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GUY BLEUS - 42.292 : BIOGRAPHY
The central theme of all my artistic work is Artministration, being a critical analysis of administration and its degeneration into bureaucracy. At an administrative art performance in 1979, I was registered with an administrative number, issued by the Benelux Trademark Office, transforming my name of birth “Guy Bleus” into an official brand name under the registration number “42.292”. From then onwards I have been using this number as my artistic pseudonym. The materials I use are old administrative papers (or parts of it) as basic material for my works, such as old official administrative stamps, textile labels and perfumes “scents communication”. Especially scents are related to subjective memories. Everyone has his or her own semantic and olfactory interpretation while sniffing scents. The perforations in my collages refer to openings for a personal heuristic view of the observer. The photographs I use are old family pictures, which I find at the attic of my parental home. I use them in my collages, which I call “Pêle-Mêle”. It indicates a frame for holding several photographs, but has also different meanings, such as medley, mixture, disorder and confusion. My objective is to confuse the administrative world with texts, scents and photographs, provoking people to reflect upon aberrations of administration. In the “pêle-mêle’s” one can find allusions to and stamps of pre- as well as post-war periods, since ingredients of “administrative” envy and rivalry are present in periods of war and peace. Common stamps like “return to sender” are used, emphasising a negative connotation of administration. Other stamps like “strictly confidential” are contradicting the public nature and transparency of a democratic administration. Administrative obscureness is a presage of aggressive madness, intolerance and bureaucracy every where. In administration one can find “the banality of evil” (Hannah Arendt). Therefore, I stamp the text “Make (Mail) Art Not War”.
The Administration Centre-42.292 / Guy Bleus / Mail-Art Archives / P.O.Box 43 / 3830 Wellen / Belgium
guybleus@mailart.be
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- www.mailart.be (in English) Mail-Art
- www.scentslockskisses.com (in English) scents : locks : kisses
- www.raggededgepress.com/pages/mail_art.htm (in English) [1]
- www.mailartist.com/johnheldjr/GuyBleus.html (in English) John Held Jr.
- Guy Bleus fr.wikipedia [2]
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Name: Bleus
Forename: Guy
Pseudonym: 42.292
Gender: male
Date of Birth: 1950, October, 23
Birthplace: Hasselt, Belgium
Occupation: artist
Study: Brussels (Free University): philosophy
Exhibitions: (see below)
Keywords (evocative of all my work):
1. ARTMINISTRATION / @DMINISTRATION
2. PELL-MELL / (E-) MAIL ART / PÊLE MÊLE-ART
3. SCENTS (and the absence of it)
Media: mixed
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MAIL-ART BIOGRAPHY
A. PERFORMANCES/ACTIONS, INSTALLATIONS, PÊLE-MÊLES, TEXTS ABOUT MAIL-ART NETWORKING & ADMINISTRATION, ETC. / PARTICIPATION IN HUNDREDS OF MAIL-ART PROJECTS, EXHIBITIONS, MAGAZINES, CATALOGUES.
B. THE ADMINISTRATION CENTRE (T.A.C.-42.292) SINCE 1978:
MAIL ART ARCHIVE INCLUDING WORKS AND INFORMATION ABOUT 5.000 ARTISTS OF 60 COUNTRIES (ALL CLASSIFIED); SMALL PRESS MAGAZINES, CATALOGUES, POSTERS, RUBBERSTAMP ART, ARTISTAMPS, COPY ART, ARTISTS' BOOKS, FAX ART, ETC. / IN 1992 A SELECTION OF 650 MAIL-ART WORKS FROM THE ARCHIVE OF "THE ADMINISTRATION CENTRE - 42.292" WAS EXHIBITED IN THE P.T.T.-MUSEUM OF THE HAGUE, HOLLAND.
