[JEANSELLEM VIEWER] — JEAN ROUALDÈS SOS 13.12.1973 18:00 - 20:00 — Categories: press, letters, visual — Keywords: Galerie S:t Petri, Jean Sellem, archive — Category: press — <p><em style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">SKD 13.12.73</em></p> — Two-Hour SOS TransmissionAn SOS signal transmitted for two hours as sound and light signals — it sounds strange. But it will become a reality this evening, when Galerie S:t Petri in Lund holds a two-hour exhibition from 6 to 8 p.m.The artist responsible for the exhibition is Jean Roualdès from Paris, and his artistic field is semiotics, the study of signs.Roualdès began his signal series in 1969 and has since transmitted it periodically. With it, he has participated in exhibitions around the world.An SOS signal can, for example, be transmitted simultaneously at 165 locations in different parts of the world. In this way, a kind of global communication is created. — — — Category: press — <p><em style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">sds 13.12.1973</em></p> — Mini ExhibitionOn Thursday, an unusual exhibition will open in Lund. It will take place at Galerie S:t Petri and will last only two hours, from 6 to 8 p.m.The artist is Jean Roualdès from Paris. He communicates with people by means of an SOS message.In recent years, communication through different signs has attracted increasing attention from artists and researchers. The study of signs is known as semiotics.Roualdès began his signal series in 1969. With it, he has taken part in exhibitions around the world.On Thursday at 6 p.m., Galerie S:t Petri will transmit an SOS in the form of sound and light signals. Two hours later, the exhibition will be over. — — — Category: letters — <p><em style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">06.06.1973</em></p> — PARIS — LUNDPARIS, Wednesday 6 June 1973 / 8 a.m.Blue SkyA great deal of work, including an event that I am repeating next week and whose details you will receive. / I have not forgotten you. / I duly received the certificate of transmission together with the newspaper clipping; I was very pleased and thank you for it. / More of my work will follow soon.With my sincere friendship,Jean RoualdèsPARIS, Wednesday 6 June 1973 / 8:17 a.m.Blue Sky — — — Category: letters — Paris, November, an insignificant phrase: blue Paris, difficult ideas, but the joy of thinking of Lund, of you…Tuesday,Dear Jean Sellem,Enclosed is a text that you need to have translated, a presentation of my work which may remain as it is or be changed if you consider it necessary.The work to be presented on 13 December would consist of: a still projection of the SOS already sent in September — which I hope you received — projected onto a wall, in whatever position and dimensions you choose — but above all without any aesthetic considerations — with, as background sound, a magnetic tape programmed with the SOS in Morse code. To produce it, however, I would need you to confirm:the exact speed of your tape recorder: 4.75 cm/s, 9.5 cm/s, or 19 cm/s?the maximum diameter of the reels I can use.I am currently selecting some biographical notes to accompany the documentation, the various elements of which I will be sending you very shortly. You could display these together with the other material already sent, as well as with the items that will reach you before 13 December. Some have been delayed because of technical problems which have now been resolved…With my sincere friendship, while awaiting your reply to my two questions.Jean RoualdèsWednesday,Would you like me to send you one or two additional SOS slides? — — — Category: letters — Paris,Dear Jean Sellem,Enclosed, as a matter of urgency, are a few biographical notes to accompany the first sheet sent on 7 November. The single sheet is for you, the “Situation Report”, but I would prefer you to publish only the shortened text, therefore in [uncertain reading] annotations — although the state of the sector will allow a few traces to appear — since the references to the transmitter are not the direction and reading of the message…I have duly received confirmation of the tape recorder speeds and the diameter of the reels. A further mailing will follow this one, containing: the programmed magnetic tape + slides for the projection…More of my work will also be sent to you, at least the new series “Signal 4”, which is mentioned in the biography, incidentally…There are still a few weeks before 13 December; if you would like anything else, do not hesitate to let me know…With my sincere friendship,Jean Roualdès — — — Category: letters — — — Category: letters — <p>Same text as on the previous page, reproduced at a greatly reduced scale in order to render it illegible.</p> — Illegible annotations concerning the periodic mailings of “semic acts” and other means of communication by Jean Roualdès relating to the period from 1967 to 1973, which may serve as information and material for dissemination to Jean Sellem, Galerie S:t Petri, Lund, Sweden.1967–1968Paris, provinces, abroad: periodic mailings of my activities as a means of communication.1969Beginning of the Signal series.Paris, 6th Biennale — annex — American Center, Work in Progress: daily transformation of a place: Ben, Boltanski, Brusse, Cadéré, Dietman, Djian, Gette, Gilli, Kirili, Maglione, Miralda-Celz, Moineau, Pane, Rabascall, Jean Roualdès, Tysh, Xifra, Zanko.Paris, Salon de Mai.Le Bourget, Le Jouet.1970Paris, Grands et Jeunes d’Aujourd’hui.May, Paris, Salon de Mai.May, Montpellier, 100 Artistes dans la ville.June, Paris, Plastiques et art contemporain.May, Limoges, Rencontres.August, Château-Queyras, Henri Creuzevault exhibits: Baj, César, Kijno, Les Lalanne, de Rosny, Richard, Jean Roualdès.197124 January: mailing of “Signal No. 1”, anonymous, numbered 1 / 100, to 100 recipients.4 February: mailing