#rod summers

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"Master Cactus #3 : Generator special Edition"

(cassette. Master Cactus. 2015)

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SPOTLIGHT: Society for Appreciation of Small Furry Animals that Bite.

The SASFAB Year Book was printed in 1984. The appreciation in this particular year book seems limited to the Mustelid family, which are small, furry, and can certainly bite.

The concept and production of this “yearbook” were by British conceptual artist Ron Summers and Munich-based audio artist Tom Winter. We know more about Summers than Winter (likely names). Summers is a person of many interests, including book art, conceptual art, performance poetry, and mail art. In 1973 he established VEC (Visual, Experimental, Concrete) as a basis for many of the art projects he developed. You can see VEC listed in the colophon of the piece we are showing. His influences are the intermedia pioneers of the ‘60s and ‘70s, like Fluxus artists Dick Higgins and Allan Kaprow (both of whom also have work preserved in UWM Special Collections).

This book, 4 inches wide and 45 inches long, was produced on a ZX81 home computer using Sinclair ZX Printer paper. The roll of Sinclair paper is black with a thin layer of aluminum. A small current was passed through the aluminum layer causing the aluminum to evaporate revealing the black underneath. You can still see the silvery coating.

We are appreciating the very 1980s-ness of this artist’s book. We are also appreciating the several small, furry animals that bite who provided inspiration for the publication.

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Graham Bleathman Forbidden Planet and Star Trek original art offered on eBay

Several original science fiction-inspired paintings by Graham Bleathman are being offered on eBay

Several original science fiction-inspired paintings by Graham Bleathman are being offered on eBay, an artist perhaps best known for his Gerry Anderson work, here focused on Star Trek and other franchises. The artworks are part of a collection Collectable Clearance are selling on behalf of a sci-fi collector Graham tells us they were commissioned in the late 1990s by the late Rod Summers, for…

Graham Bleathman Forbidden Planet and Star Trek original art offered on eBay

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Rod Summers - The Agnes That Sat on My Tent

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Rod Summers ‎– An Occluded Front At Full Moon - One Sound Hour