Bruno Ruiz

　Ruiz considers his project to be two-fold, with each component informing another in flux. The first is his own collective practice with Red de Reproducción y Distribución (RRD), through which they regard publishing as a tool to make public, as it not only enables distribution of content, but also collaboration throughout the process. The artist plans to present the mimeograph machine, the principal tool that allows for such collaboration, and its results.

　The project to be developed in Fukuoka is focused on the field of independent publishing, particularly for its potential to connect and distribute. Ruiz is also particularly interested in the tradition of Mail Art, a network expanded by artists who used the postal system to exchange small-scale works. Ruiz understands that there can be no history of mail art without the contribution of the Gutai Art Association, continued with participation in Fluxus, and flourished under the leadership of Shozo Shimamoto in Artists Union/Art Unidentified.