Monty Cantsin

Monty Cantsin is a multiple identity, open to everyone. Developed as an "open pop star " from the Mail Art, she went later a close connection with the Neoismus, and was used there, especially in the performing arts. Cantsin was another precursor of multiple identities as Karen Eliot and Luther Blissett.

History

The name Monty Cantsin was invented in 1978 by the critic, actionists and mail art artist David Zack. This took up the idea of multiples, and applied it to the artist himself. No longer just the work of art should be able to be duplicated, but equal to the artist.

Cantsin served as Bühnenpseudonym for the Latvian -born poet and singer Maris Kund interest. Monty Cantsin also plays on Martial Canterel, the hero of Raymond Roussel's "Locus Solus " on, as well as on the California performance artist Monte Cazazza. In addition, the name as a pun on " Monty can not sing" is ( " Monty can not sing " ) readable and, in allusion to religious freethinker groups, which were renamed collectively under the name of Jesus Christ or of saints, as " Monty can not sin " ( " Monty can not sin ").

After Zack Monty Cantsin should be an "open pop star ". In a philosophy that anticipated free software and open source part, it should be possible for anyone to act in the name Monty Cantsins to increase its fame and so collectively to share. Cantsin should introduce the concepts of authorship and identity in question.

Zacks call to call himself Monty Cantsin, followed in the 1980s, various European and North American performance artist. Among them particularly influential in 1979 the Hungarian- Canadian performance artist Istvan Kantor, who merged with the name of his person and the Neoismus. Kantor Cantsin equipped with a characteristic eccentric uniforms for stage performances from: Breeches, skinny tie, leather jacket, red military cap given a badge with a double-headed arrow.

As an identity that was shared by all Neoists, transformed Monty Cantsin of a " pop star " to a radical experiment identity in everyday life. On the Neoist Apartment festivals ( APTs ) experienced this experiment his often extremist increase. At the same time, the original pop star concept lived on in a series of electropop and Industrial albums and performances, behind which mainly Istvan Kantor was.

Subsequent multiple names like Karen Eliot and Luther Blissett Michael K were inspired by Monty Cantsin indeed, but avoided aware identification with actual persons. Karen Eliot was conceived as a mere signature, and K. Blissett as a media phantoms.

A detailed bibliography on Cantsin found in Simon Ford's exhibition catalog Smile classified, who accompanied 1992 an exhibition about the magazine SMILE the National Art Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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  • Media Art
  • Mail Art
  • Sammelpseudonym
  • Fictional person
Luther Blissett (nom de plume)
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