[MCN-L] MCN conference: MYSTERY ITEM

[Jeff Doyle]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Jana Hill <jana.hill at cartermuseum.org>wrote:

> Would the kind & generous person who donated the alien technology mug to
> the MCN silent auction please come forward so that I can thank you?
> Somehow this item ended up on the silent auction table without the
> donor's name being recorded and no obvious clues as to its origins.
>
>
I just discovered that this was no run of the mill, garden variety, Alien
Technology mug, but Issue 8 of The Thing:

THE THING Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. Each year,
four artists, writers, musicians or filmmakers are invited by the editors
(Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan) to create a useful object that somehow
incorporates text. This object will be reproduced and hand wrapped at a
wrapping party and then mailed to the homes of the subscribers with the help
of the United States Postal Service.

http://www.thethingquarterly.com/issues/issue-8-trevor-paglen.html



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Jeff Doyle
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