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FIELD STUDY INTERNATIONAL
 

originates from a decision made in 1993 by David Dellafiora, Eammon Kirwan and Benedict Phillips to reclaim the negative spaces in their Curriculum Vitae, i.e. the gaps. By reclaiming these gaps time is understood as being whole and continuous, this is called the Field. Thoughts formulated from data from the Field are termed Field Study. Activities stemmed from Field Study become Emanations and group emanations resulting in events are known as Manifestations, returning full circle back to the Field.

In 1997 Field Study International split in two; one half emigrated to the sun with David Dellafiora and became FSI (Australia) while Benedict Phillips took the other half to Leeds in the North of England and established there the Field Study Northern Academy.  The Australian branch is thriving under the creative spirit of David who not only initiates a great quantity of Mail Art projects of his own but organizes groups of art students to respond to Mail Art invitations. 

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In 1995 I met David Dellafiora and joined Field Study International. Since then all my Mail Art projects are conceived as Emanations which ensure that there are no unfilled gaps in my curriculum.
 

Annual Report

If you also want to reclaim the negative spaces between art and life join Field Study International. Everyone is welcome to become a member, irrespective of their particular art practice, and contribute to the Field Report. You need to send 100 pages in landscape format, size A5 (width 21.0 cm x height 14.8 cm with 2 cm blank on the left side for the binding) of flat artwork documenting an art action or activity of any kind, individual (an emanation) or involving a group (a manifestation).
The deadline every year is the end of December of that year and every participant gets a copy of the report.

Please note:

Interested people need to get in contact with David before sending pages for the Annual Report because places are limited.

 

Send your collaboration to the Annual Report or artwork for the projects below directly to:

David Dellafiora (not to me !)

Field Study – PO Box 1838 Geelong VIC 3220 Australia

from whom leaflets with more information can be obtained.

 Apart from Field Study Publications sent as gifts/exchanges, spare copies are also sold. Field Study is non-profit and all the monies raised are ploughed back into the Field for future projects.

ReSite

RE :   a prefix indicating repetition

SITE :  the place where some activity or event takes place

ReSite is an assembling project with a difference; all pages are to be conceived as having an element of audience participation or interaction. It is part of the tradition of Fluxus editions where anyone can perform an action or score.

Send 40 copies size 21 cm x 14.8 cm (A5) Copies have to be flat and landscape format. Please leave 2 cm on the left-hand side for the wire-binding. Works can be double sided and have more than one page. ReSite is an ongoing project; an issue is made every 20 participants and a copy sent to each participant.
Wipe, 
 a very lightweight book

Please send 40 sheets of printed toilet tissue. Open theme and technique. No organic materials or traces please. Ongoing project no deadline. Edition made every 20 participants. Maximum size 14 cm x 11 cm  

Kart

a magazine of multiplicity

Kart is funded by Karingal Community Living and The City of Greater Geelong through its Community Grants Program.

Please send 40 artworks, originals or multiples postcards size or smaller. All media and themes but no poor quality photocopies or offensive material will be accepted. Ongoing project with no deadline. Limited editions of 40 are made, assembled in handcrafted folio boxes containing 15 original artworks each. Contributing artists will receive a copy.

 
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