UNTEL COMPLÉMENTS D INFORMATIONS [LA BOÎTE UNTEL] UNTEL and mfc-michèle didier

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1 UNTEL and mfc-michèle didier 1

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3 Portfolio of 9 photographs Portfolio of 7 posters 3

4 About by UNTEL Happenings and joyful provocation are words that would quickly summarize UNTEL s actions. But what does this anonymous appellation refer to? (UNTEL is a French word that can t be translated into English, it means something like «unnamed, unidentified».) Who are those people that can t be named? UNTEL is a group of artists consisting originally of three French artists, Jean-Paul Albinet, Philippe Cazal and Alain Snyers. During its short but passionate existence, from 1975 to 1980, the group has led numerous actions in the public space. The common denominator of the group s actions is the examination of the day-to-day life, a social and political questioning, very close to the revolutionary ideas of May 1968 and situationism. The propinquity of UNTEL s creation process with this idea of experience has led Ben Vautier to included UNTEL in the program of La Maison du Doute in Blois, France, in the spring of This way, he historically designated UNTEL as post-fluxus. The idea of an art that first and foremost has to be experienced and lived, seems indeed in line with UNTEL s considerations. Furthermore, the group leads his actions as if they are investigations, inspired by the day-today life, and exposes the banality and the insignificance of our every-day life together with our contradictions and alienations. In order to express their ideas, UNTEL uses all possible supports and techniques they have access to: photography, film, sound, environments, gesture, corporal actions, objects, etc. In order to be able to preserve their interventions, they systematically have to document them. The photo or film archive created during UNTEL s existence, offers a rich documentation that helps us recall their adventures, as concretely as necessary to understand their work. Therefore, UNTEL s work can be considered through their video, photo or sound archive, as well as through the accessories they imagined and produced in order to activate their urban adventures in the most relevant way. Complementary imformation ("complements d'informations" in French) for LA BOÎTE UNTEL, mfc-michèle didier publishes also, a work that is limited to 8 copies. It consists of an important series of archival elements, such as publications, invitations, postcards, posters and photographs. All these elements provide, together with LA BOÎTE UNTEL, a very complete archive of UNTEL's work. 4

5 Specifications Cardboard box containing two levels. First level of the box 1 - Box containing: 1 PUBLICATION UNTEL, ARCHIVES, Co-édition, 2004, book, 270 x 200 mm, 400 pages 2 - Box containing: 4 publications UNTEL, Galerie des Ursulines, Mâcon, 1976, catalogue b&w, 297 x 210 mm, 28 pages PRODUIT D'UNTEL, Ris-Orangis, 1977, excerpt from the catalogue «Reflets de la Biennale», blue color printing, red stamp on the cover, 297 x 210 mm, 8 pages UNTEL À UNTEL, Ed. Shakespeare&Compagny, 1977, book, 198 x 135 mm, 84 pages PERFORMING THE CITY, Inha, Paris, 2009, collection of artist's interviews, printing b&w, 210 x 150 mm, 44 pages [+ book mark UNTEL] 10 INVITATIONS UNTEL À MÂCON, Galerie des Ursulines, Mâcon, 1976, invitation card folded in half in a crystal paper envelope, 145 x 100 mm VIE QUOTIDIENNE, Maison de la culture, Chalon-sur-Saône, 1978, invitation card stamped «UNTEL» with additional sheet of paper, 210 x 105 mm UNTEL À CHALON [Changement de direction], Maison de la culture, Chalon-sur-Saône, 1978, invitation card stamped «UNTEL», 115 x 210 mm FAITS DIVERS, Ensad, Paris, 1979, fac-similé invitation card stamped on the back «FAC- SIMILé», 105 x 142 mm UNTEL TOURIST, White Columns, New York, 1980, invitation stamped on the back «UNE IDéE EN L'AIR», 102 x 152 mm UNTEL, // ARCHIVES // ŒUVRES, La Galerie, Noisy-le-Sec, 2002, A4 invitation folded in four, 105 x 148,5 mm PERFORMING THE CITY, Inha, Paris, 2009, invitation card (UNTEL images), 150 x 210mm PERFORMING THE CITY, Galerie de l Esah, Le Havre, 2011, invitation cards (UNTEL images), 210 x 150 mm, 2 different images ART / ACTIONS / 60 / 80, Esah, Le Havre, 2011, invitation cards (UNTEL images), 150 x 210 mm, 2 different images LA BOÎTE UNTEL, Galerie mfc-michèle didier, Paris, 2013, invitation card, two stamps «UNTEL» and «LA BOÎTE UNTEL...», 100 x 150 mm 6 POSTCARDS Traces urbaines, Chalon-sur-Saône, 1978, card with stamps «UNTEL» and «PLUS RIEN à vendre ToUT à échanger», 105 x 147 mm (published by UNTEL) Environnement «Grand magasin», 1977, Cdac, Belfort, card, 155 x 105 mm Épilogue, [Histoires] - [Plaque commémorative] - [Archives UNTEL] - [Travaux publics], Paris, 1981, 4 cards in a crystal paper envelope, 103 x 148 mm each (published by UNTEL) 3 OTHER ELEMENTS faire péter des pétards [ ], crystal paper envelope containing 5 stamped tickets randomly numbered ( 5 different colors), 64 x 78 mm each échange flash, Fiac, mfc-michèle didier booth, Paris, 2013, flyer, black printing on Pop Set color paper, 210 x 148 mm beaux-arts magazine, Special issue for Fiac, november 2013, removed free sheet of paper, 280 x 220 mm, p.90 5

