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Clearinghouse Publishers: “Instructions for Use”

“Instructions For Use” (2010), issue #7 of “Clearinghouse Publishers” with accompanying letter. This issue consisted of 10-12 pages of ink on airmail paper, with a different instruction on each page.

“Dear Subscriber:

We regret to inform you that your trial subscription to Clearinghouse has expired. While this does not necessarily mean that you will no longer receive our publications, it is now incumbent upon you to perform a task or series of tasks, and to submit some form of proof of this action on your part in order to remain eligible for participation in this subscription. Instructions for the use of the enclosed issue “Instructions For Use” can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVtzMVSKcgw. In order to ensure that your subscription continues uninterrupted, please submit photographic, video, or audio documentation of yourself “using” at least one of the pages from “Instructions For Use” to us no later than January 31, 2011, either by mail or to zz9zz7zz5@——.com.

We at Clearinghouse realize that, in order to remain at the cutting edge of publishing, the current emphasis on what the forms of culture allow you to do–and not what they are in themselves–must become integral to our editorial philosophy. Whether by the smell of smoke, the feel of soil or ocean, or the whipping of the wind, we are committed to bringing you beyond the page.

Sincerely,
Dan Nelson, editor”

“Instructions For Use” (2010) was issue #7 of Clearinghouse Publishers, with accompanying letter. This issue consisted of 10-12 pages of ink on airmail paper, with a different instruction on each page.