ARTPOOL ART RESEARCH CENTER
GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE INSTITUTION AND ITS OPERATION (2012)
PUBLICATIONS 1979–1989
Newsletter / Review
Editors: György Galántai and Júlia Klaniczay; design, layout and production: György Galántai
■ POOLWINDOW / POOL-LETTER (one page mail art newsletter, 30 issues [1980: 1–5, 1981: 6–18, 1982:
19–30], A4, photocopy)
■ AL (Aktuális / Alternatív / Artpool Levél) [Actual / Alternative / Artpool Letter], 1983–1985, 11 issues, (Nos.
1–9, A5, photocopied, Nos. 10, 11, A4, photocopied with offset cover, rubber stamp, with a circulation of 300–
500, bookwork-like samizdat art magazine with several inserts and supplements and with English summaries
for each issue
■ Boxed edition of AL (Artpool Letter) 1–11, 1983–1985 (Artpool, Budapest, 2004), published in 15 copies.
Assembled from the leftover original inserts and sheets (some missing pages were reprinted from the original
template using the same photocopy technique)
Radio Artpool, cassette release, cassettes 1–8, 1983–1987, Artpool, Budapest
Bookwork publications (design and production: György Galántai):
■ The Artpool, 1980, A6, 18 pages, offset, foldout bookwork (it simultaneously functioned as the first issue of
the Poolwindow newsletter)
■ Textile Without Textile (Textil – textil nélkül), Galántai–Artpool, Budapest, 1980. Original works in an A4
format silk-screened folder, in a variety of techniques by 54 artists from various countries, 300 numbered
copies
■ ART + POST (Művészet és Posta), 1981, four A6 booklets in an envelope, offset, ca. 200 copies. (The series
containing the Hungarian translation of articles and studies about correspondence art was published to prepare
the first exhibition of Hungarian mail artists. The fourth booklet was also the catalog of the exhibition.)
■ ART-UMBRELLA (Művészet-Esernyő), 1981, bookwork-catalog, A6, offset, with color foil cover, 97 numbered
copies. 104 works by 33 Hungarian artists
■ Artpool’s Ray Johnson Space (I–III.), Artpool, 1983, bookwork, 4–4 copies
■ Artpool’s Ray Johnson Book / Four Letters, 1985, A4, 120 pages, photocopy, 10 numbered copies
■ To live in a negative utopia, 1982–1987, A5, 34 pages booklet, photocopy, 100 numbered copies. An edition
of selected “answers” by 32 artists to Ray Johnson’s second “add to” letter
■ Everybody with Anybody, Artpool, 1982, A5, offset, rubber stamp, in a plastic bag, 300 numbered copies.
Bookwork-catalog with photos, original rubber stamps and articles by György Galántai, Miklós Erdély, Albert
Kováts and György Szemadám in Hungarian and in English. Catalog of the rubber stamp event, 1982
(supplement to the catalog: call, invitation and poster)
■ Stamp + Rubber Stamp, Artpool, 1982, 17x15 cm, silk-screened, offset, collage, rubber stamp, cardboard
cover, folder-like, 125 numbered copies. A publication compiled and conceived by György Galántai to honor
those 22 Hungarian artists, who participated both in Artpool’s artistamp and rubber stamp project
■ World Art Post, Artpool, 1982, A4 landscape format, offset, silk-screened plastic foil cover, ca. 900 copies.
An album of 27 sheets (28 stamps each) of stamps designed by 550 artists from 35 countries – with essays
and studies on artistamps in English by Peter Frank, E. F. Higgins, László Beke, etc., along with a
comprehensive bibliography. Editors: György Galántai and Júlia Klaniczay. Published on the occasion of the
“World Art Post” exhibition, 1982
■ Commonpress 51, “Hungary”, Artpool, Budapest, 1984, 15 copies (cover: silk-screened plastic foil and a
color offset tourist prospectus, inside: photocopy) – catalog of the exhibition “Hungary Can Be Yours! /
International Hungary”
■ Commonpress 51, “Hungary”, Artpool, Budapest, 1984–1989, 300 copies, offset. Printed version of the
original catalog
■ The Artpool – Documentation 1979–1984, edited and produced by György Galántai, Artpool, Budapest,
A4, ca. 70–80 pages, photocopy eventually with collaged photos, artistamps, rubber stamp prints. 1984:
series I–IV, (5 copies each), 1985: V (10 copies), VI (6 copies), 1986: VII (6 copies), 1987–88: VIII (22 copies)
PUBLICATIONS FROM 1992
Documentary yearbooks
■ Artpool 1992 ■ Artpool 1993 ■ Artpool 1994 (A4 spiral bound, with original documents, photocopy)
Artpool booklets
(A5 booklets with Hungarian translation of source texts)
■ Friedman, Ken: Fluxus 1992, Artpool, Budapest, 1992, 20 p.