C. MAIL-ART PROJECTS CURATORSHIP (SELECTION):
01. "MAIL-ART pARTy", GEMEENTEHUIS, LEOPOLDSBURG, BELGIUM 1979. 02. "MAIL-ART" (INDIRECT CORRESPONDENCE; MAIL-ART BY CHILDREN), GALLERY RUIMTE Z, ANTWERP, BELGIUM, 1980. 03. "MAIL-ART", I.C.C., ANTWERP, BELGIUM, 1980. 04. "ARE YOU EXPERIENCED", VUB, BRUSSELS, MICROFILMCATALOGUE, 1981. 05. "MAIL eARTh"/"MAIL-ART INITIATION", DE WARANDE, TURNHOUT, BE, 1981. 06. "MAIL-ART EXHIBITION", CIAP, HASSELT, BE, 1982. 07. "MAIL-ART ATLAS", A) DE WARANDE, TURNHOUT, B) ARTOTHEEK, DORDRECHT, C) DE BRAKKE GROND, AMSTERDAM, ATLAS POCKET EDITION, 1981-82-83. 08. "TELEGRAMS", A) PROVINCIAAL MUSEUM, HASSELT, BELGIUM, 1983, B) CULTURAL CENTER BERCHEM, 1985, BELGIUM. 09. "CAVELLINI FESTIVAL 1984", A) BRUSSELS, B) TIENEN, C) HASSELT, D) EEKLO, E) ANTWERP, BELGIUM. 10. "AEROGRAMMES/B.T.S.", 570 PARTICIPANTS, A) STEDELIJK MUSEUM TIENEN,BE. BELGIUM, 1984, B) CULTUREEL CENTRUM, VALKENSWAARD, THE NETHERLANDS, 1985, MICROFICHE-CATALOGUE. 11. "MAILED IN JAPAN", IL VENTUNO, HASSELT, BELGIUM, 1986. 12. "PLAN", DOMINIKANENKERK, MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS, 1988. 13. "COMMUNICATION", CULTURAL CENTER, GENK, BELGIUM, 1989. 14. "MAIL-ART MANUAL", CULTURAL CENTER, HEUSDEN-ZOLDER, BE, 1991. 15. "ADMINISTRATION", BAMBU N° 13, MAIL-ART ASSEMBLING, 1982-1992. 16. "NETWORKING CONGRESS", ZOO, ANTWERP, BE, 1992. 17. "BUILDING PLANS & SCHEMES", CULTURAL CENTER, HEUSDEN-ZOLDER, BE, 1993. 18. "THE TIMELESS CALENDAR", IL VENTUNO, HASSELT, BE, 1993. 19. "DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE POSTMAN AND HIS ELECTRONIC SHADOW", PROVINCIAAL MUSEUM, HASSELT, BE, 1994. 20. "MAIL-ART MEMORABILIA", POSTMUSEUM/MUSEE POSTAL, BRUSSELS, BE, 1995. 21. "EUTOPIA - MAIL-ART FROM THE WEST", (+ D.DEVENS), HET GOUVERNEMENT, MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS, 1997, CD-ROM CAT. 22. ”DESKS 1001 BUREAUS”, CENTRUM BEELDENDE KUNST, GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS, 1998, CD-ROM CATALOGUE. 23. “GEZELLE”, DE HALLEN-MARKT/JAN GAREMIJNZAAL, BRUGES, BELGIUM, 1999 CD-ROM CATALOGUE 24. “ARTBIORIX”, CULTUREEL CENTRUM DE VELINX, TONGEREN, BELGIUM, 1997-2000. CD-ROM CATALOGUE 25. ”S :L :K / SCENTS : LOCKS : KISSES”, Z33, HASSELT, BELGIUM, 2005-2006
D. ARTISTAMP EXHIBITIONS:(THE COMPLETE ARTISTAMP-COLLECTION OF THE ARCHIVES OF THE 42.292 ADMINISTRATION CENTRE)
01. "PHILATELY & MAIL-ART", DE MEDIA, EEKLO, BELGIUM, 1986. 02. "KUNSTENAARSZEGELS", IL VENTUNO, HASSELT, BELGIUM, 1988. 03. "THE ARTISTAMP COLLECTION", BEGIJNHOF - CENTRUM VOOR KUNSTEN, HASSELT, BELGIUM, 1995; CD-ROM CATALOGUE "X", 1996.(VERY FIRST MAIL-ART CD-ROM) 04. "KUNSTENAARSPOSTZEGELS", POORTHUIS, OPENLUCHTMUSEUM, GENK, BELGIUM, 1995; CD-ROM CATALOGUE, 1996.
E. ARTISTS'BOOKS EXHIBITIONS:
01. "ART IS BOOKS", TRAVELLING SHOW IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES OF 1) HASSELT, 2) ZONHOVEN, 3) HEUSDEN-ZOLDER, 4) BILZEN, AND 5) GENK, BELGIUM, 1991-1992. 02. “KUNSTENAARSBOEKEN, EEN FEEST”, LITERAIR MUSEUM, HASSELT, 1998.
