Clemente Padín. Instrumentos/74 and Ovum 2a Epoca Nos. 4-5

(1) Instrumentos / 74: Mechanics instruments for the control of information. Montevideo, Ovum, 1974. First edition. Staple-bound, 15 x 11 cm. 10 pp. Radical publication created during the Uruguayan authoritarian regime of the 1970s. Presents destructive tools to be used in an imagined insurrection, causing wounds, cuts, burns and gunshots to the word 'revolution' on the pages. Rare booklet with original interventions, good copy.

Two issues of Ovum 2a (1973-1977), an artists' assembling magazine founded and edited by Padín, and sequel to Ovum 10 (1969–1972). Published in an edition of 500 copies. (2) No. 4 December 1974. Staple- bound, 30 x 21 cm, 26 pp. Cover with handwritten title 'Ovum is a Jail'. Contributions by Eugenio Miccini, Davi Det Hompson, Jorge Caraballo, Horacio Zabala, David Zack et al. Includes a loose flyer for the 'Festival de la Postal Creativa' in Montevideo curated by Padín. (3) No. 5 June 1975: Homenaje a John Heartfield. Staple bound, 32 x 22 cm, 22 pp. Contributions by Guillermo Deisler, Raul Marroquin, Paolo Bruscky et al. Both copies with age wear, rare. (total 3)