December 16th through May 2000 - Oaxaca, Mexico
Artistamps by Jas were well represented in the exhibition Arte Postal hacia el nuevo milenio (Mail Art towards the New Millennium) at the Museo de Filatelia de Oaxaca. The Philately Museum (MUFI) is located in the historic centre of
Oaxaca, an historic and cultured Mexican city. It is situated in the
ex Convento de Santo Domingo (ex Santo Domingo's Convent). The museum has recently been rebuilt and
given the touch of the ancient houses of the city. It fulfills the
conservation necessities of the philatelic collections and has established mail
art as a permanent program.
December 2nd - February 4th, 2000 - Barcelona
The first works resulting from the Jas Millennium Project will be exhibited at the Galeria d'Art ZERO (Canvis nous 1) in Barcelona as part of an international collective exhibition
entitled Year Zero. The exhibit is conceived as a celebration of the new millennium.
The three works by Jas, each measuring 22 x 22in., are constructed of
tiles made from acid free material, empty cigarette packs, and cigarette foil
collected in Barcelona in recent years. As well the grout for the tiles is
made from the ash of Jas' smoked cigarettes. The works are protected
from colour fading and moisture by a coating of MAXIM XE.
November 12th - January 19th, 2000 - Boston
Jas is represented by seventeen artistamp sheets in the exhibition Stamp Art and Artists Stamps at
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley College. In addition to the artistamp sheets, visitors will be able to view The Jas Cyberspace Museum and its Artistamp Gallery on CD Rom. JCM has loaned additional artistamp sheets from its
collection by Donald Evans (USA), Clemente Padin (Uruguay), Vittorie Baroni
(Italy), Carl Chew (USA), Natalie Lomanova and Alexander Kholopov (Russia), and
Jose Carlos Soto and Pere Sousa (Spain). Some of the other artists
represented in the exhibit are Ed Varney and Anna Banana of Canada and Reid
Wood, Susan Dworski and Elenor Kent of the USA. In addition the
exhibition includes historical postage stamps, topicals, and works by Bradbury
Thompson and some contemporary designers. Curator of the exhibit is
Bonnell Robinson. The exhibition's reception is on the Thursday the
November 18th from 5-7pm. The Art Institute of Boston is located at 700 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02215. The
exhibition was filmed by PBS (Boston) prior to its opening.
October 24th - November 3rd - Vancouver
Jas contributes a colourized ink jet print of a photographic self-portrait to
the exhibition Art & Artists of the 20th Century at Vancouver East Cultural Centre Gallery. The print depicts Jas at the entrance to the Semi-subterranean Museum of Tiahuanaco in La Paz, Bolivia during his visit there in 1979. Documentation on
file.
September 30th through November 14th - Richmond, British Columbia
Five original limited edition artistamp prints are included in the exhibition The Popular Art of Postal Parody at Richmond Art Gallery, 78700 Minoru Gate. The exhibition is organized and curated by Anna
Banana. Works in the exhibit are drawn from her collection.
Documentation on file.
October 7th - Vancouver
Anna Banana, Queen of Bananaland presents Jas with his well earned Master's Degree of Bananology at the opening reception for the exhibition The Art of Ray Johnson and the New York Correspondence School. The brief ceremony takes place in the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia. Jas is now qualified to use the
title Bananologist, and to engage in the practice of Bananology whenever and wherever appropriate.
September 19th - Vancouver
Shipibo Painting in the Upper Amazon, the 1981 film-video by Jas, is shown on the big screen as part of Nations, Pollinations and Dislocations: Changing Imaginary Borders in the
Americas. The film-video stars the Shipibo artist
Virginia Flores
with cinematography by Tony Westman and Post Production and Editing by Frank
J. Campbell.. The screening takes place at Pacific Cinematheque, 1131
Howe Street in Vancouver as part of an evening entitled Native Americas; Sacred Histories, Secular Myths starting at 7:00 pm. Documentation on file.
August 5th through 11th - Vancouver
The Westender publishes an article in its series URBAN LEGENDS about Jas and his Millennium Project. The article, entitled "Smoking to support his art habit" and written
by Mary Frances Hill, includes a photo of Jas and his Non-Smoking Collection Box at the Roundhouse Community Centre in Vancouver. Document on file.
August 5th through October 7th - County Mayo, Ireland
Jas is represented by his cyberstamp Sweet Afton (created in Paris in June) in the international exhibition Ireland Today. The exhibition, organized by Francis Fan Mail was supported by Mayo
County Council and presented in the Claremorris Library Aug 5th - 17th,
Westport Library, Aug 19th Sept 2nd, the Station House in Kiltimagh, Sept 9th
- 21st and CMIT College in Castlebar, Sept 23rd - Oct 7th.
Documentation on file.
June 7 through 30th - Paris
After an overnight train from Barcelona Jas arrives in Paris for the final
phase of his 1999 European Expedition to collect empty cigarette packs.
While in Paris he meets several times with mail artist Francis Van Maele
of Luxembourg and visit with stamp maker Michel Hosszú in his studio.
May 25th - Madrid
After the night train from Barcelona, Jas spends the day in Madrid with Mail
Artist and stamp maker Tartarugo, getting acquainted and collecting cigarette packs. They meet up with
artist-book lover Jose Emilio Antón and visit a few of Madrid's many contemporary art galleries. Jas
returns to Barcelona on the night train.
May 28th - Barcelona
Jas attends a performance of the Italian Mail Artists, Giovanni and Renata StraDA DA Ravenna at the Associació cultural Heliogàbal. In keeping with other cultural events, the extraordinary event begins at 5
minutes to midnight.
May 23rd - 24th - Tarragona
Traveling south by train, Jas arrives in Tarragona for his second visit to El
Taller del Sol's Archivo museo de "mail-art" (AMMA). During his visit Jas presents the Museum's coordinator,
César Reglero, with gifts to the Museum from Anna Banana, Ed Varney and
himself. Later, in a special ceremony, Jas is presented with AMMA's Tomate de Oro. In addition he receives a portfolio of cigarette packs collected along the
highways by César since Jas' first visit.
May 12th - Barcelona
Jas arrives with his wife Iris for another expedition of cigarette pack
collecting. During his stay he visits with Mail Artists Pere Souso and Jose
Carlos Soto and receives all the empty cigarette packs they have collected for
him.
March 27th - 31st - New York City
Jas makes a visit to the Big Apple to collect empty cigarette packs. He
stays with the founder of the Royal Order of Ancient Stamp Makers, E.F. Higgins III. On the 27th, Jas and Higgins travel to Queens to
view the exhibit Transmit at Queens Library Gallery where they meet up with Artistamp Masters Fernand E.J. Barbot and his wife
Claudine.
On the following day Jas and Higgins meet David A. Cole and Deb and Thom Lynch
for lunch and conversation at the Museum of Modern Art. The group then tours the exhibitions. Jas, Higgins and the Lynch's
later return to Higgins' Lower East Side studio for more conversation, food and
drink. The following day Jas views an exhibition of unknown work
discovered in Ray Johnson's studio after his death and in the evening pays a
visit to The Sticker Dude, Joel S. Cohen at the Ragged Edge Press.
February 19th - North Vancouver
The North Shore News features the Jas Cyberspace Museum and its creator, Jas, in an article entitled "Cyberspace rich is visual
culture" by Layne Christensen. The article includes a photo of Jas with a
sheet of his artistamps. Document on file.
1999 - Eclagazan, Andorra
Artistamps by Jas are included in the Mail Art event and catalogue A tea for two at two forty, organized and edited by Jean Marc Rastorfer o Lausanne, Switzerland.
Catalogue on file.