F. RUBBERSTAMP ART:
01. ADMINISTRATIVE PERFORMANCES, SINCE 1979 (VARIOUS LOCATIONS). 02. RUBBERSTAMP PERFORMANCES: ADMINISTRATION CENTRE, WELLEN, APRIL 1981; GALLERY IL VENTUNO, HASSELT, 1988; DE MEDIA, EEKLO 1988; KUNSTRAI/GALLERY CHRIS DELAET/AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, 1990. 03. WORKSHOPS "STEMPELKUNST" (STAMP-ART), BEGIJNHOF-CENTRUM VOOR KUNSTEN, HASSELT, 1995. 04. "RUBBERSTAMP RITUALS", (PERFORMANCE), POSTAL MUSEUM, BRUSSELS, 1995. 05. WORKSHOP “RUBBERSTAMPART”, CULTURAL CENTRE, HEUSDEN-ZOLDER, 1997 06. RUBBERSTAMP PERFORMANCE, LITERAIR MUSEUM, HASSELT, 1998.
G. AUDIO ART PROJECTS:
01. "SCREAMS", PROVINCIAAL MUSEUM, HASSELT, BELGIUM, 1989. (TELEPHONE, COMPUTER, PIANO, MODEM); 02. RADIO-ART & TELEPHONE NETWORKING "B.P.S.", RADIO OMROEP LIMBURG, THE NETHERLANDS, 1993. 03. "THE TIMES - THEY ARE CHANGING: VAN ANALOOG NAAR DIGITAAL", GALERIE, PROVINCIAAL CENTRUM VOOR KUNSTEN - BEGIJNHOF, HASSELT, OCTOBER 11TH - NOVEMBER 10TH 1996
H. FAX ART PROJECTS:
01. "FAX PERFORMANCE I", CULTURAL CENTRE, HEUSDEN ZOLDER, 1992; 02. "FAX PERFORMANCE II", CULTURAL CENTRE ANDERLECHT/BRUSSELS, 1992; 03. "NETWORKING FAX PROJECT & PERFORMANCE", DE FABRIEK, EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS, 1993.
I. INTERNET-ART & FAX-PROJECTS:
01. "PRAY FOR RAY, IN A MEMORY OF RAY JOHNSON", 1995, E-MAIL-ART ARCHIVES, HASSELT, BE. 02."THE MELANCHOLY OF SOREN KIERKEGAARD", 1996, E-MAIL ART ARCHIVES, HASSELT, BE. 03. "WOMEN WITH/OUT NOSES", 1996, CULTURAL CENTRE, KNOKKE, BELGIUM. 04. “WORKING IN A COAL-MINE / NETWORKERS ARE MINERS”, 1997, ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS OF THE MINING COMPANY, GENK, BELGIUM. 05. “E-MAIL-ART & INTERNET-ART MANIFESTO”, 1997, E-MAIL-ART ARCHIVES, HASSELT. 06. “E-MAIL-ART & INTERNET-ART MANIFESTO - PART II”, 1998, E-MAIL-ART ARCHIVES, HASSELT
J. RETROSPECTIVE SHOWS: (E-MAIL-ART ARCHIVES, PROVINCIAAL CENTRUM VOOR BEELDENDE KUNSTEN - BEGIJNHOF, HASSELT)
01. DOC(K)S (1977-1995), JULIEN BLAINE, PH. CASTELLIN (FRANCE), APRIL-MAY 1995. 02. ARTE POSTALE! (1979-1995), VITTORE BARONI (ITALY), JUNE-JULY 1995. 03. COMMONPRESS (1977-1990), PAWEL PETASZ (POLAND), AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1995. 04. CLINCH (1982-1988), GUNTHER RUCH (SWITZERLAND), OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1995. 05. LIGHTWORKS (1976-1995), CHARLTON BURCH (U.S.A.), DECEMBER 1995-JANUARI 1996. 06. STAMP ART MAGAZINE, WILLIAM PICASSO GAGLIONE (U.S.A.), APRIL 1996. 07. UMBRELLA (1978-1996), JUDITH A. HOFFBERG (U.S.A.), MAY 1996. 08. AEROSOL, ROGER METALLIC AVAU (BELGIUM), JUNE 1996. 09. I.S.C.A., LOUISE NEADERLAND (U.S.A.), JULY 1996. 10. BAMBU, UBALDO GIACOMUCCI (ITALY), AUGUST 1996. 11. BOX IN A BOX, CAROLA VAN DER HEYDEN (THE NETHERLANDS), SEPTEMBER 1996. 