PÊLE - MÊLE

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//PÊLE - MÊLE: A (WOODEN) FRAME FOR HOLDING SEVERAL PHOTOGRAPHS// //PELL-MELL: //1//
//THE MANY DRAB PHOTO'S IN THE OLD FRAME OF GLASS WERE ALWAYS AN INVITATION TO MEDITATE ABOUT THE GOOD ANCESTORS AND THE GENEALOGICAL REGISTERS// //ALL THE UNKNOWN TALES OF THESE DECEASED RELATIVES// //ALL THE SWEET REVERIES, JOYS AND DREAMS OF THESE PHOTOGRAPHICAL ICONS// //THE FADING EMANATIONS OF THEIR ILLUSIONS AND DISILLUSIONS WERE STILL PERCEPTIBLE// //ALL THOSE MEMORIES OF A TIME THAT NEVER WAS//

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//IT ISN'T EXACTLY TO SAY HOW MANY WEEKS OR MONTHS I MUST HAVE SPENT IN THE BRUSSELS ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSHOP "PÊLE - MÊLE"// //BECAUSE THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING INTERESTING OR FASCINATING TO FIND: OLD ART MAGAZINES & REPRODUCTIONS, PHILOSOPHICAL OR LITERARY BOOKS, ANTHOLOGIES, PHOTOGRAPHS AND COLOURFUL POSTERS OF MOVIE PICTURES, LONGPLAYERS OF AMERICAN BLUESBANDS, EXOTIC POSTCARDS, ETC// //IN SHORT, EVERYTHING ONE NEEDED IN THE GOLDEN SIXTIES TO BE ILLUMINATED//

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//> BECAME THE NAME OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT// //THE MANIPULATION & TRANSFORMATION, RECYCLING & DECONSTRUCTION, COMPOSITION & COLLAGES, ETC. OF HUNDREDS OF OLD & NEW PHOTO'S, PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER, ROENTGENOGRAPHS, POLAROIDS, SLIDES, TRANSPARENCIES, PHOTOMONTAGES, NEGATIVES, PHOTOCOPIES, PHOTOGRAPHICAL & FILM MATERIALS, ETC. // //IN THIS VISUAL FRAMEWORK THERE WAS ALSO THE USE OF COLOR LINES, PERFUMES, STAMPS, OBJECTS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES// //THESE NEW SHAPES BECAME MOSTLY SENT IN THE MAILART NETWORK & PUBLISHED IN CATALOGUES OR MAGAZINES SUCH AS THE FRENCH "DOC(K)S" AND VITTORE BARONI'S "ARTE POSTALE!"//

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//> OR > IS ALSO THE NAME OF THIS ARCHIVAL MAGAZINE OF >// //IT CHARACTERIZES SOME ASPECTS OF WHAT HAPPENS HERE// //THE CLASSIFICATION OF WORKS AND/OR INFORMATION OF MORE THAN 5.000 NETWORKERS FROM SIXTY COUNTRIES// //IT COMPRISES SEVERAL ARTISTIC SECTIONS: E.G. COPY-ART, COLLAGES, FAX-ART, ASSEMBLAGES, RUBBERSTAMP-ART, ARTISTAMPS, ARTISTS'BOOKS, B/W & COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS, MAIL-ART, POSTERS, POSTCARDS, COMPUTER-ART, POESIA VISIVA, ETC//

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//ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY PURELY AS A METAPHOR OF MIMESIS MEANS ANAESTHESIA// //NO PAIN, PLEASURE OR SOUL IN A VOLUNTARY EXILE// //AGAINST THIS NATURAL IMITATION THERE IS THE "EXPERIMENTAL" PÊLE - MÊLE, AN OLD MEDIUM WITH A NEW SYNTAX (HOLOGRAPHY, VIDEO, FILM, XEROX, X-RAY, ETC.) SHOWING (VIRTUAL) REALITIES AND ILLUSIONS// //BUT EVEN FROM THIS TUNNEL OF SILENT MEMORIES THERE DOES NOT EMERGE A CERTIFICATE OF GARANTEE FOR MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING// //NETWORKERS ARE NOT ONLY HISTORIC AND RATIONAL BEINGS, THEY ARE ALSO A PELL-MELL OF EMOTIONS, ILLOGICALITY & ABSURDITY// //COMMUNICATION IS A POST-RATIONAL PROCESS, INCLUDING IRRATIONALITY, NONSENSE & MISINTERPRETATIONS//

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//A PÊLE - MÊLE REPRESENTS A VISIBLE REMEMBRANCE// //A LINEAR TOKEN OF LONGAGO DAYS AND EVAPORATED ILLUSIONS// //THE AESTHETIC PERCEPTION OF SEQUENCES OF MEMORIES// //IT IS A FRAME OF REFERENCE FOR THE PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY, FOR THE OWN MORTALITY & THE UNCOMPLETED DECAY// //= TIME = SIMULACRA = TIME =// ====