Bio- & bibliografie

Le Nez, Parfumerie Fragonard, Grasse - Frankrijk, mei 1980

Mail-Art Message to a New Millennium, 19 oktober 1990

Scentspainting, on paper, 1990

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Bio- & bibliografie Guy Bleus® - 42.292 (*)

A. Expo’s, projecten, performances

I. Individueel

1978-1979

• Oprichting van The Administration Centre, Wellen, oktober 1978. • Question mark, sticker-art, Brussel & Hasselt, diverse locaties, 1978. • AP I: Diploma’s, Administrative Performance, Brussel, VUB, 05/03 – 09/03/1979. • The Art of Smell, Antwerpen, Pannenhuis, 23/03 - 29/03/1979. • AP II: Identiteitskaarten - Koninkrijk Mars, Antwerpen, Pannenhuis, 08/06/1979. • AP II: I.K. Mars, Brussel, VUB, 26/06/1979. • “Om 14.00 u werd Guy Bleus geregistreerd als officieel merk onder het nummer 42.292”,

Den Haag (NL), Benelux Merkenbureau, 02/08/1979. • Tape pARTy: Scents, Mail-Art, diploma’s & ID’s, Leopoldsburg, Gemeentehuis, 09/1979. • AP III: Guy Bleus® stelt voor: Instant Huwelijk, Antwerpen, Pannenhuis, 20/10/1979. • AP I/II/III, Administrative Rituals, Leuven, KUL, Zaal ISOL, 27/11/1979. • Indirect Telegraphy/Smell-Parcels, Parijs (F), Gallery Lara Vincy, 12/1979. • Instant Art & Mail-Art, Antwerpen, Filosofische Kring Aurora, 01/12 - 20/12/1979.

1980-1989

• Metro, audio performance, Antwerpen, Pannenhuis, 10/01/1980. • Mail-Art actie, olfactorische buis, naar W. Van Rooy, Antwerpen, Ruimte Z, 15/01/1980. • AP I/II/III, Administrative Performances, Gent, Zaal Cercle, 02/02/1980. • AP I/II/III, Administrative Performances, Gent, Stedelijke Academie, 04/02/1980. • Tape Performance (Gr)Huwelijk, met W. Van Rooy, Brussel, VUB, 08/03/1980. • Locks & Kisses, Antwerpen, Pannenhuis, ~ 17/04 - 25/04/1980. • Geurenresearch, Grasse (FR), Parfumerie Fragonard, 05/1980. • Indirecte brieven etc. & Mail-Art by Children, Antwerpen, Ruimte Z, 30/05 - 21/06/1980. • Airmail by Balloon, Antwerpen, Ruimte Z, 30/05/1980. • Olfactory Flakes, performance met L. Reynen, Brussel, Le Plan K, ~ 26/06/1980. • Scents Performance &Fire Graffiti: Saint Picasso, Brussel, Le Plan K, 27/06/1980. • Airmail by Balloon, Antwerpen, ICC, 1980, 28/06/1980. • The Storm, geur- & bloem-performance, Bilzen, Art Festival Jazz Bilzen, 15/08/1980. • The Ultimate Way of Official Correspondence, Brussel, PSK; Antwerpen, ICC, 09/1980. • Airmail by Balloon, Tienen, Stedelijk museum Het Toreke, 06/09/1980. • Administrative Behavior, Rubberstamp performance, Wellen, T.A.C. - 42.292, 04/1981. • AP IV, Underground On Stage, Brussel, Beursschouwburg, 29/05/1981. • Administrative performance, Amsterdam, Shaffy Theater, 05/1981. • The Flag of Truce & AP I/II/III, Hasselt, Cultureel Centrum, 10/05/1981. • Afrikaans geurenspectrum, met Manu Dibango, Brussel, Muntplein, 07/08/1981. • Suicide of a Belgian Bureaucrat, Waregem, Cultuurcentrum, 31/08/1981. • Letterbox performance, The End of Official Mail-Art, Wellen, T.A.C. - 42.292, 08/1981. • Mailing of an Official Letterbox, Brussel, VUB, 09/1981. • Are you experienced? L.H.F.S., microfilm cat., Brussel, VUB, 01/10 - 30/10/1981. • Mail-Art Initiation & Mail eARTh, Turnhout, C.C. De Warande, 17/12/1981 - 10/01/1982. • AP – Part V, administrative performance, Hasselt, CIAP, 22/01/1982. • Administrative Messages, Dag van de Anarchie 1982, Leuven, KUL, 03/04/1982. • Spray performance + Fire graffiti, Boechout, Sfinks festival, 31/07 – 01/08/1982. • Value-Shredder, Brussel, Gallery EntrAct, 25/09/1982. • The Belgian Art Administrator, Bergamo (IT), Arte Studio, 18/09 – 01/10/1982. • Art-Shredder, DokumentE, org. J.O. Olbrich, Kassel (DE), 23/08/1982. • TAC-42.292 in Kunoldstrasse Kassel with Jurgen O. Olbrich, Kassel (DE), 23/08/1982. • Scents, org. C. Pittore, New York (US), La Galleria Dell Occhio, 17/01 – 06/02/1983. • Telegraphy- and Mail-Art project, Hasselt, Provinciaal Museum, 26/03 - 17/04/1983.

