The Neo, Nos.1-5, May - November 1979

Local-Extraterrestrial paper of the Neoists. Mail Art zine edited by Hungarian-born Canadian performance and media-artist Istvan Kantor aka Monty Cantsin. Ten issues were published between 1979 and 1981 in Montreal. Folded sheets, 28 x 21.5 cm, 12 pp. each. Stencilled in b/w with some hand-added rubberstamped texts. Features a collaged assembling of artists' contributions, and texts by the editor to promote 'Neoism', which could be described as a subcultural parody on a movement, with a subversive edge.

Most contributors to the zine were related to the Mail Art network, such as David Zack, Anna Banana, Marx Vigo, Pawel Petasz, Lon Spiegelman and the scene around Véhicule artists' space in Montreal. Kantor himself undertook Neoist activities such as his famous Blood Campaign, in which he 'gifted' his blood to museums during surprise interventions. All issues in excellent state. Scarce, no copies spotted for sale.