of “Signal No. 1”, anonymous, numbered 2 / 100, to 100 recipients.8 February: mailing of “Signal No. 1”, signed Jean Roualdès, numbered 3 / 100, to 100 recipients.March, Institut universitaire de technologie: Boltanski, Bégué, Le Boulch’, Borgeaud, Cadéré, Djian, Gette, Gilli, Le Gac, Messager, Jean Roualdès, Sarkis.April, Brussels, Interventions.May, Paris, Salon de Mai.September to November, 7th Paris Biennale, “Mailings” section.October: mailing of “Signal No. 2”, magnetic tape to be broadcast on 5 October at 11:47, 17:13, 17:17 and 17:28, duration 27 seconds, speed 19 cm/s, with certificate of transmission; approximately 150 recipients.7 November: mailing of “Signal No. 1”, numbered 4 / 150, approximately 150 recipients.1972March, Vitry-sur-Seine, Art et les technologies industrielles: Agam, Arman, Dewasne, César, Kowalski, Raysse, Jean Roualdès, Takis, Vasarely, etc.19 May: mailing of “Signal No. 1”, numbered 5 / 150, approximately 150 recipients.21 May: mailing of “Signal No. 1”, numbered 6 / 150, approximately 150 recipients.May, Toulouse, Occupation de l’espace, 70 painters.July: mailing of “Signal No. 2” for transmission on 5 July at 11:47, 17:13, 17:17 and 17:28; magnetic tape, duration 27 seconds, speed 9.5 cm/s, with certificate of transmission; approximately 150 recipients.October, 12, 16 and 19: mailing of “Signal No. 1”, numbered 7, 8 and 9, to 1 recipient.1973January, Paris: mailing of “Signal No. 3”, bearing the instruction: “to be broadcast in all places x, projected on all supports” (can be schown on any face in any plays), copies numbered B 11/175, 165 recipients.February, Paris: visit with my wife to the Jardin d’Acclimatation, where we observe the miserable conditions in which the animals are kept / mailing of “Signal No. 2” to 15 recipients.1 and 8 March, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Paris, Galerie Germain: simultaneous transmission of “Signal No. 2” and “Signal No. 3”.10 April, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Paris, Galerie Yvon Lambert: projection of “Signal No. 3”.23 April: establishment of a Paris–Lund vector / Jean Roualdès and Jean Sellem, Galerie S:t Petri.25 and 28 April and 3 May: mailing of “Signal No. 1”, numbered 10, 11 and 12, to Jean Sellem, Galerie S:t Petri, Lund.17 May at 11:47, 17:13, 17:17 and 17:28, Galerie S:t Petri, Lund: transmission of “Signal No. 2”.23 and 24 May: proposal for “Communication 1”, telephone call in three sequences:8 a.m.–10 a.m. — “Time 1” / two minutes and three seconds12 noon–2 p.m. — “Situations” / two minutes and thirty seconds5 p.m.–7 p.m. — “Information” / two minutes and thirty seconds.28 June: proposal for “Communication 2”, telephone call in three sequences:8 a.m.–10 a.m. — “Time 1” / two minutes and three seconds12 noon–2 p.m. — “Situations” / two minutes and thirty seconds7 p.m.–9 p.m. — “Information” / two minutes and thirty seconds.September, Helsinki, Cheap Thrills Gallery: proposal for the transmission of “Signal No. 3”.29 and 30 September, Düsseldorf, Galerie des Locataires, Poste Restante: projection of “Signal No. 3”.2, 3, 4 and 5 October, Paris, Galerie des Locataires, Poste Restante: visual presentation of “Signal No. 1”.7 and 8 October, Milan, Galerie des Locataires, Poste Restante: visual presentation of “Signal No. 1”.12 and 28 November, Zagreb, Galerija Studentskog Centra: projection of “Signal No. 3”.November: mailing of “Signal No. 4”, a sequence of the same signal in nine parts forming a whole, copies numbered “B 11/175”, 165 recipients.17 November, Orléans, M.J.C., Action-Attitude day: transmission of “Signal No. 3”. — — — Category: letters — — — Category: letters — — — Category: letters — <p><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Paris, 3 December 1973</span></p> — There is no more snow in Paris, but spring is still far away…Paris, 3 December 1973 — cool, cloudy weather, risk of snowfall…Dear Jean Sellem,Enclosed is the mailing “Signal No. 4.” I hope it reaches you before 13 December. At the moment I am considerably behind with the production of my works. If you use it, the elements could be juxtaposed between two sheets of Plexiglas… what do you think?…Have you received my last two mailings? The biographical text, the magnetic tape + the slides…I would like you to keep me informed about how you intend to present my work on 13 December… Have you translated the texts and had them printed? If it were possible to take photographs of the space and of the projected SOS, I would be very pleased to have a few of them.Please send me some news; I am worried…With my sincere friendship, see you soon.Jean RoualdèsParis, 4 DecemberP.S. I have just received your card asking for SOS [cards] (a few are enclosed, but they are almost exhausted, so I am only sending you four). The presentations of my work as an introduction satisfy me completely — could you send me several copies unfolded… It would be perfect to include the short illegible biographical text; the whole thing would be perfect…With my sincere friendship.I will write to you at greater length.Jean RoualdèsP.P.S. In this mailing there is a way of reading it and acting upon it; I would be interested if you could decode it… — — — Category: letters — <p><em style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">8.1.74</em></p> — Dear Jean Roualdès,Enclosed are the negatives from the SOS evening. Unfortunately, I was unable to find anyone capable of taking good photographs for me.After using them, would you be so kind as to return these negatives to me for my archives?Please keep me informed about your events. I am very interested in your approach.Best wishes — — — Category: visual — — — Category: visual — — — Category: visual — — — Category: visual — — — Category: visual — — — Category: visual — — — Category: visual — — — Category: visual — — — Category: visual