MONOCULTURE | A Recent History

Manifest

'...During the meetings of F.I.U. in Antwerp Anny De Decker an other members made brief notes on the discussed themes in a notebook, without the intention of putting them to any concrete use. What was concrete however, was L.J. De Schutter's plan to publish Beuys' Aufruf zur Alternative in Dutch to increase its local notoriety. Aline Dereere, a germanist and friend, agreed to translate the text, which was then edited by L.J. De Schutter, Bernd Lohaus and Anny De Decker. They never asked for an offical permission to publish the text but De Decker recalls that Beuys was fine with it all. The sober design by Rob Buytaert was based on the original 1980 Achberger edition. The printing of 1000 copies of the 15-page pamphlet was paid by De Schutter himself. He remembers that the German F.I.U. purchased a number of copies, as did the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, which sold it in its bookshop. The booklet was allegedly also distributed during documenta 8 (1986).'

(source: Johan Pas, Greetings from the Eurasian, Koenig Books, London)