101, lost from Battle Picture Weekly Annual. UK (1976)

Rebel leaders

2008-12-08T04:17:00.000-08:00

Trading Card: Rebel leaders wonder about their fate. USA (1977)

Radio Boys

2008-12-08T04:10:00.001-08:00

Photograph of the world famous 'Radio Boys'. UK (unknown)

Corpse

2008-12-07T11:23:00.000-08:00

Trading card: Laura Palmer in a body bag from the pilot episode of Twin Peaks by Lynch/Frost. USA (1991)

Party Invitation

2008-12-07T09:21:00.000-08:00

Party invitation for the Saturday after Margaret Thatcher dies. Class War, London (2008)

(ASS)HOLISM

2008-12-07T09:07:00.000-08:00

(ASS)HOLISM: "Consciousness is carcinogenic". Leaflet produced by The Last International, San Francisco (Date Unknown).

Opportunity

2008-12-07T08:41:00.000-08:00

ibid (1971)

£100

2008-12-07T08:37:00.000-08:00

ibid. (1971)

Success Formula

2008-12-07T08:35:00.000-08:00

The formula for success in life. Careers board game, Parker Games. Canada (1971)

Value

2008-12-07T06:54:00.000-08:00

ibid. p.20

On Marx and Engels

2008-12-07T06:47:00.000-08:00

A compilation of Lenin's writing in a short pamphlet. This edition published in China. Peking (1975)

How Much Longer?

2008-12-07T06:00:00.000-08:00

Sleeve for "How Much Longer? / You Bastard" 7" Single by Alternative TV on Deptford Fun City records. Sleeve designed by Harry, Jill, ATV (1977).

Biddy Baxter

2008-12-07T05:42:00.001-08:00

Letter from the original editor of the BBC TV programme, Blue Peter. London (1978)

The Great Dictator

2008-12-07T05:34:00.000-08:00

Poster for the 1945 Belgium release of the 1938 Chaplin Film. Brussels (1938)

The 7 Danger Signs of Subjectivity

2008-12-06T14:47:00.001-08:00

Test yourself: Leaflet produced by The Last International, San Francisco (Date Unknown).

Neil Armstrong

2008-12-06T14:41:00.000-08:00

Stamp from Qatar honouring Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 Moon Mission.

Old TV

2008-12-06T12:20:00.000-08:00

German phonecard. Dortmund (2004).

Anarchist

2008-12-06T08:28:00.001-08:00

Anarchist leaflet. Freedom Press, London (1984).

Warlord

2008-12-06T08:21:00.000-08:00

Membership card for the Warlord Secret Agent Club. (1977).

Astral Flight

2008-12-06T08:11:00.000-08:00

Membership card for Astral Flight nightclub. London (1983)

The Batcave

2008-12-06T08:09:00.000-08:00

Membership card for the Batcave nightclub, 69-70 Dean Street, London (1982)

Goat Cart

2008-12-06T06:22:00.000-08:00

Victorian photograph of a small child in a goat-drawn cart. (Unknown).

Arphila 75

2008-12-06T06:13:00.000-08:00

French postage stamp from the Exposition Philatelique Internationale. Paris (1975)

Psychic Terrorism

2008-12-06T05:17:00.000-08:00

Cover of 'Vague' #16/17, featuring still from 'if...'. Radical magazine edited by Tom Vague. London (1982)

Soviet Toy

2008-12-06T05:05:00.000-08:00

Printed cardboard box for soviet-era wind-up toy. Moscow (1989)

Freedom Fighters

2008-12-06T04:01:00.000-08:00

Sleeve for "Freedom Fighters" 7" Single by dalek i on Vertigo records. Sleeve designed by Ian Wright (1979).

The Trickster

2008-12-06T03:54:00.000-08:00

The joker from an early deck of Piatnik plasti-smooth playing cards. Vienna, Austria (circa:1950).