Rippin' for Gordon - #063 - Geoffrey Symcox Edits War, Diplomacy and Imperialism, and DDV Rips it Apart

Geoffrey Symcox (ed)
War, Diplomacy, and Imperialism 1618-1763

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WAR, DIPLOMACY, AND IMPERIALISM, 1618-1763

Copyright © 1973 by Geoffrey Walter Symcox
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of Amer-
ica. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in 
any manner without written permission except in the case 
of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and re-
views. For information address Harper & Row, Publishers,
Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, New York, N.Y. 1022. Published
simultaneously in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Limited, Toronto.

First HARPER TORCHBOOK edition published 1973

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 72-13951

STANDARD BOOK NUMBER: 06-139500-5

13,4 x 20,2 cm, 340p, softcover

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On 10 February 2018 I ripped the 340 pages from Geoffrey Symcox (ed) War, Diplomacy, and Imperialism 1618-1763, tore them in half and threw them in the Hole I've been Diggin' for Gordon in a basement at an undisclosed location in Antwerpen since 20 February 2006.
The title refers to Gordon Matta-Clark whose last and major work ‘Office Baroque’ in Antwerpen I illegally visited at the start of my career as an artist. The performance/installation evolved into a ‘mash-up’ with ingredients from the works of various avantgarde artists from the 70’s. For instance a slant row of florescent lights inspired by Dan Flavin takes care of lightning and an endless ladder as imagined by Vito Acconci makes it possible to get in and out of the hole. The work was made visible through a number of side actions and performances where I used some of the dirt I had been digging up. Most of the dirt was used to fill up James Lee Byars' tomb.
As of 9 September 2017 the Hole is filled with precious books from my private library.

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Rippin' for Gordon - #059 - E.J. Hobsbawm Komt Tot de Conclusie Dat Bandieten Wel Revolutionair Zijn

E.J. Hobsbawm
Bandieten

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© 1973 by Wetenschappelijke Uitgeverij bv, Amsterdam
Vertaling: mr. R. Germeraad
Omslag: Alje Olthof G V N

De sentimentele bandiet: Bandiet van de Apennijnen
(1824), schilderij van sir Charles Eastlake (1793-1865),
voorzitter van de Royal Academy.

ISBN 90 214 2760 5

12,5 x 20,0 cm, 182p, softcover

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On 31 January 2018 I ripped the 182 pages from E.J. Hobsbawm Bandieten, tore them in half and threw them in the Hole I've been Diggin' for Gordon in a basement at an undisclosed location in Antwerpen since 20 February 2006.
The title refers to Gordon Matta-Clark whose last and major work ‘Office Baroque’ in Antwerpen I illegally visited at the start of my career as an artist. The performance/installation evolved into a ‘mash-up’ with ingredients from the works of various avantgarde artists from the 70’s. For instance a slant row of florescent lights inspired by Dan Flavin takes care of lightning and an endless ladder as imagined by Vito Acconci makes it possible to get in and out of the hole. The work was made visible through a number of side actions and performances where I used some of the dirt I had been digging up. Most of the dirt was used to fill up James Lee Byars' tomb.
As of 9 September 2017 the Hole is filled with precious books from my private library.

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Rippin' for Gordon - #016 - Flora Rheta Schreiber in Sixteen Personalities

Flora Rheta Schreiber

Sybil

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WARNER PAPERBACK LIBRARY EDITION
First Printing: May, 1974
Second Printing: May, 1974
Third Printing: May, 1974
Fourth Printing: June, 1974
Fifth Printing: July, 1974
Sixth Printing: July, 1974
Seventh Printing: August, 1974
Eighth Printing: September, 1974
Ninth Printing: November, 1974
Tenth Printing: December, 1974

Copyright © 1973 by Flora Rheta Schreiber
All rights reserved

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 72-11188

This Warner Paperback Library Edition is published by
arrangement with Henry Regency Company, Inc.

Cover design by Gene Light

Warner Paperback Library is a division of Warner Books, Inc.,
75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10019

A Warner Communications Company

Printed in the United States of America

10,7 x 17,5 cm, 466p, softcover

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On 8 October 2017 I ripped the 466 pages from Flora Rheta Schreiber Sybil, tore them in half and threw them in the Hole I've been Diggin' for Gordon in a basement at an undisclosed location in Antwerpen since 20 February 2006.
The title refers to Gordon Matta-Clark whose last and major work ‘Office Baroque’ in Antwerpen I illegally visited at the start of my career as an artist. The performance/installation evolved into a ‘mash-up’ with ingredients from the works of various avantgarde artists from the 70’s. For instance a slant row of florescent lights inspired by Dan Flavin takes care of lightning and an endless ladder as imagined by Vito Acconci makes it possible to get in and out of the hole. The work was made visible through a number of side actions and performances where I used some of the dirt I had been digging up. Most of the dirt was used to fill up James Lee Byars' tomb.
As of 9 September 2017 the Hole is filled with precious books from my private library.

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Rippin' for Gordon - #015 - Lawrence Sanders is Devoted to Evil

Lawrence Sanders

The First Deadly Sin

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Copyright © 1973, by Lawrence Sanders

All rights reserved

Published by arrangement with G. P. Putnam's Sons

All rights reserved which includes the right
to reproduce this book or portions thereof in
any form whatsoever. For information address

          G. P. Putnam's Sons
          200 Madison Avenue
          New York, N.Y. 10016

Library of congress Catalog Card Number: 73-82018

SBN-425-03904-8

BERKLEY MEDAILLION BOOKS are published by
Berkley Publishing Corporation
200 Madison Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10016

G. P. Putnam's Sons
200 Madison Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10016

BERKELY MEDAILLION BOOKS ® TM 757,375

Printed in the United States of America

G. P. Putnam/Berley Medaillion Edition, August, 1974

EXCERPT ON PAGE 322 FROM HONEY BUNCH: HER FIRST
DAYS IN CAMP, COPYRIGHT 1925 BY GROSSET AND DUNLAP, INC.
COPYRIGHT RENEWED 1953 BY HELEN LOUISE THORNDYKE. EXCERPT
ON PAGE 456 FROM HONEY BUNCH: HER FIRST LITTLE
GARDEN, COPYRIGHT 1924 BY GROSSET AND DUNLAP, INC. COPY-
RIGHT RENEWED 1952 BY HELEN LOUISE THORNDYKE.
THIRTEENTH PRINTING

10,7 x 17,5 cm, 578p, softcover

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On 7 October 2017 I ripped the 578 pages from Lawrence Sanders The First Deadly Sin, tore them in half and threw them in the Hole I've been Diggin' for Gordon in a basement at an undisclosed location in Antwerpen since 20 February 2006.
The title refers to Gordon Matta-Clark whose last and major work ‘Office Baroque’ in Antwerpen I illegally visited at the start of my career as an artist. The performance/installation evolved into a ‘mash-up’ with ingredients from the works of various avantgarde artists from the 70’s. For instance a slant row of florescent lights inspired by Dan Flavin takes care of lightning and an endless ladder as imagined by Vito Acconci makes it possible to get in and out of the hole. The work was made visible through a number of side actions and performances where I used some of the dirt I had been digging up. Most of the dirt was used to fill up James Lee Byars' tomb.
As of 9 September 2017 the Hole is filled with precious books from my private library.

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