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Hello. My name is Josh Ronsen and I am a mail artist and musician 
living in Austin, Texas. I have embarked on a long term collaborative 
project that I have been calling the Pierre Boulez Project. Years 
ago, French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez wrote that "All art 
of the past must be destroyed." Before and since writing that 
statement, he has made a living in presenting many art works of the 
past, from Handel to Beethoven to Wagner to Stravinsky. In my 
project, I am collecting recordings of Boulez's work as a composer 
and a conductor. Once I have assembled a sufficient number of 
recordings (and books and scores), my comrades and I will destroy 
them through various means in a performance creating a new work of 
art of the Present.

I ask that you submit any unwanted Boulez recordings to my project. I 
will credit all submissions on my web site and as well as the 
programs and final documentation of the project. If you wish, I can 
keep your donation anonymous.

Please see the Pierre Boulez Project web site at 
http://home.flash.net/~jronsen/boulez.html 
You will find a list of contributors as well as the most comprehensive 
index (in English) to online information about Boulez, including links to 
a number of interviews with him.

Your help is needed now. I have 34 donations and I am seeking 100.

An article about my Mail Art activities can be found online here: 
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2001-03-23/arts_string_all.html

If you feel this email has reached you in error, simply delete it and 
accept my apologies. If you wish to receive future updates about this 
project, please email me at jronsen@xxxxxxxxx  If you would like a 
color flyer to post at your local record store/music 
department/hang-out, email me and I will send you one.

I thank you for your time,

-Josh Ronsen
PO Box 7896
Austin, TX 78713
USA

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