italy – FANCLUB 13

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.

This collage was left the same day on a utility box beside the news stand in Marché De l’Agora, in Bruxelles, Belgium. (See below.)

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That’s it for now. I’ve been collaging on some more 45 records and will be posting those soon.

April 12, 2014 lance aram rothstein CD Stickers, Collaged Relationships, Posted Stickers, Record Covers Left on the Street, Stickers

RJFC in Venice ~ March 2014

Every time we decide to take a trip, it’s difficult not to choose Venice again. I discover something different every time I visit. I left three pieces during this trip.

Ray Johnson Fan Club Relationship LXXV ~ “Putin offers new information about the birth of the universe” was completed 3/22/2014 using only trash from the streets of Venice on the album cover “Sheherazade: Artur Rodzinski conducting the Cleveland Orchestra”.

This collage was left the same day on the closed-up “Salumeria” shop, between the fish market and floating vegetable market along Fondamenta Sant’ Anna.
See where it was left below.

RJFC Sticker #44 was completed on 2/27/14 using only trash on a rectangular label. I made it while sitting at l’Excelsior restaurant in Mons, Belgium.

It was left in Venice, Italy on 3/19/14, on an advertisement poster for Boggi Blue Code, in the shelter at the Giardini vaporetto stop (above).

RJFC Sticker #45 was completed on 2/27/14 using only trash on a CD label. I made it while sitting at l’Excelsior restaurant in Mons, Belgium.

It was left (above) in Venice, Italy on 3/21/14, on a metal utility panel, just below a devotional statuette of Jesus at the Santa Maria del Giglio church near Ponte Duodo O Barbarigo. Shortly after I posted the sticker, an old man stopped to look at it for a full two minutes. After which, he promptly tore it off the wall and threw it in a nearby trash can.

Dust to dust…

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October 7, 2013 lance aram rothstein CD Stickers, Collaged DVDs, Collaged Relationships, Posted Stickers, Record Covers Left on the Street, Stickers

Ray Johnson Fan Club hits Venice!

On a recent visit to Venice for La Biennale di Venezia, I put up six works: three stickers and three proper collages.
You can see and read about each one below.

RJFC Sticker #34 (above) was completed on 5/27/2013 using trash found on the streets of Geneva.
It was made at out rental apartment near Carouge while visiting there.

Sticker #34 was left (above) in Venice, Italy, 8/18/2013 on a metal post by the canal along Fondamenta San Giuseppe in Castello.

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RJFC Sticker #35 (above) was completed on 5/27/2013 using trash found on the streets of Geneva.
It was made at out rental apartment near Carouge while visiting there.

Sticker #35 was left in Venice, Italy 8/16/13 at the café in the Giardini section of the 2013 Biennale (above).

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RJFC Sticker #41 (above) was completed 8/16/13 using trash found on the streets of Venice.
I made it there, while sitting at a café (Valentino?) on Via Garibaldi.

I left Sticker #41 in Venice the next day, 8/17/13 on a yellow utility box in the wall across
from the Olivetti shop on Sotoportego del Cavalletto, just off Piazza San Marco (above).

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Ray Johnson Fan Club Relationship LXVIII “DE BOLERO” (above) was completed 7/13/2013 using trash found on the streets of Brussels.
I made it on a ruined blank DVDR, while sitting at Café de la Presse on Avenue Louise near Ixelles in Brussels.

It was left 8/18/13 on the wooden barrier gate of an elevated boardwalk at the Lido Public Beach in Venice, Italy (above).

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Ray Johnson Fan Club Relationship LXIX ~
“FAKIRS AND FEMALE WRESTLERS DO NOT PLAY an elderly schoolmarm from Pasadena”
This 69th collage (above) was completed around 8/14/2013 using trash found on the streets. I made it while sitting in several different cafés in Mons, Belgium.
It is my first collage on a record. (45 size with the smaller hole.)

This collage was left 8/17/13 on a utility box near the Biennale entrance on Fondamenta Arsenale in Venice, Italy (above).

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Ray Johnson Fan Club Relationship LXX ~ “I DON’T NEED TO love EVERYTHING”
This 70th collage (above) was completed on 8/19/2013 using trash found on the streets of Venice. I made it overnight at our rental flat on Fondamenta San Giuseppe. It was made on the album cover “Parade des Succes No. 31.” (below)

This collage was left the same morning near the entrance to Fondamenta San Giuseppe in Venice, Italy (above).

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Well, that’s about it from this trip to Venice. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

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May 17, 2012June 9, 2012 lance aram rothstein Record Covers Left on the Street

Relationship XXXII – “The City Re-Embraces the United Colors of Cha Cha”

Relationship XXXII – “The City Re-Embraces the United Colors of Cha Cha”, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Collage Relationship XXXII (#32) “The City Re-Embraces the United Colors of Cha Cha”

Was completed and posted on 2/19/2012 in Cagliari on the island of Sardinia in Italy.
I started by using the Album cover “Cha Cha Cha” by Raoul Martinez and His Orchestra and added stuff I found on the ground in Cagliari plus some trash I brought with me.

I left it on a utility box in a small park at Piazza Emilio Lussu next to a painting by another artist who had a strong presence in the city with his quirky figures.

Click this photo to see where it was left in Cagliari, Sardinia:

click this photo to see the original album cover:

May 17, 2012June 9, 2012 lance aram rothstein Record Covers Left on the Street

Relationship XXXI “Salute to the Revolution”

Relationship XXXI “Salute to the Revolution”, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
my 31st collage: Relationship XXXI “Salute to the Revolution”
This piece took more than 7 hours over 2 days while visiting Florence.

Completed on 12/31/2011 and left on 1/1/2012 in Florence, Italy.
Placed on a wall at the covered entrance to Costa de’ Magnoli.

see where it was left in Florence, Italy:

and see the original album cover:

April 20, 2012June 11, 2012 lance aram rothstein Record Covers Left on the Street

Relationship XI – “I Love”

Relationship XI – “I Love”, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Relationship XI (11) “I Love”, was left on the base of a fountain in the Piazza della Madonna dei Monti, in Rome, Italy on 10/10/10.

Click here to see where it was left:

Here is a video of people ignoring it (and appropriately making out)

and here is the original album cover: “I Love” by Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra

April 20, 2012June 11, 2012 lance aram rothstein Record Covers Left on the Street

Relationship X – “From Rome with Love Machine”

Relationship X – “From Rome with Love Machine”, a photo by LANCEPHOTO on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Relationship X (10) “From Rome with Love Machine” was left on a short column of bricks just across the street from The Colosseum in Rome, Italy along Via Nicola Salvi, across from La Biga Bar on 10/10/10.

click here to see where it was left:

and click here to see the original album cover: Rome with Love by Jo Basile & his Orchestra

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Ray Johnson Fan Club hits Venice!

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