Various - Art Detox 2010

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Audio Detox EP
1	–Vecdor featuring Korka Helgadóttir	Iffy Cation Concept By, Producer – Rod Summers	2:12
2	–Gina Pritti Tutti Al Lago	Arancione Toy [Toy Percussion] – Ignazio Lago, Tiziana Pretto	2:02
3	–Ratto Goal	Rattodetox Electric Guitar – Penny ToporKeyboards, Percussion – Gavino LevorattoOther [Noise], Voice – Ignazio LagoPerformer [Comb] – Vera Ratt Doll	3:08
4	–Gianluca Becuzzi & Vv.Aa.*	Unspeakable Featuring – Fabio Orsi, Nigel Ayers, Pietro Riparbelli, Rod Summers, Simon BalestrazziFeaturing, Edited By, Producer – Gianluca Becuzzi	8:38
5	–Le Forbici Di Manitù	Ray Not Harp [Fake], Glockenspiel [Real] – Manitù RossiPsaltery [Bowed] – Gabriella MarconiWritten-By – Le Forbici Di Manitù	2:10

Credits

• Design – Gumdesign
• Liner Notes – John Mountain
• Liner Notes, Design – Vittore Baroni

Notes

32 pp. A5 booklet with leaflets in envelope, badge and attached multimedia cd-r in bag.

In the tradition of the Decentralized Networker Congresses, of the Incongruous Meetings and of the Obscure Actions, 2010 saw the international diffusion of a collective open project, that lasted twelve months, aimed at a shared detoxification from the art toxins that oppress our daily life (how many invites to exhibitions, events and presentations do we get every day?).
Hundreds of people in various parts of the world took part in the course of 2010 in ART DETOX therapeutic group meetings, they carried out “Insulation Tests” by visiting art galleries and museums with their head hidden in a paper bag or they practiced “Relaxation Tests” by sticking curative ART DETOX patches on their bodies, by playing water football in a small basin or by “combing dolls”. Are your ARTeries clogged with toxins too?

The final documentation of the ART DETOX 2010 project is finally ready, an illustrated booklet of 32 pages (texts in English and Italian) with inserts and original souvenirs (including the “Art Detoxed” badge created by Gumdesign), plus a multimedia cd-r with an ample selection of texts and images and an ART DETOX EP: five tracks of artherapeutic music exclusively recorded by Rod Summers (Vecdor featuring Korka Helgadóttir), Gina Pritti Tutti al Lago, Ratto Goal, Gianluca Becuzzi and Le Forbici di Manitù.

CD-R FILES:
01 - Texts - PDF
15 files with original invites for Art Detox Tests, related essays and letters, plus 3 PDFs with writings and images by John Mountain and technical assistance from Darlene Altschul (Art-Detox? What the heck!?, 26 pages; Aftermath 1, 68 pages; Aftermath 2, 125 pages) and one PDF by Claudio Romeo and various authors (Mailartincontriamoci Art Detox Beauty Farm, 10 pages).
02 - Test n.1 - Paper Bag
125 photos and graphics by various authors related to the Relaxation Test n.1
03 - Test n.2 - Patches
25 photos and graphics by various authors related to the Relaxation Test n.2
04 - Test n.3 - Water Football
11 photos and graphics by various authors related to the Relaxation Test n.3
05 - Test n.4 - Combing dolls
34 photos and graphics by various authors related to the Relaxation Test n.4
06 - Art Detox Beauty Farm - Test n. 5 - JoJo
190 photos and graphics by various authors related to the Art Detox Beauty Farm meeting and the Relaxation Test n.5, plus a short video in memory of Ennio Pauluzzi.
Photos by: Vittore Baroni, Anna Boschi e Gianni Cermasi, Alfonso Caccavale, Bruno Capatti, Adolfina De Stefani e Antonello Mantovani, I Santini Del Prete, Linda Pelati, (…).
07 - John Mountain aka JoMo
A selection of 272 images created and revised by John Mountain (Spain) for Art Detox.
08 - Oh Boy! aka John Tostado
A selection of 106 images created and revised by John Tostado (USA) for Art Detox.
09 - Selected images - Blog & Mail
A selection of 191 photos, works and documents created for the ART DETOX blog or received in the mail from 81 authors (including the “seeds” appropriated from Al Ackerman and Ray Johnson).
10 - AUDIO DETOX EP - Mp3
Five Mp3 files of the EP tracks (also playable as audio cd).

AUDIO DETOX EP:
hear repeatedly whenever you feel the need to detoxify your grey cells.
01 - Vecdor featuring Korka Helgadóttir - Iffy Cation (2’12”)
Masterminded by Rod Summers at VEC Headquarters, January 2011.
02 - Gina Pritti Tutti al Lago - Arancione (2’ 02”)
Recorded at Studio Kroyer, Spring 2010.
03 - Ratto Goal - Rattodetox (3’08”)
Recorded at Topicida, Winter 2011.
04 - Gianluca Becuzzi & Vv.Aa. - Unspeakable (8’38”)
Contributors: Nigel Ayers, Simon Balestrazzi, Gianluca Becuzzi, Fabio Orsi, Pietro Riparbelli, Rod Summers.
Assembled and produced by Gianluca Becuzzi at Kinetixlab, January 2011. As an added bonus to the reprint of the pioneering “networking” concept album TRAX 0982 XTRA conceived in 1982 by Piermario Ciani, available through Radical Matters Editions / Label (see the web_editions section of www.radicalmatters.com), Gianluca Becuzzi has created a new collective audio piece, TRAX NEWXTRA 2011 (Where Angels Can't Land), involving the collaboration of five international musicians. This is an “extra track” assembled with materials from the same NEWXTRA sessions.
05 - Le Forbici di Manitù - Ray Not (2’10”)
Written and produced by Le Forbici di Manitù, 1-17 January 2011. For Ray Johnson, who understood the importance of retreating into Nothingness.