12. ALOHA (1969-1972) & HITWEEK (1965-1969), WILLEM DE RIDDER, JAN DONKERS, A.O. (THE NETHERLANDS), OCTOBER 1996. 13. POSTFLUXPOSTBOOKLETS (1987-1996), LUCE FIERENS (BELGIUM) & DIGITAL DANCE (1978-1982) / CAMERA OBSCURA (1982-1987), STEPHAN BARBERY (BELGIUM), NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 1996. 14. TENSETENDONED (1992-1997), M.B. CORBETT (U.S.A.), JANUARY 1997. 15. ARTPOOL PUBLICATIONS (1970-1997), G. & J. GALANTAI (HUNGARY), FEBRUARY 1997. 16. GONZO CIRCUS (1991-1998),(BELGIUM), JUNE 1998
K. PERSONALIA & PERSONA GRATA:
(EXHIBITIONS IN THE E-MAIL-ART ARCHIVES, PROVINCIAAL CENTRUM VOOR BEELDENDE KUNSTEN - BEGIJNHOF, HASSELT)
01. SHOZO SHIMAMOTO / GUTAI / A.U. (JAPAN), MARCH 1997. 02. CHUCK WELCH / CRACKERJACK KID / NETSHAKER ONLINE (USA), APRIL 1997. 03. GEZA PERNECZKY (HUNGARY/GERMANY), MAY 1997. 04. JOHN HELD JR. (USA), JUNE 1997. 05. RYOSUKE COHEN (JAPAN), JULY 1997. 06. RUGGERO MAGGI (ITALY), AUGUST 1997. 07. KLAUS GROH (GERMANY), SEPTEMBER 08. CLEMENTE PADIN (URUGUAY), OCTOBER 1997 09. PASCAL LENOIR / MANI-ART (FRANCE), NOVEMBER 1997 10. RUUD JANSSEN / MAIL-INTERVIEWS (THE NETHERLANDS), DECEMBER 1997 11. BEN VAUTIER (FRANCE), JANUARY 1998 12. GIANNI BROI (ITALY), FEBRUARY 1998 13. FERNANDO AGUIAR (PORTUGAL), MARCH 1998 14. PIERMARIO CIANI (ITALY), APRIL 1998 15. JURGEN O.OLBRICH (GERMANY), MAY 1998 16. H.R. FRICKER (SWITZERLAND), JULY 1998 17. ANNA BANANA (CANADA), AUGUST 1998 18. TIMM ULRICHS (GERMANY), SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1998 19. JOEL COHEN / STICKER DUDE (USA) NOVEMBER DECEMBER 1998 20. JOHN M. BENNETT (USA), JANUARY 1999 21. PETER KÜSTERMANN / NETMAIL (GERMANY), FEBRUARY 1999 22. EMILIO MORANDI / ARTE STUDIO (ITALY), MARCH 1999.
L. EDITOR MAGAZINES:
01. SUBTERRANEAN II, GENT, BELGIUM, 1968; 02. COMMONPRESS 56, TIENEN, BELGIUM, 1984; 03. BAMBU 13, WELLEN, BE, 1982-92; 04. E-PÊLE-MÊLE, WELLEN-HASSELT, (PRINTED + VIA INTERNET), 1994-1998
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Participation in Groups/Movements:
Ruimte Z-Movement * The Mail-Art Network * The Tele-Communication Network
Participation in Magazines:
Kladderadatsch (Holland) * Ruimte Z (Belgium) * Le Plan K (B) * Styff (B) * Aurora-Tijdschrift Voor Filosofie (B) * Arte Postale! (Italy) * Collective Farm (U.S.A.) * Xeropost (U.S.A.) * Art/Life (U.S.A.) * Clinch (Switzerland) * Artists National Newspaper-Correspondence Life (U.S.A.) * Hoje-Hoja-Hoy (Argentina) * Literatura Internacional (U.S.A.) * Spiegelman's Mail-Art Rag (U.S.A.) * Lightworks (U.S.A.) * Doc(K)S (France) * Perpetual Motion (U.S.A.) * Bandes (France) * Networking Paper (Holland) * El Djarida (Norway) * Commonpress (International) * Start (U.S.A.) * Umbrella (U.S.A.) * A.U. (Japan) * I.S.C.A. (U.S.A.) * Panmag (U.S.A.) * Tango (Poland) * Art Papers (U.S.A.); Etc.