■ Network utópiák. A mindenüttlevés művészete. Részletek az 1993-as On Line szimpózium anyagából
[Network Utopias. The Art of Being Everywhere. Excerpts from the On Line Symposium, 1993], selected by
Robert Adrian X., Artpool, Budapest, 1993, 16 p.
■ Válogatás Ben Vautier írásaiból [Texts by Ben Vautier, a selection], Artpool, Budapest, 1993, 36 p.
■ Maciunas, George: Írások, diagramok [Writings, Diagrams], edited by Annamária Szőke, Artpool, Budapest,
1993, 24 p.
■ Hangköltészet [Sound Poetry], anthology edited by and introductory study: Endre Szkárosi, Artpool,
Budapest, 1994, 42 p.
■ Kaprow, Allan: Assemblage, environmentek & happeningek [Assemblage, Environments & Happenings],
edited by and afterword: Annamária Szőke, Artpool, Budapest, 1996, 42 p.
■ Hyper text + Multimédia, edited by and afterword: János Sugár, Artpool, Budapest, 1996, 64 p. (second
corrected edition: Artpool, Budapest, 1998)
Catalogs and project documentations
■ Artpool´s Faxzine, Artpool, Budapest, 1992 (A5, 24 pages, photocopy, English), booklet documenting the
Networker Congress Budapest event, designed, edited and produced by György Galántai
■ FLUX FLAG, Fluxus Zászló, Artpool, 1992 (A4, monochrome and color photocopy 94 pages, printed in 100
numbered copies). Publication designed, edited and produced by György Galántai with the use of the artists’
documents and photographs of the exhibited fluxus flags
■ NETWORKER POST, Artistamp Museum of Artpool, Budapest, 1992–93 (A4, photocopy, 100 pages in a
folder, 150 copies). Stamp sheets, with 5x4 artistamps each, by 100 artists
■ FLUXMOST, Artpool, 1993 (A4, offset, 4 pages), test issue of a planned review
■ Polyphonix 26 – Budapest, Artpool, Budapest, 1994 (A4, offset, 16 pages, English–Hungarian). Catalog of
the Sound Poetry Festival organized by Artpool and Polyphonix Association (Paris) in Budapest, 1994, with
biographies and photos of the participating artists
■ Networker Bridge, Artpool, Budapest, 1994 (A5 booklet assembled from 8+1 A4 sheets folded in two, b&w
and color photocopy). 64 tarot-card images, a bookwork by György Galántai in homage to the networker
friends of Artpool
■ Sajnos István szövegei [István Sajnos texts], Artpool, Budapest, 1995 (A5, photocopy, 44 pages, Hungarian),
booklet documenting the sajnos [alas] project
■ Video-Expedition in the Performance-World, Artpool, Budapest, 1995 (A4, offset, 32 pages, English–
Hungarian). Catalog of the performance-video festivals organized by Artpool and summary of the Year of
Performance including description of, and information on, the videos, photographs, brief introductory notes by
some experts of the topic, with index. Edited by Júlia Klaniczay, designed by György Galántai
■ Monument Square Postcards, Artpool, Budapest, 1997 (an edition of 56 cards selected from the 134 works
received for the project to transform a postcard showing Budapest’s Heroes square)
■ The Year of Installation at Artpool: Installation Project 1998, Artpool, Budapest, 1999 (A4, 32 pages, offset).
