THE UNIVERSE AS ENVIRONMENT:  MOON MARKERS. 1969. GEORGE MACIUNAS DESIGNED OBJECT MULTIPLE AS INVITE.

NYC: State University of New York, 1969

7.6 x 10.0cm, black on transparent plastic bag with a text on the front designed by George Maciunas. The text reads:

LILA KATZEN

THE UNIVERSE AS ENVIRONMENT:

MOON MARKERS

A DUAL ENVIROMNENT:

THE GALLERY AS A SPECIFIC

PLACE IS EXPANDED TO INFLUENCE

ANOTHER SITE, THE SURFACE OF

THE MOON.

MATERIALS (IN VARIABLE

GROUPING): ULTRAVIOLET TUBES,

COAL, COAL CRYSTALS, STONES,

CUT ACRYLIC SHEETS MICA,

SHALE, FLUORESCENT SAWDUST,

SAND, GLASS.

ART GALLERY

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

AT STONY BROOK

SEPT.25 TO OCT.12, 1969

This bag was issued containing water (as was the later Yoko Ono Water Event multiple also designed by Maciunas) and released as an object multiple / announcement for an exhibition by Maciunas’s New York AG Gallery (“AG” stood for “Art Gallery”) here exhibiting in the University premises.
This is an extremely rare item in VG condition although the plastic shows some brown staining in areas. The water however has long evaporated.