Participation in exhibitions:
Group Exhibitions (Selecion – 1974 – 1993): 1974: * VUB (Brussels) - 1977: * C.C. Brunssum (Holland) * C.C. Hasselt (B) - 1979: * Gallery Lara Vincy (Paris) * KUL (Leuven, B) - 1980: * I.C.C. (Antwerp) * Stempelplaats (Amsterdam) * Paleis Voor Schone Kunsten (Brussels) * Xvi Bienal De Sao Paolo (Brazil) * Maximal Art Gallery (Poznan, Poland) * Universidad Lima (Peru) - 1982: * Arteder (Bilbao, Spain) * Pasadena Filmforum (U.S.A.) * University Art Gallery (Michigan, U.S.A.) - 1983: Video Festival (Falling, Denmark) * J.Besser Museum (Alpena, U.S.A.) * Drents Museum Brink (Assen, Nl) - 1984: * Franklin Furnace (New York) * Museum Fur Moderne Kunst (Weddel, Germany) * Pecsi Gallery (Pecs, Hungary) - 1985: * Diagonal (Paris) * Off Centre (Alberta, Canada) * Gallery 181 (Iowa State University, U.S.A.) - 1986 : * Jordan Art Center (Springfield, U.S.A.) * Name Gallery (Chicago, U.S.A.) * Galerie D'art Contemporain (Nice, France) - 1987 : * Museum Of Fine Arts (Budapest, Hungary) * Stadt Galerie (Saarbrucken Germany) * Universidade Do Porto (Portugal) - 1988 : Architecture Gallery (Chi-Cago, U.S.A.) * Przemysl Post Office (Poland) * Museo Comunale Della Mail-Art (Montecarotto, Italy) * Labo (Hasselt) - 1989 : * Contemporary Art Gallery Aono (Matsuyama-City Ehime, Japan) * Museu De Arte De Brasilia (Brazil) * Scarecrow (Eysk, U.S.S.R.) - 1990 : * National University Of Rosario (Argentina) * Universidad Autonoma Latino-Americana (Medelin, Colombia) * Ponton Temse (Belgium) * Road Of Poems And Borders (Joensuu, Finland) * Harlekin Gallery (Wiesbaden, Germany) * Kodoma, Office Of Toroku Mail-Art (Miyazaki, Japan) * Perth Institute Of Contemporary Art (Fremantle, Australia) - 1991 : Fusie 2 (Maastricht, Holland) * Stadtliche Ausstellungshalle (Munster, Germany) * En Passant (Ghent, B) * Centrum Beeldende Kunst (Groningen) - 1992 : Muhka (Antwerp) * Centre D'animation Culturelle De Compiegne Et Du Valois (France) * Centrale Bibliotheek Leiden (Holland) * Canadian Museum Of Civilization (Quebec, Canada) - 1993 : Musee De La Poste (Paris) * Maison De La Culture (Famenne-Ardenne, B) * Museu Municipal Dr Santos Rocha (Figueira Da Foz, Portugal) * Galleria D'arte 1631 (Spoleto, Italy) * Fisea 93 / Minneapolis College Of Art And Design (U.S.A.) Etc.