• Xerox-Performance, Leuven, ‘t Stuc, 26/04/1983. • W.A.A.: MAIL eARTh project, pocket atlas, Turnhout, De Warande, 03/06 - 26/06/1983. • Man is The Museum of All Things, i.s.m. Willy Dé, Gent, Galerij De Buck, 14/01 - 05/02/1983. • Mail-Art Guy Bleus®, Amsterdam (NL), De Brakke Grond, 19/11 – 23/12/1983. • Cavellini Festival 1984, Antwerpen, Brussel, Eeklo, Hasselt, Tienen, 17/05 – 30/05/1984.

Participanten: o.a. C. Pittore (US), R. Maggi (IT), J. Wille, M. van Ende, G. Campens, Metallic

Avau, P. Van Overloop, H. Maes, J. Carlier, J. van den Broucke & Mirei, A. Pepermans,

Ph. Marannes, J. d’Oultremont, E. Stenmans, A. Arts (NL), G. Formentini (IT), C. Cella (IT),

J.P. Benon, G. Stuckens, M.-L. Gondy, S. van der Burg (NL), M. van Oosten (NL), K. de Jonge (NL),

J. Van Geluwe, J. de Boever, S. Paridaen, G. Perneczky (HU/DE), L. Vanlessen, R. Latoir, W. Pans,

D. Devos, A.-M. Van Kerckhoven, G. Bleus®-42.292 … en G.A. Cavellini (IT). • G.A. Cavellini: First President of the United States of Europe, Brussel, The Ex, 17/05/1984. • Aerogrammes & Commonpress Retrospective, microfilm cat., Tienen, Stedelijk museum, 19/10 – 18/11/1984. • Geen Ommekeer, Berchem, Cultureel Centrum, 04/10/1985. • Aerogrammes, Valkenswaard (NL), Cultureel Centrum, 04/10 – 27/10/1985. • Illuminations, Pike Performance, Eeklo, De Media, 28/12/1985. • Mailed in Japan, Mail-Art, Hasselt, Il Ventuno, 20/09 – 05/10/1986. • The Faded Feathers of Icaros, Hasselt, Kunstcentrum Il Ventuno, met E. Fontaine,

P. Pinckers, L. Vanlessen (Audio-Art support) en K. Zamecki, 20/09/1986, 22:00. • Administrative Chair, Figuera da Foz (PT), Museu Dr. Santos Roncha, 26/04 – 29/04/1987. • Rubberstamp performance, Hasselt, Il Ventuno, 08/07/1988. • Kunstenaarszegels, Hasselt, Il Ventuno, 08/07 – 31/07/1988. • Light (Fire) Graffiti, Hasselt, Labo, 23/09/1988. • River of Silicon, geurenperformance, Hasselt, Il Ventuno, 24/09/1988, 19:00. • Tape performance, Cakewalk, Hasselt, Cultureel Centrum, 24/09/1988. • Rubberstamp Performance, org. J. de Boever, Eeklo, De Media, 28/10/1988. • Spray Performance, De spiraal van het weten, Brussel, VUB, 09/11/1988. • 20 X Communication, intro: K. Geirlandt, Genk, Cultureel Centrum, 10/03 - 30/03/1989. • Guy Bleus®, Heerlen (NL), Kunstencentrum Signe, 04/06 – 02/07/1989. • Pulsation, Presto performance, Hasselt, Labo, 22/09/1989. • Screams, via telefoon, via PC/modem met Ch. François, Hasselt, Provinciaal Museum, 03/10/1989.

Participanten: F. Aguiar, A. Arts, V. Baroni, G. Bleus®, H. Christiansen, P. Ciani, Albrecht D.,

D. Devens, D. Devos, Ch. François, K. Groh, J. Hubaut, D. Kamperelic, Llys Dana, J. Juin,

Metallic Avau, J.O. Olbrich, G. Perneczky, K. Skoien, R. Summers, G. Ruch, A.-M. Van Kerkhoven.

1990-1999

• Enlightened Bureaucracy, org. V. Baroni, Viareggio (IT), Galleria Il Soppalco, 01/03 – 30/04/1990. • Exorcism, performance, org. G. De Decker, St.-Niklaas, Clichee, 06/04/1990. • Miss eARTh, rubberstamp performance, Amsterdam (NL), KunstRAI, 30/05/1990. • SLICK, Hasselt, Slick Gallery (Il Ventuno), 03/11/1990 – 20/01/1991. • Great Expectations, Aken (DE), Galerie von der Milwe, 03/05 – 15/06/1991. • 1990-2000: The Word is Slick, Nürnberg (DE), ART Nürnberg 6, 23/06/1991. • Europe ’92, Nürnberg (DE), ART Nürnberg 6, 23/06/1991. • Necroism, Zonhoven, Gemeentelijke bibliotheek, 29/09/1991. • Mail-Art Manual, Heusden-Zolder, Cultuurcentrum, 15/11 – 08/12/1991. • Scents-Paintings & A.P., org. E. Joris, Brussel, Belgisch Centrum van het Beeldverhaal, 16/03/1992. • Peripatetic Zoo Congress, D.W.W.N.C. ’92, Antwerpen, Zoo, 23/08/1992.

