Ludo Mich
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Facsimile of an artist book/film by Ludo Mich, hand drawn in 1966, printed 1972 in Belgium by Charles and published by Filmmakers Antwerp on 500 copies. Scanned from the orinal copy owned by the artist's wife at the time, fashion designer Ann Salens (†1994). Original design by Ben Mangelschots, photos by Herman Selleslags & Raoul Van den Boom. Dedicated to the technical personel of the BRT-RTB. See Ludo in action in 1967 in this little documentary shown on national television here.
Stencil printed by Jan Matthé at Risiko Press in Borgerhout on Arcoprint Edizioni 1.3 170g and Canson Aquarel 300g paper. Countdown intro pages on Basix Silver tracing paper 112g, offset printed at De Wrikker, covers debossed at Afreux, spiral bound at Mr. Copy Antwerp. 130mm x 199mm, 110p., 200 numbered copies. Thanks to Ludo Mich, Ulrike Lindmayr and Filmmakers. Presented at LLS387, Lange Leemstraat 387 in Antwerp during the exhibition "Ludo Mich. De man die gronden op Saturnus verkocht.", September 15th—October 15th 2017.
What Printed Matter wrote: "Reissue of an artist book/film by Antwerp performer, painter, filmmaker, holographer and Fluxus wildcat Ludo Mich, hand drawn in 1966, printed in 1972. Mich would draw a couple of pages a day in a room painted completely black with only a white paper on the floor, the book (or film, as he always saw it) is a wonderfully poetic and generously personal documentation of movement..."
Technical info for the first edition of the reissue (fd-9):
Stencil printed by Jan Matthé in St. Lauri on Riso RP 3105EP, Biotop 160g paper. Countdown intro pages on milk paper 140g Digitally printed at Copy Discount Gent, covers blindpressed in Antwerp by Tomas Boiy. 130mm x 199mm, 110p., 100 numbered copies. Presented at Gunther, December 4th 2011.