Flux Post Kit 7

Suprise the postman

The issuing of postage stamps is strictly controlled by the state. They are a currency that can be used to pay for sending parcels or letters. But Fluxus artists tend to rebel against the written rules, so in the set Flux Post Kit 7 we see the shade of eroticism or even pornography, which was a big taboo in the state system.
Non-standard stamps or postcards had a lot of potential to greatly surprise or even shock many a postman or postal distribution department both with their defiant appearance and the fact that they were absolutely different from the national ones.

Year of creation

1968

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS.
Taip pat bendraautoriai – Spoerri and Topor.

MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE. Also co-authors: Spoerri and Topor.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS.
Taip pat bendraautoriai – Topor and Filliou.

MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE. Also co-authors: Topor and Filliou.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS.
Taip pat bendraautoriai – Filliou and Spoerri.

MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE. Also co-authors: Filliou and Spoerri.

Modelis - ANNIE LA RUE, bet PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS.

ANNIE LA RUE is the model but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS, o vyrų žavesys yra tame, ką vyrų žavesys pasiekia.

Men’s charm is what men's charm does but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS, bet pienu maitinamas vyrų kvailumas yra nevaldomas.

Men’s milk-fed vacuity is irrepressible but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

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PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS, o vyrai savo neįgalumą slepia po drabužiais.

Men hide their infirmities under their clothes but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

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PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS, bet vyrai gaktos plaukus vadina pornografija.

Men call pubic hair pornography but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS, o vyrai yra akiplėšos.

Men are cheeky but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS, o vyrai yra kvaili šikniai.

Men are stupid asses but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

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PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS, bet vyrai vis griežia dantim.

Men keep grinding their teeth but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS, o vyrai lieka namuose ir svajoja skraidyti kaip drugeliai.

Men stay at home and dream of flying as butterflies but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS, bet Spoerri yra vyras.

SPOERRI is a man but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS, o Topor’o ūsai varva.

TOPOR’S mustache is running but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS, bet vyrai - kuo storesni, tuo kvailesni.

The fatter the men get the sillier they are but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS, o moterys turi ilgus plaukus ir trumpą kai ką.

Women are long on hair and short on etc... but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS,
tuo tarpu vyrai yra akli savo kvailystėms.

Men are blind to their own follies but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS,
o vyrai kalbės nesąmones apie 3 akį.

Men will talk nonsense about a 3rd eye but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS,
tuo tarpu vyrai yra žmogėdros.

Men are maneaters but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

PABAISOS YRA NEUŽGAULIOS,
bet nieko nėra mirtingesnio už moters įkandimą.

Nothing is more deadly than a woman’s bite but MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE.

MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE - says the abuser

Daniel Spoerri, Vera Spoerri, Roland Topor, Robert Filliou -

MONSTERS ARE INOFFENSIVE

The fatter men are, the more stupid they are, reasons Aldona.
Nothing is more deadly than a woman's bite, Peter shoots back.
Men are cheeky, clarifies Aldona.

Inspired by the insights of this friendly sharing, a collective of artists created a set of postcards Monsters Are Inoffensive to illustrate such reproaches.

The set offers an innovation: instead of complaining orally, lock horms with postcards.
You can find useful phrases for pouring scorn on each other on the back of the works, and they are illustrated.

B. Vautier predicts the future: when you are reading this postcard
you will hold your finger
on the edge of the postcard.

Ben Vautier - Your thumb present

Text on the artwork:

Your thumb present now on
this side of this card is the realization of my intention.

Clairvoyant postcard

The backs of both sides of the postcard are identical - this means that two addressees are possible on different sides, and where the postcard will be sent depends on which side the postman sees. If he turns the postcard over and sees both sides, you can only imagine the ecstasy of freedom of choice he will be filled with.

Ben Vautier - THE POSTMAN'S CHOICE

Text on the artwork:

THE POSTMAN'S CHOICE
LE CHOIX DU FACTEUR

The paths of the postcard are unknown

Imagine sending letters to your beloved, whom you have not seen for a long time, each time sticking a stamp with a picture of an older person.
P.S. Without you I will grow old before my time.

George Maciunas - Fluxpost (Aging men)

The graying balding pate retrospective

Maciunas created this series of stamps while suffering from cancer. The great pain caused by the disease made it difficult to joke and smile, which was so important to him. No matter how difficult it is, Maciunas did not lose his smile until the last day. This is also reflected in this work, in which most of the photos are of people with one might even say pain-filled smiles. However, the last line of photos hopefully indicates that the natural joyful smile will return again, or as Maciunas said, “I am not afraid of death, when I die I will be able to listen to the 38 missing operas of my favorite composer C. Monteverdi.”

George Maciunas - Fluxpost (Smiles)

“Don’t worry be happy”, says the stage 4 cancer patient

Usually, to send a letter, you had to buy a post stamp, which was used to pay the postage. This postcard has a postage stamp already printed on it and it has a naked big-breasted woman smoking a cigarette – she looks completely calm because she has already taken care of the postage.

Robert Watts - Message card three

Shipping costs were covered by the lady's breasts

Yam, otherwise sweet potato, was the word chosen by the duo G.Brecht and R.Watts. It represented the festival, movement, and publications they were creating. Ideologically similar, Yam even competed with the Fluxus movement.
The composition created from two sweet potatoes resembles the outline of a man's mustache. Since Yam's team also consisted of two men, this composition acquires a conceptual meaning as well.
The postcard was intended to be sent to potential participants of the Yam festival – to create a feeling of anticipation before the upcoming Yam festival while it is not yet clear what the festival is about and you become very curious.

Robert Watts - Yam postcard

Greetings from Yam festival

These stamps are part of Watts' larger piece Yam Flug, which features a sheet of 100 stamps with men and women ready to date. Even the photos of these two photos are enough to make the connection that these characters, looking neat and made-up, are eagerly waiting to find their other half – let's say, the one from the fifth row and the one from the third column. When analyzing the work, one gets the feeling that we are looking at the profiles in a kind of retro dating site.

Robert Watts - Yam Flug

John is looking for a wife by collecting stamps

Swimming between breasts, forceps for nipples, a flashlight for breast massage, a woman armed with a pistol.Such images can be seen in the R.Watts - Safe post in a (not quite) safe stamp set.
In the available postage stamp from this set, you can see the tools for a recreational trip: fins, a tank, cigarettes, and a can opener. However, if you look a little closer, you can see a silhouette of a woman lying down. Gasoline is poured in her ass form the gasoline tank.

Robert Watts - Safe post

Baby, let's gas tonight - (not quite) secure mail

What would you think of an invitation to an unconventional massage – with a stamp showing the shape of a rake?
What about an anonymous letter to the boss, demanding a raise – with a stamp with a noose of gallows?
An invitation to visit K. Malevich's exhibition – with a stamp containing an empty square.

We can find such and many other options in this work full of diversity, which will make you repeatedly look at it from different angles, trying to answer the riddle of what is depicted on these stamps and at the same time raising the creative question of where I could use such a stamp.

Robert Watts - Fluxpost 17 -17