Nine postal Shrines
A set of nine shrines in zip top bags as a postal project(ion), an early experiment in sacrificial shrine manufactering following on from "the shrine" film. In this case the nine elements of the overal object created were sent to diverse as possible locations around the world.
Due to missing files, present documentation does not tell of exact locations or to whom the shrines were sent. However the African shrine was sent to a remote christian missionary settlement in Kenya as an example of cultural export from a so-called "civilised society" .
The following people are also believed to have been recipients:
Brenna Los angeles
Santa Arson (Steve Rife) Minnesota
Naofumi Ishimaru Japan
Martin Webclaw Hamilton New Zealand
made in london 1993,
further documentation unavailable.
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#5 of Nine Postal Shrines