For this book, each artist was asked to contribute one page of autobiography and one page about anything beginning with the same initial letter as his surname. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

For this book, each artist was asked to contribute one page of autobiography and one page about anything beginning with the same initial as his surname. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Contirbutors each produced ten A4 sheets each sheet relating to one of the ten letters in BERN PORTER... The theme is anti-nuclear war weapons. This oeriodical is stored in Robin Crozier's box. The names on the cover are unfamiliar to the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The round cardboard case measuring 6.7" in diameter is made from handmade pulp such that bits of fragmented texts appear on its surface. Its lid is perforated in the center. The names of the contributors are printed on two concertinas made from red paper. One of the works has a background of the same word repetively printed in tight grid with two large empty letters, e.g., ER, superimposed = Ersatz (substitute). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This project and the accompanying box object assembling are a spoof on a vehicle advertised in Frankfurter Allegmeine Sonntagszeitung, the "ResidenSea." The latter is a luxery liner and houseboat all in one with 110 holiday residences and 88 apartments for sale. The prices range from $680,000 t0 $3,900,000! The booklet gives the artist's take on this project and the box objects presents the artists' view of another kind of travelling. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This project is composed of self-portraits of the 130 artists themselves, who participated in the first part of this portrait project (also a book) by sending a portrait of Robin Crozier to Crozier. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.