Vito Acconci; Bernadette Mayer

Edited by Vito Acconci and Bernadette Mayer, 0 to 9 is widely considered one of the most
experimental and influential publications of the mimeograph and small press movement in
America. Published in six issues from 1967 to 1969 in New York City, 0 to 9 also published
a supplement titled Street Works and several books by Aram Saroyan, Bernadette Mayer,
Vito Acconci, and Rosemary Mayer, along with three booklets that constituted Adrian
Piper’s first solo exhibition. 0 to 9 was especially engaged in the particulars of the page and
inscriptions upon it, emphasizing aspects of performance, minimalism, multi-disciplinarity,
and concrete approaches to language. Given small print runs of 100 to 350 copies per
issue, the original publications of 0 to 9 are exceedingly rare.
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References
Phil Aarons and Andrew Roth, eds. with Victor Brand. In Numbers: Serial Publications By Artists Since 1955. PPP
Editions/Andrew Roth, 2009.
Vito Acconci and Bernadette Mayer, eds. 0 to 9: The Complete Magazine. Ugly Duckling Presse, 2006. [UDP]
Gwen Allen. Artists’ Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art. MIT Press, 2001.
Steve Clay and Rodney Phillips. A Secret Location on the Lower East Side. NYPL/Granary Books, 1998.
https://fromasecretlocation.com/0-to-9/ [FASL]
Citations are noted by abbreviation and page number in parentheses following bibliographic entries.

In Issue 6 of 0 To 9, Adrian Piper continued her work which began in Issue 5, questioning how translations between spaces can be conveyed and the role of the reader in this process.[15][27] Hannah Weiner wrote directly to the reader, asking for their input on questions of space and providing an address to reply to.[15][27]

In this issue, which Mayer edited with Acconci, two pieces by artist Robert Barry were included: 'The Space Between Pages 29 & 30' and The Space Between Pages 74 & 75'. These blank pieces only exist in the table of contents, which critics have argued helps to model imaginative space for readers, who can extend the works by thinking through the implied possibilities.[28]

0 To 9 ended after its sixth issue because Mayer and Acconci found it too difficult to maintain the magazine both creatively and financially, despite profit never being their main goal.[5] When asked about the end of 0 To 9 in an interview, Acconci responded "Why was it the last issue? It had to be - I wasn't on the page anymore."[29]

Writer Kate Linker, who discusses 0 to 9 in the wider context of Acconci's career, notes that by 1969 the artist's interests had changed away from print: "Steadily, Acconci's works were moving towards the materialization of activity, inscribing the artist's presence in duration and extension."[7]

Author of piece Title of piece
Jasper Johns SKETCHBOOK NOTES
Yvonne Rainer auotomatic writing from my movies
Alan Sondheim ON MACHINES
Lee Lozano DIALOGUE PIECE
Lawrence Weiner
Steve Paxton STATE
Vito Acconci CONTACTS/CONTEXTS (FRAME OF REFERENCE) : ten pages of reading Roget's Thesaurus (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1965)
Bernar Venet PROPOSITION FOR A PLAY
Robert Barry The Space Between Pages 29&30
Dan Graham EISENHOWER AND THE HIPPIES
Philip Corner [Untitled work]
John Giorno [Untitled work]
Douglas Heubler [Untitled work]
John Perreault SOLO (A DANCE)
Lee Lozano GENERAL STRIKE PIECE
Robert Smithson Map
Karen Pirups-Hvarre [Untitled work]
Michael Heizer NINE NEVADA DEPRESSIONS
Clark Coolidge Pages from SUITE V
Robert Barry The Space Between Pages 74&75
Bernadette Mayer DEFINITIONS AT THE CENTER OF THE NEWSPAPER, JUNE 13, 1969
Adrian Piper [Untitled work]
Nels Richardson (WHITE DWARF)
Larry Fagin FOR DON JUDD
Rosemary Mayer [Untitled work]
Douglas Heubler [Untitled work]
Bern Porter [Untitled work]
Hannah Weiner TRANS-SPACE COMMUNICATION
Robert Smithson UPSIDE DOWN TREE
Adrian Piper [Untitled work]
Rosemary Mayer [Untitled work]
Dan Graham [Untitled work]
Bernadette Mayer X ON PAGE 50
Sol LeWitt [Untitled work]… (plus d'informations)