Participanten: G. Bleus®, N. Coninx, G. De Decker, L. Fierens, Ch. François, R. Janssen (NL), B. Jesch (DE),

E. Joris, M. Loosvelt, J. Meltzer (NL), Metallic Avau, R. Moons (NL), B. Simon, J. Spiroux, Spudz (NL),

G. Stuckens, R. Summers, J. Vandenbroucke, C. vd Heyden (NL), E. Van Hoef, Fr. Winnes (DE). • Fax Performance II, org. G. Stuckens, Anderlecht, Cultureel Centrum, 22/11/1992. • Private Art Detective, Hasselt, Galerie Il Ventuno, 13/02 – 10/04/1993. • Building Plans & Schemes, Heusden-Zolder, Cultuurcentrum, 08/10 – 14/11/1993. • Talking Chairs, audio-, scents & fax performance, Maastricht (NL), Station, 03/09/1994. • Fax-Scents performance, org. P. Meyer, Uppsala (SE), Gamla Gillet, ~04/06/1994. • >40+ tentoonstellingen, Hasselt, E-Mail-Art Archives, van 09/1994 tot 05/1999. • E-Pêle-Mêle, E-Mail-Art Magazine, Hasselt, E-Mail-Art Archives, van 1994 tot 1998. • The Artistamp Collection, cd-rom, Hasselt, Centrum voor Kunsten, 12/05 – 25/06/1995.

• Mail Art memorabilia, Brussel, Postmuseum, 14/10 – 05/11/1995. • www.mailart.be, G. Bleus® & N. Coninx i.s.m. Concentra, I. Seymus, Wellen, T.A.C. - 42.292, 1995-96. • Melancholy, internet en fax, Hasselt, E-Mail Art Archives, 17/02 – 17/03/1996. • Women With/Out Noses, Internet & fax, Knokke-Heist, C.C. Scharpoord, 29/03 - 05/05/1996. • The Thrill of Working with Odours & Sealed Confessions, Heusden-Zolder, C.C., 24/05 - 23/06/1996. • Fax-Scents, performance, Copenhagen (DK), Postmuseum, 07/08/1996. • Guy Bleus®: Broken Stamps, org. B. Gaglione, J. Held, San Francisco (US), Stamp Art Gallery, 07/09 -30/09/1996. • The Times – They Are Changing, Hasselt, CBK (Z33), 11/10 – 11/11/1996. (Vinyl) • Eutopia, i.s.m. D. Devens, cd-rom, Maastricht (NL), Gouvernement, 10/01 – 28/02/1997. • Re: The E-Mail-art & Internet-Art Manifesto, Hasselt, E-Mail Art Archives, 1997. • Bureaus 1001 Desks, cd-rom, Groningen, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, 17/10 – 22/11/1998. • Archives T.A.C. – 42.292, Aken, Ludwig Forum, 30/10 –29/11/1998. • 1899 GeZeLLe 1999, cd-rom, Brugge, De Hallen, 03/07 – 22/08/1999. • Mail-Art by Guy Bleus®, Bergamo (IT), Arte Studio, 1999.

2000-2010

• Artbiorix, cd-rom, Tongeren, De Velinx, 17/06 – 10/09/2000. • The Belgian Art Administrator – Guy Bleus®, Bergamo (IT), Arte Studio, 2000. • First ‘official’ Mail-Art “Duo”-postage stamp, (150 ex.), Brussel, Belgica 2001, 14/06/2001. • 42.292 - Administration - Guy Bleus®, intro: F. Bex, Antwerpen, Galerie S&S, 13/04 – 08/06/2002. • Administrative performance, Insitu, Borgloon, Syrup Factory, 04/08/2002. • 1ste officiële Mail-Art postzegel, uitg. De Post, (4.130.540 ex.), G. Bleus en J. Spiroux, Brussel,

Dag van de Postzegel, 17/05/2003. • $C€NT$, intro: F. Bex, Antwerpen, France LeJeune Fine Art, 27/02 – 28/03/2004. • Postzegelprieel (work in progress), Genk, FLACC, 04/04 – 08/04/2005. • S:L:K – Olfactory Mail Art Project, dvd-rom + website www.scentslockskisses.com, Hasselt, Z33, 02/10/2005 – 08/01/2006. • Guy Bleus® - 42.292: Pêle-Mêle, Hasselt, cultuurcentrum Hasselt, 25/09 – 14/11/2010.

