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List of published COMMONPRESS issues.
The issues typed in red are missing from the Artpool’s archives. The issues typed in blue have never been published. No consecutive issue numbers means nothing has been published in between.
The list was compiled by Viktor Kotun (Artpool Art Research Center) for Sztuka i Dokumentacja, No. 22, 2020. Beside the originals and documentation kept at Artpool archives, the compiler consulted with leading participants of the Network while researching earlier published listings by Guy Bleus, Géza Perneczky, Pawel Petasz and Chuck Welch.

1, Commonpress, "Petasz, Pawel (Arriére-Gard)", Poland (Elblag), 1977 (December), 42 p., 17 participants

2, What Is The Difference Between Open and Closed?, "de Jonge, Ko (Key Art Edition)", The Netherlands (Middelburg), 1978 (March), 52 p., 18 participants

3, Eroticism and Art, "Below, Peter (Mixed Media Edition)", "Germany, W. (Kitzingen)", 1978 (March), 24 p., 56 participants

4, From Poetry to Poesy, "Dziamski, Grzegorz (Maximal Art Edition)", Poland (Poznan), 1978 (April), 50 p., 39 participants

5, Box Boxing Boxers, "Carrión, Ulises", The Netherlands (Amsterdam), 1978, 46 p., 32 participants

6, Ideas on Wheels, Carioca (Byron Lord), USA (San Francisco), 1978 (August), 24 p.

7, Slight of Hand, "Nounce, Toby A.", USA (Pennsylvania)

8, Positiv-Negativ, "Brög, Hans – Thomas Grünfeld – Hermann Sturm", "Germany, W. (Bergisch-Gladbach)", 1978 (November), 20 p., 24 participants

9, Speciale Italia, "Spatola, Adriano – Giulia Niccolai (Edizioni Geiger)", Italy (Parma), 1979 (June), 44 p., 39 participants

10, Post Office, "Bruscky, Paulo (– L. F. Duch)", Brasil, 1979

11, Diary Pages, "Mew, Tommy", "USA (Mt. Berry, Georgia)", 1978 (December), 38 p., 31 participants

12, White Lies, "Crozier, Robin", "UK (Sunderland, England)", 1979 (January), 44 p.

13, Can the Artist Help Survive?, "Groh, Klaus", "Germany, W. (Edewecht)", 1979 (March), 16 p., 31 participants

14, Shoes. Go Anywhere You Please, "Burch, Charlton", "USA (Ann Arbor, Michigan)", 1979 (September), 48 p., 51 participants

15, Selfportraits , "van Barneveld, Aart (Stempelplaats)", The Netherlands (Amsterdam), 1979 (September), 59 p., 57 participants

16, Artists' Postage Stamps, "Schraenen, Guy", Belgium (Antwerp), 1979, 64 p., 31 participants

17, Modern Greek. Modern Turk, "Pyros, John aka Epistolary Stud Farm (Dramatika Press)", "USA (Tarpon Springs, Florida)", 1979 (December), 27 p., 27 participants

18, Nudes on Stamps, "Higgins, E. F. III. (Doo Da Postage Works)", "USA (New York, New York)", 1979 (August), 8 p., 120 participants

19, Pigeons of Freedom, "Marx Vigo, G. E.", Argentina (La Plata), 1979 (June), 25 p.

20, Children, "Gajewski, Henryk (Galeria Remont)", Poland (Warsaw), 1980

21, Alphabets, "Spiegelman, Lon", "USA (Los Angeles, California)"

22, You Can Know More Than We Can Tell, "Durland, Steven", "USA (Amherst, Massachusetts)", 1979 (October), 42 p., 40 participants

23, Political Satire: Post Scriptum, "Baroni, Vittore", Italy (Forte dei Marmi), 1979, 110 p., ca. 250 participants

24, Ethics and Art, "Hitchcock, Steve", "USA (San Diego, California)"

25, Ruins, "Gilmor, Jane Ellen", USA (Cedar Rapids), 1980 (January), 68 p., 63 participants

26, Zen and Art, "Frangione, Nicola (Armadio e Officina)", Italy (Monza), 1980 (February), 90 p., 83 participants

27, Problems in Information Arts, "Sandoval, Roberto", Brasil, 1980, 30 p.

28, Drawing Activity, "Wielgosz, Andrzej", Poland (Poznan), 1980 (October), 160 p.

