Happening News, signed card, and Nu Happening poster, 1965
Produced and published by Panamarenko, Hugo Heyrman, Wout Vercammen and Yoshio Nakajima. (1) Happening News No.1 (blue issue), Antwerp September 1965. Original transparent plastic covers, stapled, ca. 30 x 21 cm, 16 pp. First issue (of 6 all published), mimeograph printed in blue, in a very small edition, featuring reproductions of original artwork, made by Panamarenko, Hugo Heyrman, Wout Vercammen and Yoshio Nakajima. Very rare Provo-related magazine from the group that organized the first happenings in the Sixties in Belgium. Near mint copy.
(2) Card signed by Panamarenko (in pencil) promoting the Happening News, 14 x 7 cm, printed b/w. (3) Nu Happening! Van een bezette stad III. Antwerp, Groenplaats en Museum voor Vlaams Cultuurleven (9 July) 1965. Flyer, 29 x 18.5 cm, printed bright blue on beige stock. Announcing International Happenings by ‘poval’ Panamarenko, ‘unbeat’ Yoshio Nakajima, ‘nihil’ Wout Vercammen and ‘eye’ Hugo Heyrman, Antwerp 1965. Very early and rare document in very fine condition. (total 3)