Catalog of the project and the events held during “The Year of Installation” (English–Hungarian)
■ Marcel Duchamp Szimpozion 1987 [Marcel Duchamp Symposium 1987], Artpool, Budapest, 2007 (A4,
digital print, 62 pages, Hungarian), publication with the “Five minute lectures” held at the symposium in 1987
by 21 leading Hungarian artists and art critics
■ Hommage à Marcel Duchamp, Artpool. Budapest, 2007 (A4, color digital print, 100 copies, 143 pages + insert:
English summary of the “Five minute lectures”). A bookwork-catalog, an imprint of the website documenting the
event (symposium, concerts and exhibition) “In the Spirit of Marcel Duchamp” organized by György Galántai
(Artpool) and Péter György (Department of Aesthetics at the Eötvös Loránd Univ.) in 1987
■ Robert Watts: Flux Med, Artpool, Budapest, 2008, 48 pages. Exhibition catalog with essays by Francesco
Conz, Larry Miller and Geoffrey Hendricks (English–Hungarian)
Books
■ Galántai, György – Klaniczay, Júlia (eds.): Galántai, Életmunkák / Lifeworks 1968–1993, Artpool – Enciklopédia
Kiadó, Budapest, 1996, 318 p. (English–Hungarian)
■ Kaprow, Allan: Assemblage, environmentek & happeningek [Assemblage, Environments & Happenings],
Artpool – Balassi Kiadó – BAE Tartóshullám, Budapest, 1998, 75 p. (edited by and afterword: Annamária
Szőke)
■ Koppány, Márton (ed.): Idegen az ajtóban, [Stranger at the door], Artpool – Balassi Kiadó, Budapest, 1999,
124 p.
■ Szőke, Annamária (ed.): A performance-művészet [Performance Art], Artpool – Balassi Kiadó – Tartóshullám,
Budapest, 2000, 346 p.
■ Beke, László – Bálint, Anna (ed.): Poipoi, Artpool – Műcsarnok, Budapest, 1998, 40 p.
■ Szőke, Annamária (ed.): Diagramok: Gondolat-térképek [Diagrams: Mind Maps], Artpool – Műcsarnok,
Budapest, 1998, 51 p.
■ Havasréti, József – K. Horváth, Zsolt (eds.): Avantgárd: underground: alternatív. Popzene, művészet és szubkulturális
nyilvánosság Magyarországon [Avant-garde: Underground: Alternative: Pop Music, Art and Subculture
in Hungary], Kijárat Kiadó – Artpool Művészetkutató Központ – PTE Kommunikációs Tanszék, Budapest – Pécs,
2003, 239 p.
■ Klaniczay, Júlia – Sasvári, Edit (eds.): Törvénytelen avantgárd. Galántai György balatonboglári kápolnaműterme
1970–1973 [Illegal Avant-garde, the Chapel Studio of György Galántai in Balatonboglár 1970–1973],
Artpool – Balassi, Budapest, 2003, 460 p.
■ Klaniczay, Júlia – Szőke Annamária (eds.): FLUXUS. Interjúk, szövegek, események–esetek [FLUXUS.
Interviews, Texts, Events], Artpool – Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest, 2008, 350 p.
■ Havasréti, József: Széteső dichotómiák. Színterek és diskurzusok a magyar neoavantgárdban [Dichotomies
Falling Apart. Scenes and Discourses in the Hungarian Neo-avantgarde], Gondolat Kiadó, Budapest –
Artpool, Budapest – PTE Kommunikáció- és Médiatudományi Tanszék, Pécs, 2009, 256 p.
■ Tamkó Sirató, Károly: A Dimenzionista Manifesztum története. A DIMENZIONIZMUS (nemeuklidészi művészetek)
I. ALBUMA. Az avantgárd művészetek rendszerbe foglalása [The History of the Dimensionist Manifesto.
Album I of Dimensionism (non-Euclidean arts). The Systematization of Avant-Garde Arts], Artpool – Magyar
Műhely Kiadó, Budapest, 2010, 198 p. (in Hungarian). Texts edited and notes written by: Júlia Klaniczay.
Postscript by: László L. Simon. Book supplement: Manifeste Dimensioniste, 1936, 2 p. (reprint of the French
original)
■ Artpool 30 kronológia 1979–2009 [Artpool 30 Chronology 1979–2009], edited by Júlia Klaniczay, Artpool,
Budapest, 2010, 100 p.