II. Collectief

1970-1989

• Salon 1970(-1977), T.K.K., Tongeren, Gallo-Romeins Museum, herfst 1970 (-1977). • Brussel, Oude Foyer, VUB, 01/04 – 04/04/1974. • Hasselt, Cultureel Centrum, 1977. • Belgische Kunsttentoonstelling, Brunssum (NL), Cultureel Centrum, 24/12 – 25/12/1977. • Foire Internationale d’art postal audio et visuel, J. Blaine, P. Restany, L. Vincy, Parijs (FR),

Galerie Lara Vincy, 06/12/1979 – 31/01/1980. • 1ste Verzameling, Gent, Zaal Cercle, 02/02/1980 – 04/02/1980. • 1980, Antwerpen, ICC, 28/06 – 07/09/1980. • Project A-Z, W. Van Rooy, Antwerpen, Ruimte Z, 01/02 – 23/02/1980. • What did you touch in the Fool-Box? V. Baroni, Forte dei Marmi (IT), 1980. • XVI Bienal de São Paolo, São Paolo (BR), Pavilhão Arruda Pereira, 16/10/1981 – 20/12/1981. • Not Waving, Waving Ondulata, Brussel, PSK, 13/11 – 29/11/1981. • International Graffiti Mail-Art, R. Metallic Avau, Brussel, Salon dArt, 09/1981. • Material Metamorphosis, Ch. Welch, Omaha (US), Hitchcock Center, 12/1981 – 01/1982. • Figura / Partitura, G. Fontana, Novoli (IT), Laboratorio di Poesia, 26/04/1982. • Artistic Activities in the Countryside, H.R. Fricker, Trogen (CH), 02/10 – 13/11/1982. • Mail Art Book I, Shimamoto, Kusumoto, Nishinomiya, (JP), Artists Union, 30/08/1982. • Target: Earth, N. Taylor & L. Spiegelman, Los Angeles (US), Double Rocking Gallery, 1982. • Korean First Mail Art Show, Kum Nam Baik, Seoul (Korea), Growrich Gallery, 10/1982. • Chairs, S. Carter, Michigan (US), Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, 01/02 – 18/02/1983. • Kein Krieg in Meiner Stadt, P. Küstermann, Minden (DE), Bürgerhalle, 02/1983. • Night Exercise, P. Meyer, Stockholm (SE), Modern Art Museum, 1983. • TAM Rubberstamp Archive, org. T.A.M. – R. Janssen, Tilburg (NL), 1983. • Mail-Art Then and Now, New York (US), Franklin Furnace, 18/01/1984 - 10/03/1984. • Mail Art Olympic Games, org. A. Tisma, Novi Sad (YU), Galerija Form, 15/02 – 01/03/1984. • In Vitro, A.-M. Van Kerckhoven & D. Devos, Antwerpen, Club Moral, 21.06 – 31.08.1984.

• Mail Art, J. Held Jr., Dallas (US), Dallas Museum of Art, 18/11 – 30/12/1984. • Telefax Communication, i.s.m. J. Decoster, Toronto (CA), CAT Gallery, 1984. • Mail Art, Stockholm (SE), Postmuseum, 26/04/1985 – 20/10/1985. • The Scroll Unrolls – Mail Art, D. Cole, Ein-Hod (Israel), Janco-Dada Museum, 07-10/1985. • Het niemandsland, J. Kenis, Hasselt, Provinciaal Museum, 11/1985. • Mother Earth, Mail Art Show, P. Esting, Aalborg (DK), 02/1985. • Tij van oktober, Berchem, Cultureel Centrum, 04/10 – 27/10/1985. • La Biennale PER, G. Formentini, Bergamo (IT), Galleria Hatria, 21/09 – 04/10/1985. • Visual Poetry, C. Espinosa, Puebla (MX), Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, 18/04/1986 – 09/05/1986. • Why Artists Books?, K. Groh, Oldenburg (DE), University of Oldenburg, 1986. • Books Build Bridges, S. Jackson, Halifax (CA), University of Nova Scottia, 10/1986. • Bilder für Afrika, Ohlmann, Albrecht D., Löbach, St. Wendel (DE), 1987. • Poesia Visiva, F. Aguiar, Figuera da Foz (PT), Museu Dr. Santos Roncha, 04-05/1987. • Stamp Images, G. Perneczky, G. Galantai, Budapest (HU), Museum of Fine Arts, 29/05 – 25/09/1987. • XXI at Il Ventuno, F. Hendrickx, Hasselt, Il Ventuno, 21/07 – 21/09/1987. • Le Cadavre Repris, Maastricht (NL), Het Bassin, 20/12/1987 – 31/01/1988. • Kopie als origineel, G. Schraenen, Antwerpen, Museum voor Fotografie, 19/02 – 03/04/1988. • Poésie contemporaine, J. Blaine, Tarascon (FR), Galerie Polyvalente, 07/1988. • Plan - Euregionale 3, Maastricht (NL), Bonnefantenmuseum, 05/11 – 27/11/1988. • Mail Art, B. Boigelot, Jambes, Galerie Detour, 08/03 – 02/04/1988. • Al-Licht, Hasselt, Labo, 23/09 – 23/10/1988. • Setubal (PT), Museu de Setubal, F. Aguiar, 12/11 – 11/12/1988. • Braincell, nr. 113, R. Cohen, Osaka (JP), 12/1988. • Transmission Points “E” Telefax Connection, N. Cuciniello, Napoli, Studio Morra, 1989. • Kunstrumenta, M. Lambrechts, Hasselt, Inter Art Center, 22/01 – 19/02/1989. • Het geloof in de kunst, F. Hendrickx, Hasselt, Il Ventuno, 05/08 – 31/08/1989. • Strane Corrispondenze, Ciani, Baroni, Fanna Roncoroni, Villorba (IT), Villa Fanna, 09/1989.

