Blast, set of 4 boxed artists' multiples

New York, X-Art Foundation, 1991- 1995. Edited by Jordan Crandall. Collective artists' periodical, comprising small objects, digital and printed matter assembled in monochrome coloured boxes. Blast was established in 1990 in conjunction with the New Museum, exploring a system of editorial circulation. It welcomed participants to submit 'content that is both material and digital, online and offline, recorded and live'. Inserted objects include floppy discs, audiocassettes, a steel rod, plastic blanket, dried ginger stem, and a glass bottle containing dust. The boxes in this series are from the standard edition; however, there seems to be a special edition in wooden boxes, potentially with similar (signed?) contents. Jordan Crandall's website also mentions Blast 5 (undated), this issue was released in digital format, not in a box.

(1) Blast 1, n.d. 1991. Red cardboard box, 45.5 x 34 x 3.5 cm. No index list. The box has similar contents as the wooden 'blue box', with contributions by Jordan Crandall, Agnes Denes, Gretchen Faust, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Nancy Spero, Mira Schor, Lawrence Weiner et al. (2) Blast 2: The Spatial Drive, 1992. Yellow cardboard box, 51 x 38 x 4 cm. Contributions by 24 artists including Marina Abramovic, Mary Kelly, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Jutta Koether et al. Includes content list, and 3 computer discs (Mac and Windows) titled 'The Pocket Dictionary of Spatial Drives' featuring commissioned and excerpted writings by hundreds of writers ranging from Kathe Acker, Laurie Anderson, Robert Barry John Cage, Avital Ronell to David Wojnarowicz and Virginia Woolf. (3) Blast 3: Remaking civilization, 1993. Black faux leather box, 43 x 43 x 6 cm. No index enclosed. Approx. 70 projects by artists, writers, and scientists. (4) Blast 4: Bioinformatica 1995. Green cardboard box, 37.5 x 30 x 8 cm. With index printed on transparent acetate. Approx. 70 participants including Bob Flanagan, Carsten Höller, Karen Kilimnik, Ben Kinmont, Alix Lambert, Simon Leung, Joseph Nechvatal, Julia Scher, Marcia Tucker et al. The contents of all boxes are as issued, boxes and contents are near mint. Amazing time capsule. (total 4)