■ Abajkovics, Péter – Székely, Ákos (eds.): Leopold Bloom Planetoida, Artpool, Budapest – Magyar Műhely
Kiadó, Budapest, 2012, 240 p. (English–Hungarian)
Indexes, Bibliographies
(compiled from materials and documents preserved in the Artpool Art Research Center)
■ Bényi, Csilla: Művészeti események a Bercsényi Klubban 1963–1987 [Art Events in the Bercsényi Klub
1963–1987], Ars Hungarica, 2002/1., pp. 123–165.
■ Bényi, Csilla: A Bercsényi 28–30 című kiadvány repertóriuma [Index of the periodical “Bercsényi 28–30”],
Ars Hungarica, 2002/2. pp. 387–410.
■ Bényi, Csilla: A hetvenes–nyolcvanas évek alternatív zenei életének dokumentumai az Artpoolban [Index of
the documents on the alternative music scene in Hungary in the seventies and eighties], in: Havasréti, József
– K. Horváth, Zsolt (eds.): Avantgárd: underground: alternatív. Popzene, művészet és szubkulturális
nyilvánosság Magyarországon [Avant-garde: Underground: Alternative: Pop Music, Art and Subculture in
Hungary], Kijárat Kiadó – Artpool Művészetkutató Központ – PTE Kommunikációs Tanszék, Budapest – Pécs,
2003, pp. 122–131.
■ Bényi, Csilla: A konferencia témájához kapcsolódó alternatív/underground zenei események 1977–1989.
Válogatott kronológia az Artpool archívumában található dokumentumok alapján, [Chronology of alternative /
underground concerts 1977–1989, based on documents to be found in the archives of Artpool], in: Havasréti,
József – K. Horváth, Zsolt (eds.): op. cit., pp. 225–239.
■ Bényi, Csilla – Galántai, György – Sasvári, Edit: Eseménytörténet 1966–1974 [Chronology of Events 1966–
1974], in: Klaniczay, Júlia – Sasvári, Edit (eds.): Törvénytelen avantgárd. Galántai György balatonboglári
kápolnaműterme 1970–1973 [Illegal Avant-garde, the Chapel Studio of György Galántai in Balatonboglár
1970–1973], Artpool–Balassi, Budapest, 2003, pp. 91–190.
■ Bényi, Csilla: Underground/alternatív/szamizdat irodalmi és képzőművészeti periodikumok bibliográfiája [Bibliography of Underground/alternative/samizdat periodicals of art and literature], in: Deréky, Pál – Müllner,
András (eds.): Né/ma? Tanulmányok a magyar neoavantgárd köréből [Né/ma? Studies about the Hungarian
Neo-avantgarde], Aktuális avantgárd 3., Ráció Kiadó, Budapest, 2004, pp. 348–366.
■ Bényi, Csilla: AL / Artpool Letter – Aktuális Levél 1983–1985 (Repertórium) [Index of AL / Artpool Letter
1983–1985], Ars Hungarica, 2004/2., pp. 406–433.
■ Galántai, György: Művészeti kapcsolat és kapcsolatból művészet. Kísérlet a magyar kapcsolat- és küldeményművészet
kronológiájának összeállítására [Art correspondence and art from correspondence. An attempt
to compile a chronology of Hungarian correspondence art and mail art], in: Beke, László (ed.): Mail Art,
Műcsarnok, Budapest, 1998, pp. 21–59. (Updated version online at: www.artpool.hu/MailArt/krono.html)
■ Galántai, György: AL 1–11 tematikus tartalom [AL 1–11, thematic index], www.artpool.hu/Research/
ALonline.html, 2007
■ Irodalomjegyzék (a Balatonboglári Kápolnaműterem történetéhez), [Bibliography of the history of the Chapel
Studio in Balatonboglár], in: Klaniczay, Júlia – Sasvári, Edit (eds.): op. cit., pp. 443–449.
■ Sasvári, Edit: Levéltári forrásjegyzék (a Balatonboglári Kápolnaműterem történetéhez) [List of Source
Documents (related to the history of the Chapel Studio in Balatonboglár)], in: Klaniczay, Júlia – Sasvári, Edit
(eds.): op. cit., pp. 407–441.