europe – FANCLUB 13

February 14, 2015February 14, 2015 lance aram rothstein Left on the Street, Posted Stickers, Stickers

RJFC stuck in Stonehenge

RJFC Sticker # 52 was completed on 10/13/14 using found trash on a rectangular label and it was left the same day on a utility box outside the visitor’s center at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England (below.)

February 13, 2015February 13, 2015 lance aram rothstein Collaged Records, Left on the Street, Record Covers Left on the Street

Relationship LXXXV up in Bristol, UK

085-LXXXVs — Relationship LXXXV “Ebola victims ARE LOOKING FOR TALENTED SOLDIERS WHO WANT TO find out the secrets of this most delicate of culinary arts”

Ray Johnson Fan Club Relationship LXXXV “Ebola victims ARE LOOKING FOR TALENTED SOLDIERS WHO WANT TO find out the secrets of this most delicate of culinary arts” was completed on 10/13//2014 using trash from the streets, on the LP record cover “Top of the Pops Europe Edition.”

This collage was left the same day in Bristol, England, on a utility box beside the walking/bike path along St. Philips Causeway, across from the Burger King.

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January 30, 2015 lance aram rothstein CD Stickers, Collaged DVDs, Collaged Relationships, Left on the Street, Posted Stickers, Stickers

RJFC hit Saarland Germany in Summer 2014

During the summer of 2014 I made several trips to the Saarland area in Germany and while there I left two stickers and one Relationship Collage.

RJFC Sticker # 50 (above) was completed on 7/25/14 using found trash on a CD label and it was left the same day on a girder of a stairwell of an on-base housing unit at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany (below).

RJFC Sticker # 51 (above) was completed on 7/25/14 using found trash on a CD label and it was left the next day, 7/26/14 on a utility box on a corner of Rotenhofstrasse in Saarbrücken, Germany (below.)

Ray Johnson Fan Club Relationship LXXXIV ~ “ITEMS INTENTIONALLY LEFT No Detail is an Accident” (above) was completed 8/1/2014 using trash from the streets, on a used DVD and it was left the same day at a bus stop on the campus of the University Hospital of Saarland in Homburg, Germany (below).

Das ist alles für heute (that’s all for today) folks. I’m catching up slowly but surely.

December 12, 2014December 13, 2014 lance aram rothstein Collaged DVDs, Collaged Relationships, Left on the Street

Relationship LXXXIII ~ left in Brussels

Ray Johnson Fan Club Relationship LXXXIII ~ “Candy Canes”

This 83rd “relationship collage” was completed 7/9/2014 using trash from the streets on a used DVD.

It was left 7/11/2014 on a wooden construction wall just outside the new Starbucks in the Grand Place of Brussels, Belgium.

December 12, 2014 lance aram rothstein Available Work, Book Pages, Collaged Relationships

Relationship LXXXII ~ Experimenting with wood block

Ray Johnson Fan Club Relationship LXXXII ~ “Flexible COMFORT Cola zero”

This 82nd “Relationship” collage was completed 5/15/2014 in my home studio (Mons, Belgium). This is my first piece made experimenting with “wood block” printing of lines and shapes. For quite a while now I’ve been toying around with the idea of making several series of collages on the pages of old books or comic books. This one is from “page 207” of some random Flemish sexploitation/horror comic. The large green numbers are a continuation of my work with wooden printers blocks.

I really think this is part of the necessary transitional stage toward a good direction for my collage work. I need to find a better method for using the wood to print lines and shapes. The colored paints stick to the paper making it difficult to pull away. For my “blocks” I’m just really using random wooden things from around the house, like the side of a fruit crate for the black lines, a chopstick for the thin yellow lines, and the back of a number block for the 4 red rectangles.

This piece is currently available.

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014 lance aram rothstein Collaged Records, Collaged Relationships, Left on the Street

Relationship LXXXI ~ Left in Paris

Ray Johnson Fan Club Relationship LXXXI ~ “Unmanned helicopters help third gender to make Whiskey.” was completed 5/6/2014 while sitting at Starbucks in the Brussels Central Train Station.

It was left on Friday. 9/5/2014 on a utility box at the National Ministry of Education at 72 Rue Regnault in the 13th Arr.

December 12, 2014 lance aram rothstein Collaged Records, Collaged Relationships

RJFC Relationship LXXX: 1st piece sold at auction.

Still catching up on posting some work from this summer… With the milestone completion of my 80th collage: Relationship LXXX “215 MILLION DOTS IN THE SNOW”, I decided to auction the piece off on eBay and give the profits to charity.

<b>Ray Johnson Fan Club Relationship LXXX ~ “215 MILLION DOTS IN THE SNOW”</b> was completed on 5/6/2014 while sitting at Starbucks in the Brussels Central Train Station. It was made on a 45 record, and this is the first one that had the cool little spacer in the middle.

This piece was sold to Victoria Fasken in Wiltshire UK on June 30, 2014, the first RJFC piece to be sold at auction.

November 25, 2014November 25, 2014 lance aram rothstein Posted Stickers, Stickers

RJFC Sticker # 49 left in Bonn Germany.

RJFC Sticker # 49 was completed in Brussels on 5/6/14 using found trash on a rectangular label.
It was left July 1, 2014 in Bonn, Germany, on the back of a sign beside the bank of the Rhine River, just in front of the old parliament building and the bright red sculpture (1992 “L’Allume” by Mark di Suvero. It shows in the geographical direction of the German capital Berlin.)

(see below)

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May 11, 2014 lance aram rothstein CD Stickers, Collaged DVDs, Collaged Relationships, Posted Stickers, Record Covers Left on the Street, Stickers

Getting up in Amsterdam, Zurich, Milan & Brussels.

It’s spring and I’ve actually been busy for a change. Traveling around with my father on his first visit to Europe, I got up in Amsterdam, Zurich, Milan & Brussels.

Ray Johnson Fan Club Relationship LXXVII ~ “Floppy disks from Andy Warhol abused by interim bishop” was completed 4/30/2014 using trash from the streets of Amsterdam on the album cover “Exercise Along with Debbie Drake”.

This collage was left the same day on a utility box along the street Kromme Waal in Amsterdam, Nederland.
(see below)

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RJFC Sticker #47 was completed in Amsterdam on 4/30/14 using found trash on a rectangular label. It was left the same day on a trash bin along Frans Halsstraat just around the corner from the Heineken Headquarters.
(See below.)

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After an overnight train, I stopped at Zurich Central and left a DVD collage there.

Ray Johnson Fan Club Relationship LXXVIII ~ “Fold Along Perforation and PAY NO ATTENTION TO RAY JOHNSON FAN CLUB .COM” was completed 4/30/2014 using trash from the streets on a used DVD.
This collage was left 5/1/2014 on a utility box just outside the Zurich Central Train Station in Switzerland.
(See below.)

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Then during a quick stop to see a friend in Milano I posted a sticker on an actual phone box. Does anyone still use these???

RJFC Sticker #48 was completed in Amsterdam on 4/30/14 using found trash on a CD label.

It was left in Milan, Italy on 5/1/14, on a phone booth just outside the Milan Central Train Station.
(See below.)

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Then, on to Brussels for a night before dropping my dad off at the airport.

Ray Johnson Fan Club Relationship LXXIX ~ “Why not try VELVET Lithium Radio with your TEENY HOUDINI” was completed 5/6/2014 using trash from the streets, on the 45 record cover “Blue Velvet” by Don Duke.