1990-1999

• La Posta in Gioco, G. Broi, Firenze (IT), Uffizi, 15/11 – 28/11/1990. • I Muestra Internacional de Mail-Art, Ibirico, Alcorcón (ES), Centro Civico Social, 1990. • Ponton Temse, Museum Hedendaagse Kunst Gent, Temse, 23/06 – 30/09/1990. • Beuys & Girls, J. Oliveira, Lisboa (PT), Galeria Monumental, 29/03 – 17/04/1990. • Deinze, Museum van Deinze en Leiestreek, 05/05 – 10/06/1990. • Going Global, International Mail-Art Exhibit, P. Ahlberg, Jarfalia (SE), 08/1990. • Aanwinsten 1990/91, Antwerpen, MuHKA, 08/06 – 22/09/1991. • Mit Worten ein Bild bereiten, M. Debruyn, Münster (DE),

Ausstellungshalle Zeitgenössische Kunst, 19/09 – 20/10/1991. • Kunst im Automat, Aken, Galerie von der Milwe Aachen, 26/01 – 23/02/1991. • Voor Vorst en Staat!, F. Hendrickx, Hasselt, Il Ventuno, 02/02 – 24/03/1991. • Mail-Art, P. Rypson, Warschau (PL), National Museum, 04-08/1991. • Dimensionen, J.O. Olbrich, Nürnberg (DE), Art Nürnberg 6, 20/06 – 23/06/1991. • Mit Worten ein Bild bereiten, M. Debruyn, Aken, Ludwig Forum, 01/11 – 08/12/1991. • Verzamelde Werken, H. Kindt, Groningen (NL), CBK, 05/11/1991 – 05/01/1992. • Mit Worten ein Bild bereiten, M. De bruyn, Keulen (DE), Belgischen Haus, 04/1992. • Woord en Beeld in de Belgische kunst, Antwerpen, MuHKA, 27/06 – 15/11/1992. • Chelsy, E. Joris, Brussel, Belgisch Centrum van het Beeldverhaal, 17/03 - 12/04/1992. • To Collect To Conserve, Kortrijk, Diverse locaties - Broeltoren, 27/09 – 01/11/1992. • Fotografische installaties, Heusden-Zolder, Cultuurcentrum, 15/11/1992 – 10/01/1993. • Fe-Mail, B. Gaglione, San Francisco (US), Stamp Art Gallery, 1992. • Nature gives, A. Tišma, Belgrado (YU), Cultural Centre Gallery, 17/02 – 03/03/1992. • Arte Postal, P. Sousa, Barcelona (ES), Vila de Gràcia, 05/05 – 29/05/1993. • Intern. Networker Culture, J. Held Jr., Dallas (US), University of Texas, 08/04 – 06/05/1993. • Telaesthesia 93, Fax Art Installation, K. de Mendonca, Brighton (UK), Int. Arts Festival, 05/1993. • Timbres d’Artistes, Laszlo, Reynaud, Parijs (FR), Musée de la Poste, 14/09 – 20/01/1994. • Mail-Art Netwerk der Künstler, Kronig, Fricker, Ruch, Vänçi Stirnemann, Bern (CH),

Musée des PTT, 23/02 – 29/05/1994.

• Mailed Art in Uppsala Sweden, P. Meyer, Uppsala (SE), 04/06 - 17/09/1994. • Dialogues, L. Lambrecht, Hasselt, Provinciaal Museum, 25/11/1994 – 22/01/1995. • Artists Books, G. Perneczky, Székesfehérvar (HU), Kiraly Museum, 25/06 – 21/08/1994. • Stamp & Stories, Ed. Phi, F. Van Maele, Luxembourg,

Konschthaus Beim Engel, 30/03 – 23/04/1995. • Remembering Giulietta, A. Boschi & T. Todi, Carrara (IT), Accademia di Belle Arti, 15/07 – 03/08/1995. • Glashelder, Lommel, C.C. De Adelberg, 16/09 – 30/10/1995. • Mijn-Tekens, Maasmechelen, Kasteel Vilain XIIII, 30/09 – 12/11/1995. • Box in A Box, C. van der Heyden, Amsterdam (NL), Centrale Bibliotheek, 01/02 – 28/02/1996. • Melancholie, J. Késenne, Hasselt, Centrum voor Kunsten, E-Mail-Art-Archives, 17/02 – 17/03/1996. • Voldongen feiten, J. Roeselers, Galmaarden, Baljuwhuis, 29/06 – 08/09/1996. • From Cinema to Mail-Art, M. Diotallevi, Fano (IT), Palazzo Martinozzi, 17/10 – 20/10/1996. • Mail Art: Osteuropa im Internationalen Netzwerk, Schwerin (DE),

Staatliches Museum, 21/07 – 15/09/1996. • Zelfportrettering, Heusden-Zolder, Cultuurcentrum, 10/01 – 09/03/1997. • Mail Art & Illegality, T. Desmet, Rotterdam (NL), Stadsschouwburg, 15/01 – 22/01/1997. • Die Schwangere Bibliothe, Ed. W. Nold, Frankfurt am Main (DE), 1997. • ESA’s Huygens probe to Saturn and Titan, Parijs (FR), ESA, 15/10/1997. • L Esprit en montagne - Carte blanche à Frank Hendrickx, Luik, Les Brasseurs, 15/11 – 21/12/1997. • Networking Art by post and fax, National Touring Exhibition, Hayward Gallery London,