29, Ladies: Black and White, "Buchholz, Willy", Germany, 1980

30, Light, "Porter, Bern", USA, 1980

31, Meetings, "van Dijk, Pier", The Netherlands (Hengelo - Duiven), 1981 (May), 78 p., 80 participants

32, Areas of Artists' Activitiy, Wulle Konsumkunst (Gebhard Eirich) , "Germany, W. (Cologne)", 1980, 222 p., 199 participants

33, Meanwhile, "Butler, Russell", "USA (Gurdon, Arkansas)", 1980, 36 p., 30 participants

34, Habitat's Range, "Osewski, Wieslaw ", Poland (Suwalki), 1980, 113 p., 47 participants

35, Special Spaces, "Schulze, Heinz", "USA (Austin, Texas)", 1980

36, IDEA and Communication, "Ruch, Günter", Switzerland, 1980, 60 p., "120 participants, 23 countries"

37, Things to Think About in Space, "Lara, Mario", "USA (San Diego, California)", 1980, 216 p., 197 participants

38, Save the Small Things, "Anker, M. P. (Fachschule für Werbung und Gest.)", "Germany, E. (Berlin)", 1980 (December), 24 p., 66 participants

39, Homosexuality, "MachArt, Cristoph (Kunstproduktion)", "Germany, W. (Witten)", 1981, 38 p., "138 participants, 18 countries"

40, Museums, "van Geluwe, Johan", Belgium (Antwerp)

41, Mutual Illumination, "Suin de Boutemard, Bernhard Prof. Dr. (Alternatives Vorlesungsverzeichnis Nr. 5, Suin Buch-Verlag)", Germany, 1983

42, Postal Regulations, "Duquette, Michael", "Canada (Toronto, Ontario)", 1981 (May 27.), 1 p.

42a, The Locals Show, "Duquette, Michael", "Canada (Toronto, Ontario)", 1990 (May), 12 p., 386 participants

43, Mail Artists Live on the Edge, "Saunders, R. (OK Post East)", "USA (New Boston, New Hampshire)", 1982, 35 p.

44, Artists' Body of Statements and/or Secrets, "Erlij, Tania", "USA (Cambridge, Massachusetts)", 1982, 1 p.

45, "Jupitter-Larsen, Gerald X."

46, Photoboothpicture. Automatenfotos, "Schmidt, Angelika", "Germany, W. (Stuttgart)", 1982

47, Material Metamorphosis, "Kid, Crackerjack (Chuck Welch)", "USA (Omaha, Nebraska)", 1982, ca. 80 p., 130 participants

48, Selfexamination, "Schmidt-Olsen, Carsten", Denmark (Kiregardsvej), 1985, 198 p., "133 participants, 22 countries"

49, U, "Prost, R.", "USA (Morton Grove, Illinois)", 1982, 55 p., 41 participants

50, Synthesism (? Post Industrialism)(? Hybrids), "Walsh, Emmett", "USA (South Gulfport, Florida)", 1984, 12 p., 140 participants

51, Hungary Can Be Yours, "Galántai, György (Artpool)", Hungary (Budapest), 1984. 1989, ca. 60 p., 110 participants

52, Art and Play with Rubberstamps, "Nold, Wielfried", "Germany, W. (Frankfurt)"

53, The Dictionary, "Fürstenau, Klaus Peter", "Germany, W. (Frankfurt)", 1984, 156 p., 99 participants

54, Language and Silence, "Semah, Joseph (Makkom)", The Netherlands (Amsterdam), 1984, 46 p., 44 participants

55, Mail Art about Mail Art, "Held, John Jr.", "USA (Dallas, Texas)", 1984, 34 p., ca. 400 participants

56, Commonpress Retrospective, "Bleus, George (Administration Center)", Belgium (Wellen), 1984, 821 p., 570 participants

57, Comment about the Impact of New Technology on Your Art, Post Co-Action Development , Australia (Newtown), 1985

59, Why I Hate the World, "Jupitter-Larsen, Gerald", Canada (Vancouver), 1982, 13 p.

60, Fell of Vision, Postal Collective Depot, Australia (Newtown), 1986

64, Ein Berliner in Pariser , "Küstermann, Peter ", "Germany, W. (Minden)", 1985, 104 p.

77, The Big Golden Book of Flash / Tattoo, "Fish, Pat", "USA (Santa Barbara, California)", 1986

93, Ergen of Mer / Cetacean Advocacy, " Santa Barbara, CA", 1987

100, Your Favorite Pornography, "Jesch, Birger", Germany (Volkmannsdorf), 1989, 20 participants

LIST OF COMMONPRESS ISSUES PUBLISHED BY LEADING NETWORKERS EARLIER

Bleus, Guy. „Commonpress-RETROSEPCTIVE: No. 1-60.” In Commonpress No.56, pp. 117-131. Wellen, Belgium: Administration Center, 1984.

Perneczky, Géza. „Commonpress publications.” In Géza Perneczky, ed., The Magazine Network: the Trends of Alternative Art in the Light of Their Periodicals 1968-1988, pp. 265-266. Köln, Germany.

Welch, Chuck. „Mail Art Magazines.” In Eternal Network. A Mail Art Anthology, p. 273. Calgary, Canada: University of Calgary Press, 1995.

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