Allan Kaprow, Calling

New York, Dick Higgins/Something Else Press, 1967. Deluxe edition of Something Else Press. Edition of 25, numbered 18/25. Features five sheets silkscreened on clear plastic sheet, in silver, blue, red, yellow and brown. 51 x 60 cm. Contained in 2 printed and hand painted wooden boards.

The top board has a black painted signature by Kaprow on one side, and a project description and introduction of the project by Dick Higgins on the other side. The sheets present a graphic representation of Kaprow's landmark happening 'Calling' performed in 1965. Kaprow rubber stamped each word of the scenario on separate index cards, Higgins re-assembled these in a playful matter. In principle the original screenplay can be deduced, but the reader is invited to a word game creating more stories. The sheets have tiny (almost invisible) pinholes at the corners, else fine. Very rare item.