A. Patrizio, M. Pawson, Exeter (UK), Spacex Gallery, 15/02 – 23/03/1997. • La Posta in Gioco 3, G. Broi, Meana Sardo (IT) 22/11 – 07/12/1998. • How time flies, Ballustrada, jg.12, nr.4, K. de Jonge, Middelburg (NL), 1998. • 10 Jahre Galerie von der Milwe, Aken (DE), Ludwig Forum, 30/10 –08/11/1998. • Ink & Toner, F. Castelyns, Brussel, De Markten, 15/01 – 14/02/1999. • Transmit, New York (US), Queens Library Gallery, 28/01 – 28/03/1999. • Chaos - Villagio Globale, R. Maggi, Latisana, (IT), Officina Culturale, 1999. • Mijnverleden - Ondergronds en Bovenarms, Genk, Galerie FLACC, 06/06 – 31/07/1999.

2000-2010

• Chance Future, G. Galántai, Budapest (HU), Artpool, 01/01 – 31/12/2000. • Watch Me (this is my truth), Antwerpen, MuHKA, 21/05 – 31/08/2000. • Kunst voor Kunst, Drongen, Oude Abdij van Drongen, 04/11 – 13/11/2000. • Correo del sur Southern Post. 04., Cl. Padin, Montevideo (UY), 2000. • Sentieri Interrotti, V. Baroni, Brassano del Grappa, (IT), Art Museum, 17/06 – 20/09/2000. • Künstlerbanknoten, B. Löbach-Hinweiser, Weddel (DE),

Museum für Moderne Kunst, 16/06 – 14/07/2000. • Embodiment, Shoes or no shoes, P. Bogaerts & V. Swenters, Amsterdam (NL),

De Brakke Grond, 15/06-19/08/2001. • Kennis van Kenis, Oud-Rekem, Domein Reckheim, 28/06 – 12/08/2001. • John Hejduk – Fabriceren in je hoofd, Heerlen (NL), Kunstencentrum Signe, 15/08 – 07/10/2001. • John Hejduk – Fabriceren in je hoofd, Heerlen (NL), Glaspaleis, 13/10 – 14/10/2001. • L’ Utopia, A. Boschi, Vicenza (IT), Chiesa di S. Ambrogio e Bellino, 04-05/2001. • Casino à la carte. We are Meat, Genk, Flacc, 21/09 – 21/10/2002. • Untitled, W. Siemons, Antwerpen, Galerie S & S, 29/06 – 07/09/2002. • Ark Art, Antwerpen, Pomphuis, 12-13/10/2002. • Mail art 2003: hommage aux fondateurs, J. Blaine, Ventabren (FR), V.A.C., été 2003. • + - O, Brussel, Galerie Les Contemporains, 18/10 – 29/11/2003. • Papier als …, Hasselt, Cultureel Centrum, 18/10 – 30/11/2003. • De Muzen herdacht, Heusden-Zolder, Cultureel Centrum, 03/09 – 03/10/2004. • Vanitas, Eitelkeit van de Ijdelheden, Eupen, Internationales Kunstzentrum, 31/10/2004 – 23/01/2005. • Dear ICC – Aspecten van de actuele kunst in België 1970-1985,

J. Pas, Antwerpen, MuHKA, 18/12/2004 – 28/02/2005. • Artistiek jubileumproject, Hasselt, Het Belang van Limburg, 30/10 – 01/11/2004. • Carpe Artem, Sint-Truiden, Speelhof, 26/02 – 27/02/2005. • Mes amis les animaux, Antwerpen, France LeJeune Fine Art, 17/11 – 17/12/2005. • ECHT!?, Hasselt, Vormingplus, 01/06 – 30/06/2006. • Salmo (CA), Youth & Community Centre, Shadow and Evil, G. D. Whitter, 23/10/2006.

• Shadow and Evil in Fairytales, Trail (CA), Americano, 06/10 – 13/10/2006. • La Collina - The Hill, Dozza (IT), Galleria D’Arte Atrebates, 18/03 – 02/04/2006. • Hart voor Limburg, Hasselt, Provinciale Bibliotheek, 01/04 – 29/04/2006. • IHMPE, Naluri Seni, Bandar Baru Bangi (Malaysia), I-MAG Center, Garden of Art, 2006. • 1st International Hand Made Postcard Exhibition, S.B. Ibrahim, Shah Alam (Malaysia), Galeri Seni,

Faculty of Art & Design, MARA University of Technology, 01/09 – 31/10/2006. • Parastamp: Four Decades of Artistamps, G. Galántai, Budapest (HU), Artpool, 23/03 – 24/06/2007. • Hommage Fred Bervoets, Hasselt, Kunstencentrum Belgie, 08/09 – 29/09/2007. • Wintersalon - Salon dhiver, F. Hendrickx, Brussel, Arte Ventuno, 16/12/2007 – 17/02/2008. • In_Out, Luik, Salle Saint-Georges MAW (Musée Art Wallon), 12/09 – 02/11/2008. • Africa Mail-Art, First Mail-Art project in Burkina Faso, Sallanches (FR),