One Person Exhibitions:
1974: Gallo-Roman Museum (Tongeren); 1979: * Pannenhuis (Antwerp) * VUB (Brussels); 1980: * Ruimte Z (Antwerp) * Le Plan K (Brussels); 1981: * Shaffy Theater (Amsterdam) * De Warande (Turnhout,B); 1982: * Arte Studio (Bergamo, I) * Gallery Entr'act (Brussels); 1983: * La Galleria Dell'occhio (New York) * De Brakke Grond (Amsterdam); 1984 : * Stedelijk Museum (Tienen,B) * Stalker (Brussels); 1985 : * C.C. Berchem (Antwerp) * C.C. Valkenswaard (Nl); 1986 : * De Media (Eeklo, B); 1987 : * Museu Municipal (Figuera Da Foz, Portugal) * Il Ventuno (Hasselt, B) * C.C. Hasselt (B); 1989 : * C.C. Genk (B); 1990 : * Galleria Soppalco (Viareggio, I) * Slick Gallery (Hasselt, B); 1991: * Galerie Von Der Milwe (Aachen, Germany) * La Tour Romane (Amay, B) * Cultural Centre (Heusden-Zolder, B); 1992: P.T.T. Museum (The Hague) * Zoo (Antwerp, B); 1993: Il Ventuno (Hasselt, B) * Cultural Centre (Heusden-Zolder, B); 1994: Il Ventuno (Hasselt) * Museum Hasselt; 1995: Postal Museum (Brussels) * 1994-1998: E-Mail-Art Archives (Hasselt) * 2004: $C€NT$ (France Lejeune Fine Art, Antwerp)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY (selection)
G.Bleus, Subterranean 2, 1968-70, 21,5 cm x 33 cm, 600 ex.
G.Bleus, Spiegelbeeld, 1974, 21,5 cm x 27,5 cm, 500 ex.
G.Bleus, Betreft: Administratieve Performance I, 1978
J.Blaine, Doc(k)s, France, 1977-1998
M.Callewaert, "De Posterijen als artistiek medium", De Gazet van Antwerpen, 24/5/80.
G.Bleus, "Indirecte Correspondentie", Kladdaradatsch, nr. 7, 7/1/1980, Holland.
G.Bleus, "Betreft Administratieve Performance II", Aurore-Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 5, n° 18, 1980.
G.Bleus, L.H.F.S. Are You Experienced?, 1981 (incl. 17 microfiches = 1020 p.), 14,2 cm x 18 cm, 600 ex.
G.Bleus, "Mail-Art by Balloon", °1980, Arte Postale !, n° 24, October 1981, Forte dei Marmi, Italy.
G.Bleus, "The Thrill of working with Odours", Collective Farm, n° 2, New York, U.S.A., 1981.
M.Didden, "42.292", Humo, 16/8/1981.
G.Bleus, Mail-eARTh / Mail-Art Initiation, 1981, 15 cm x 21 cm, 400 ex.
F.Bex, "Kunst, een kritische discipline?", P.M.M.K., Ieper, pp.29-36, 1981.
G.Bleus, Mail-Art Initiation, World Art Atlas, 1981-83, 17 cm x 10 cm, 800 ex.
G.Bleus, Arbeidsreglement, 1982, 13,5 cm x 21 cm, 150 ex.
G.Bleus, Book of Scents, 1982, 15 cm x 18,5 cm.
G.Bleus, Pour les enfants de nos enfants, 1982.
G.Bleus, Mail-Art (Mail-Art Initiation), 1982, 21 cm x 30 cm, 300 ex.
G.Bleus, "The end of official Mail-Art", Galerie Gruppe Grun, Bremen, Germany, 1982.
G.Bleus, Telegraphy- & Mail-Art, 1983, 30 cm x 42 cm, 750 ex.
D.Pauwels, "Telegrammen als Mail-Art", De Standaard, 6/4/83.
S.Soreff, "Micro-art-fiche and asorted color scraps", Art & Artists, U.S.A., May 1983.
G.Bleus, Exploring Mail-Art, C.P. 56, 1984, (incl. 4 microfiches = 832 p.), 15 cm x 20,5 cm, 720 ex.
G.Bleus, Administration, Bambu 13, Assembling, 1984, 100 ex.
T.McEvilley, "Mail-Art then and now, Franklin Furnace", Artforum, U.S.A., September 1984.
G.Bleus, 20x Communication, 1986, 20 x 20 cm, 800 ex.
G.Ruch, MA-Congress 86: Documentation, Material and Sources, Genève, Switzerland, Out-Press, 1987.
K.Groh, Artists' Books, Bibliothek Universität Oldenburg, Germany, 1986.
C.Welch, Networking Currents, Sandbar Willow Press, Boston, U.S.A., 1986.
G.Ruch, MA-Congress 86: Documentation, Material and Sources, Genève, Switzerland, Out-Press, 1987.
H.R.Fricker, I am a networker (sometimes), Verlag Vexer St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1989.