6 3 - Box containing: Untel, la pochette touriste, mfc-michèle didier, Paris, 2015, serie of elements in a plastic sleeve : badge, passeport, flyer, 4 stickers, magnet, various sizes L ART D'ÊTRE TOURISTE, mfc-michèle didier, Paris, 2015, notebook TOURISTE, grey paper cover, black printing, 210 x 148 mm, notebook inside four colors, 200 x 138 mm, pages Cardboard interlayer between the two levels of the box. Second level of the box 1 OTHER ELEMENT le SAC Untel, mfc-michèle didier, Paris, 2013, kraft paper bag printed on both sides «Untel» and «plus rien À vendre tout À échanger», 420 x 320 x 140 mm 4 - Portfolio containing: 2 historical posters faits divers, C. Space Gallery, New York, 1979, posters (Untel design), silkscreen print, 550 x 390 mm performing the City, Inha, Paris, 2009, poster (Untel image), offset print, 400 x 600 mm 5 - Portfolio containing: 7 posters (1977) AnonymAt (1977) / moi (1977) / hors d USAGe (1977) / SCAndAle (1977) / pas de CenSUre (1977) / on Se fait Avoir (1977) / rêve (1977), mfc-michèle didier, Paris, 2013, digital print on paper, 2, 550 x 390 mm each 6 - Portfolio containing: 9 photographs ( ) APpréhenSion du Sol UrbAin (1975), 360 x 400 mm / Une des deux parties (identiques) d Un tout (1975), 460 x 500 mm / personnage de dos (1975), 500 x 460 mm / fin (1975), 360 x 400 mm, mfc-michèle didier, Paris, 2013, photographic print on paper, b&w l irréversible (1978), 460 x 500 mm / Je perds mon temps (1978), 360 x 400 mm / touriste (1978), 460 x 500 mm / images de la ville (1978), 360 x 400 mm / SoCleS (1978), 460 x 500 mm, mfc-michèle didier, Paris, 2013, photographic print on paper, two colors The complete box measures 610 x 820 x 130 mm 6

7 Production Limited edition of 8 copies, certificate numbred and signed Produced and published in by mfc-michèle didier , UNTEL and mfc-michèle didier All rights reserved. No part of this edition may be reproduced in any form or by any means without written permission of the artist and the publisher. 7