L’Ancienne Poste, 29/03/2008. • In The Mirror - Allo Speccio, Impos(t)ed Art, Savona (IT), http://www.impostedart.net/2008. • Little Things, http://www.mail-art.net/images.php?sid=42, Joli, Utrecht (NL), 2008. • I Luoghi dell’ Utopia, Viareggio (IT), Villa Borbone, 26/07 – 24/08/2008. The Utopian Library,

Arte Postale! nr.96, 08/2008. • Vasi Comunicanti – Scrittura Segno comunicazione, A. Piccinno, Lecce (IT),

Accademia di Belle Arti di Lecce, 10/2008. • Ho In Mente Te, Arte Postale!, V. Baroni, Viareggio (IT), Galleria MAC, 16/11 – 30/11/2008. • Il Collage, www.principearte.it, Milaan (IT), Associazione Culturale Città Studi Milano, 06/2008. • SONS, Kruishoutem, Shoes of No Shoes-museum, www.shoesornoshoes.com, 2008 - 2010. • Un Grain de Folie, Echirolles (FR), La Maison des Écrits, Mail Art Museum, 16/02 - 27/03/2009. • The World is an Alphabet, Kemzeke (Stekene), Verbeke Foundation, 15/05 – 15/11/2009. • Omaggio a Lotta Poetica. 74 artisti e una rivista, Brescia (IT), Fondazione Berardelli, 16/05/2009 – 30/10/2009. • White Boxes, Art For Life, Genk, diverse locaties, Habex optiek, 11/12/2009 – 03/01/2010. • De kunst van het spel, Brussel, Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België, 16/12/2009 – 31/01/2010. • Exposition Artistamps - Timbres D’artistes, R. Penard, Couzeix (FR), Centre Culturel, 06/03/2010 – 21/03/2010. • XXI – into dAdA, F. Hendrickx, Hasselt, Arte Ventuno, 22/07 – 21/09/2010. • Liefde voor het boek, L. Raskin, Hasselt, cultuurcentrum Hasselt, 14/08 – 05/09/2010.

B. Bibliografie

1979-1989

• Blaine, Julien. Doc(k)s, Ventabren (FR), 1975-2010. • Baroni, Vittore. Arte Postale!, Viareggio (IT) 1979-2010. • Janssen, W. Tentoonstelling van Guy Bleus, Koerier, jg.7, nr.45, 08/08/1979, p.12. • Van Rooy, Walter. Interview met Guy Bleus®, Antwerpen, Ruimte Z, jg.2, nr.10, 03/1980, p.15-20. • Callewaert, Marc. De Posterijen als artistiek medium, De Gazet van Antwerpen, 24/05/1980, K2, p.2. • Reynen, Lutgart. Guy Bleus: Spray Performance, Plein Soleil - Le Plan K nr.2, 06/1980, p.9. • Callewaert, Marc. Obsessies, Verkenningen en Commentaren, De Gazet van Antwerpen, 21/07/1980. • Didden, Marc. Guy Bleus®, Humo. nr.2135, 06/08/1981, p.107. • Haenen, Tino. Mail-Art aan VUB, De Morgen, 14/10/1981, p.2. • Bex, Florent. Kunst, een kritische discipline?, Ieper, PMMK, pp.29-36, 1981. • Merken, Herman. Guy Bleus in Kassel, Het Belang van Limburg, 15/03/1982, p.4. • Morandi, Emilio. Guy Bleus a Ponte Nossa, Bergamo-Oggi (IT), 22/09/1982. • s’Soreff, Stephen. MicroArtfiche and Assorted Color Scraps, Art & Artists, (US), vol. 12, nr.6, 17/05/1983. • Burch, Charlton. Mail Art, Lightworks (US), 1(16): 60-63, winter 1983/84. • Hermans, Ivan. Guy Bleus®, High Performance (US), Issue 22, vol.6, nr.2, 1983, pp.32. • Ruch, Günther. Texts and Statements – Mail Art History, Clinch (CH), 1(5): 1984. • Rypson, Piotr. Mail-Art – Czyli Sztuka Poczty, Warszawa (PL), Akademia Ruchu, 1985. • Bloch, Marc. To Guy Bleus about CP 56, Panmag (US), 1(11): 1-6, 1985. • Kenis, Jan. Het niemandsland: theater–beeldende kunst, Hasselt, Provinciaal Museum, 1985. • Groh, Klaus (ed.). Artists’ Books, Bibliothek Universität Oldenburg (DE), 1986. • Welch, Chuck. Networking Currents, Boston (US), Sandbar Willow Press, 1986.

• Held, John, Jr., Int. Artist Coöperation: Mail-Art Shows, 1970-1985, Dallas (US), 1986. • Perneczky, Géza. The Artists’Books in European View, Köln (DE), 1987. • Perneczky, Géza. Artists’ Stamps, Stamp Images, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (HU), 1987. • Himmelreich, Ad. Guy Bleus® 42.292, Plan, Maastricht (NL), Bonnefantenmuseum, 1988, pp.29-35. • Van Itterbeek, Eugène. Poetry and Image, The Visualized Word, Leuven, 1988. • Hefting, Paul. Mail Art, Vlaanderen, nr.222, jg.37, nr.4, 09-10/1988, pp. 30-34. • Custers, Raf. Kunstenaars in computernetwerk, De Standaard, 03/10/1989, p.6. • Fricker, H.R. I am a networker (sometimes), St. Gallen (CH), Verlag Vexer, 1989.