R.Custers, "Kunstenaars in het Computernetwerk", De Standaard, 3/10/1989.
G.Bleus, Huurboekje, 1990, 10,6 cm x 16,5 cm, 50 ex.
L.Lorenzi, "Wellen/Guy Bleus : Un viaggio, dalle origini della Mail-Art Belga", Telexart, III-N° 3, Italy 1990.
G.Broi, La posta in giocco, Pres. del consiglio del ministri, Firenze, Italy, 1990.
G.Bleus, Art is Books, 1990-1991, 21 cm x 15 cm, 750 ex.
G.Bleus, Mail-Art Manual, 1991, 21 cm x 15 cm, 1991, 800 ex.
G.Perneczky, A Halo, Hettorony Konyvkiado, Hongary, 1991.
J.Held, An annotated world bibliography of Mail-Art, Scarecrow Press Inc., U.S.A, 1991.
G.Bleus, J.Held & C.Stetser, "The Question of Mail-Art", Umbrella Vol. 14 Nr. 1, U.S.A., 1991.
P.Rypson, Mail-Art, National Museum, Warschau, Poland, 1991.
B.Koevoets (red.), Mail Art Internationaal, P.T.T.-Museum, Den Haag, Holland, 1992.
G.Bleus, Fax-Performances, Cultural centre Heusden-Zolder, T.A.C.-42.292, Wellen, 1992.
G.Bleus, Fax Project & Performances, De Fabriek, Eindhoven, Holland, 1993.
G.Bleus, Building Plans & Schemes, T.A.C.-42.292, Wellen, 1993.
G.Bleus, The Timeless Calendar, T.A.C.-42.292, Wellen, 1993.
J.-N.Laszlo, Timbres d'artistes, Paris, Musée de la Poste, France, 1993.
G.Bleus, E-Pêle-Mêle, Electronic Mail-Art Netzine, Wellen/Hasselt, 1994-1997 (via internet).
G.Bleus, A dialogue between the postman and his electronic shadow, T.A.C.-42.292, Wellen, 1994, 500 ex.
C. Welch, Eternal Network: A Mail-Art Anthology, Alberta, Canada, University of Calgary Press, U.S.A., 1994.
K. Urbons, Elektrografie - Analoge und digitale Bilder, Koln, DuMont Buchverlag, Germany, 1994.
P.Meyer, Mailed Art in Uppsala, Upsala, Sweden, 1994.
G.Bleus, Mail-Art Memorabilia, Postmuseum/Musée Postal, Brussels, T.A.C.-42.292, Wellen, 1995.
G.Bleus, “Werken met Geuren & Sealed Confessions / Private Art Detective”, CC Heusden-Zolder, 1996.
G.Bleus, The Artistamp Collection, E-Mail-Art Archives, Hasselt, Belgium, 1996; CD-rom cat. "X", 1996.
G.Bleus, The Artistamp Collection, E-Mail-Art Archives, Hasselt, 1996; CD-rom cat. without an "X", 1996.
G.Bleus & D.Devens, “Eutopia”, Gouvernement, Maastricht, CD-rom catalogue, Holland, 1997.
V.Baroni, Arte Postale, AAA-edizioni, Bertiolo, Italy, 1997.
G.Bleus, “Re: The E-Mail-art & Internet-Art Manifesto”, Hasselt - Wellen, 1997.
G.Bleus, “Kunstenaarsboeken, een feest”, Literair Museum, Hasselt, 1998.
G. Bleus, “Desks 1001 Bureaus”, Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Groningen, Holland, 1998.
J.Held Jr., “Rubber Stamp Art”, AAA-edizioni, Bertiolo, Italy, 1999. G.Bleus, “GeZeLLe”, Bruges, 1999.
J.W.Felter, “Artistamps”, AAA-edizioni, Bertiolo, Italy, 2000.
G.Bleus, "Artbiorix", De Velinx, Tongeren, CD-rom, 2000.
Craig J. Saper, "Networked Art", University of Minnesota Press, USA, 2001.
F.Bex, Kunst in België na 1975, Mercatorfonds, Belgium, 2001.
R.Siegmann, "Mail Art, Art Postal - Art Posté", Editions Alternatives, Paris, France, 2002.
J.Blaine, “Mail Art 2003 – Hommage aux fondateurs”, Ventrabren, France, 2003.
Etc.