Past, Present and Future Self (GP002) will be a trifold card pamphlet, which will be written between 12 and 28 June 2026, based on notes on 20 green tea slips over the same period. The method was learned from Gillian Finks, but I use an ordinary HB pencil that I sharpen with a knife.
The pamphlet title is inspired by a painting sent to me recently by the GANTOB artist in correspondence. The name of the story came to me tonight, when walking my elderly mother to the car in a torrential rainstorm, but it is an idea that has been brewing for several months. I have a sense – almost an aura – of the form of the story, without knowing what I will write or how it will end. The tea slips will guide me. The artist tells me that the painting is called Banned, but that is not relevant here. It is a re-enactment of a painting in the book GANTOB’s 25 Paintings.
The pamphlet will be printed in an edition of 20, available for sale here. The price is £3. It will be sent with an insert and one of the numbered green tea slips with hand written notes. The envelope will have the purchaser’s name and address with a picture of an exploding grapefruit, as with early GANTOB mailings. I have only recently retrieved the GANTOB label template and acquired some sheets of labels. The £3 price tag covers costs, materials and postage, wherever you live in the world. The writing will not be available online.
Maureen Katz, 9 June 2026
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