1990-1999

• Lorenzi, Lydia. Guy Bleus®, Telexart, III - nr.3, (IT), 05/1990. • Broi, Gianni. La Posta in Gioco, Firenze (IT), Pres. del Consiglio dei Ministri, 1990. • Sterkx, Jos. Guy Bleus® - 42.292: Slick, Antwerpen, Arte Factum, 04-05/1991, p.32. • Perneczky, Géza. A Háló, Héttorony Könyvkiado (HU), 1991. • Held, John, Jr. An Annotated World Bibliography of Mail-Art, Scarecrow Press Inc. (US), 1991. • Rypson, Piotr. Mail-Art, Warschau (PL), National Museum, 1991. • Koevoets, Ben (ed.). Mail Art Internationaal, Den Haag (NL), P.T.T.-Museum, 1992. • Bauwelinck, Bert. Guy Bleus®, in: To Collect To Conserve, Kortrijk, Jaycees, 1992. • Laszlo, Jean-Noël. Timbres d’artistes, Paris (FR), Musée de la Poste, 1993. • Friedman, Ken. Warum ich an Network-Telefax-Art-Projekten nicht teilnehme.

Eine Antword an Guy Bleus, in: - Urbons, Klaus. Elektrografie - Analoge und digitale Bilder, Köln (DE),

DuMont Buchverlag, 1994, pp.45-46. • Meyer, Peter. Mailed Art in Uppsala, Upsala (SE), 1994. • Lambrecht, Luk. Dialogues, Hasselt, Provinciaal Museum, 1994. • Claes, Theo. Elektronica: strop voor de post, Het Laatste Nieuws, 16/12/1994. • Welch, Chuck. Eternal Network: A Mail-Art Anthology, Alberta (CA),

University of Calgary Press, 1995. • van Wiemeersch, Albert. Nieuw int. Lexicon beeldende kunst van de 20ste eeuw, Schelderode,

Kunstforum, 1995. • Ruyters, Marc. De postbode gaat interactief, Knack, 11/01/1995, p.71. • Hamard-Wang, Nathalie. Mail Art Networking – Entre Communication et Esthétique, Paris,

Université de Paris, 1996. • Held, John, Jr. Guy Bleus®: Global Administrator, in: Guy Bleus®, San Francisco,

Stamp Art Gallery, 1996, pp.7-12. • Holsbeek, Dan. Guy Bleus brengt fascinatie voor geuren tot leven, De Standaard, 10/06/1996, p.5. • Baroni, Vittore. Archivi - Guy Bleus, in: Arte Postale – Guida al network della corrispondenza creativa,

Bertiolo (IT), AAA Edizioni, 1997, pp.214-215. • Van Damme, Claire. Papier, Beeld en ruimte, Behoud en recyclage, Gent, Academia Press, 1997. • Perneczky, Géza. Network Atlas, Soft Geometry, Köln (DE), 1997. • Blaine, Julien. Les Ambassadeurs, Ventrabren Art Contemporain (FR), Éditions NèPE, 1997. • Van de Velde, Paola. Kritische kijk op verenigd Europa, De Telegraaf (NL), 13/02/1997. • Lumb, Michael. Mail Art 1955-1995: Democratic art as social sculpture, UK, 1997 (2010), pp.81-82. • Broi, Gianni Pensare La Differenza - Thinking the Difference, in: Gianni Broi, Pietre postali per Meana

Sardo – La Posta in Gioco 3: Pensare la differenza, Meana Sardo (IT), 1998, pp.17-42. • Put, Johnny. Kunst op weg naar Saturnus, Het Belang van Limburg, 18/06/1998, p.11. • Janssen, Ruud. The E-Mail Interview with Guy Bleus®. Mail Art from Surface Mail to Cyberspace,

New York (US), Ed. Joel S. Cohen, Ragged Edge Press, 1998. • Bulatov, Dmitry. A Point of View. Visual Poetry: The 90s. An Anthology, Ed. Simplicii.

Kaliningrad (RU), 1998. • Gahlinger-Beaune, Rosemary & Bianchini, Giovanni. The World of Artistamps – Dedicated to

T. Michael Bidner, North Delta, (CA), Published by Artistamp Inc., CD-rom, 1999. • Held, John, Jr. L’Arte del Timbro - Rubber Stamp Art, Bertiolo (IT), AAA-Edizioni, 1999, pp.102-105. • Küstermann, Peter, a.o. 10 Jahre Mauerfall, Dortmund (DE), Verlag Heike Wenig, 1999.

2000-2009

• Felter, James W. Artistamps - Francobolli d’Artista, Bertiolo (IT), AAA Edizioni, 2000, pp.100-103. • Löbach-Hinweiser, Bernd. Künstlerbanknoten, Cremlinge, (DE), Designbuch Verlag, 2000. • Saper, Craig J. Networked Art, University of Minnesota Press (US), 2001.