Five/Cinq Aesthetics Limited began on March 2, 1970 in Vancouver, B.C. and became defunct on December 31, 1980, legally executed in Victoria by the lawyers upon the instruction of the Shareholders after a long illness. The artists described their collaboration as:"a BOARD OF DIRECTORS (on October 14, 1970) Charles Craig Haynes, Chairman of the Board, Adrianne Saunders and SHAREHOLDERS: L.A. Saunders, Iris Garland, J.W. Felter, Walter Piovesan, and Charles Craig Haynes. The artists exhibited from 1977 to 1979, at the following venues: 1977 Jan., 1st ANNUAL. AALST CORRESPONDANCE & JUNK MAIL ART EXHIBITION, New Reform Art Centre, Aalst, BELGIUM; Feb. 1 - 25, INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART POSTCARD EXHIBITION, Hillyer Hall Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA; Feb. 4 - 25, XEROX/XEROX/XEROX, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA; Mar., WHAT IS ART, Other Books and So, Amsterdam, HOLLAND; Mar. 3 - Feb. 21, BROADWAY INTERNATIONAL POST CARD AND MAIL ARTEXTRAVAGANZA, Broadway Galleries, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Mar. 25 - April 14, LIGHT II, Humboldt State Univ., Arcata, CA, USA; April 1 - 22, BISBEE INTERNATIONAL POSTAL ART SHOW, Totas Las Cassas De Bourca Gallery, Bisbee, AZ, USA; April 22 - May 18, 1977 RUBBER STAMP ART, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; May, MAIL ART EXHIBITION, Studio Lavi, Madrid, SPAIN; May, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN COMMEMORATIVE POSTAL ART EXHIBIT, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA; May 1 - 28, INTERNATIONAL POSTAL ART SHOW, Gallery Artificial, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA; May 1 - 30, MAILING STAMP EXHIBITION, Seattle, WA, USA; May 28 - June 26, MAIL ART EXHIBITION, Librije, Beeldende Kunst, Zwolle, HOLLAND, June, NOT CLAY, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA; Aug. POSTCART EXHIBIT, Illamette U., Salem, Oregon, USA; Sept. POST ART CARD, R. Mutt Galleries, Northridge, CA, USA; Dec. CONTEMPORARY CANADIAN ARTISTS' GREETINGS, Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John's Newfoundland, CANADA; 1978 Jan., ENVELOPE EXHIBITION, Im Press, Amherst, Mass., USA; Jan. 1-20: FIRST ANNUAL POSTCARD EXHIBITION OF 1978, The Exit Gallery, Montana State Univ., Bozeman, USA; Jan. 16-27: "Secret" MAIL ART SHOW, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Feb., GRAY MATTER, Mail Art Show, San Diego State Univ., USA; Feb. 9 - Mar. 1: POSTCARD MAIL ART SHOW, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, Mass, USA; Feb. 13-18: YOUR HEARTS DESIRE POSTAL ART SHOW, Gallery 141, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, USA; Feb. 13-24: HEART OF DIXIE VALENTINE MAIL ART EXHIBITION, Univ. of Georgia, USA; Feb. 20 - Mar. 13, ART -- ARTIFICIAL, Gesamtvolkshochschule Kassel, GERMANY; Mar., FLAT STUFF POSTAL ART SHOW, Richmond, Virginia, USA; Mar., BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE INTERNATIONAL POSTAL ART SHOW, Jurassic Galleries, Neosho, Missouri, USA; Mar. 12-18: DEATH OF MAIL ART, Indada, Bloomington, Indiana, USA; April, 1978 RUBBER STAMP ART, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA April, THE RESURRECTION OF MAIL ART EASTER SHOW, Syracuse University, NY, USA; April, SCIENCE FICTION MAIL ART SHOW, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn., USA; April, CLEVELAND SELF-PORTRAIT MAIL-ART SHOW, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; April, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAIL ART SHOW, Columbus, Ohio, USA; April 15, THE FOURTH FIRST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL RUBBER STAMP ART EXHIBITION, Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, Virginia, USA; May, KITSCH AND MAIL ART SHOW, Gallery 210, Bloomington, Illinois, USA; May 8 - June 17: PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH MAIL ART SHOW, Albright College, Reading, PA, USA; June, PAR AVION/AIR MAIL, Galerie ARKADE, Berlin, GERMANY; July 1 - 30: LIGHTWORKS ENVELOPE SHOW, Ann Arbor Public Library, Michigan, USA; Aug., NEW OR USED POST-ALART, MAIL ART SHOW, Studio Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, USA; Aug. 3 - Sept. 3: FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL MAIL ART LAWN EXHIBITION, 409 Gallery, Greenville, NC, USA; Oct., LAST INTERGALATIC POSTAL ART SHOW, Richland, WA, USA; Oct. 8 - 27: THE BARON PUBLICLY EXHIBITS HIS MAIL BOX, Mather Gallery, Case-Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Oct. 14 - Nov. 4: 1st INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART SHOW, Gallery 300, St.John's University, Staten Island, NY, USA; Oct. 21 - Nov. 8: N E GR O SO B RE B LAN CO, La Casa del Siglo XV & Atelier Bonanova, Segovia, SPAIN; Nov., FIRST ANNUAL CARD ART FESTIVAL & SALE, Tyson Gallery, San Francisco, USA; 1979 Jan. 9 - 27, MODERN CORRESPONDANCE SHOW, Lincoln Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA, USA; Jan. 22 - Feb. 17, MAIL ETC., ART, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA; Feb. 4 - March 3, TRANSIENT/66 SHOW, Downtown Center for the Arts, Albuquerque, NM, USA; Feb. 6 - 28, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE SEVENTIES, Clouds N Water Gallery, Calgary, AB, CANADA; Feb. 12-28: FIRST ANNUAL HARRISTOWN POSTCARD ART EXHIBIT, Harristown People Place, Harrisburg, Penn., USA; Feb. 14 - March 6, INTERNATIONAL "MAIL ART" EXHIBITION, Vehicule Art, Montreal, PQ, CANADA; Mar., THIRD ARMPIT SHOW I, Portland, OR, USA, April, POSTCARD PRESERVATION SOCIETY, Dubbo, N.S.W., AUSTRALIA, April, DIXIE POSTAL ART SHOW, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Laurinburg, NC, USA; April 1 - May 31, POSTAL ART EXHIBITION, LISD Art Department, Livingston, TX, USA; April 16 - May 25, NATIONAL CREMATION OF MAIL ART, Gallery 101, River Falls, Wisconsin, USA; April 21 - June 2, BARD COLLEGE MAIL ART SHOW, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA; and May 7 - MAIL ETC., ART, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, US.
Scope and content
The documents collection consists of three three-ring binders related to the documentation and network correspondence practices of Five/Cinq Aesthetics Limited including documents, correspondence, and other texts, photoprint collages, colour photocopies, as well as one framed print with stamps, and the seal of Five/Cinq Aesthetics Limited.
Note
The artists accompany the material with this statement: "TOWARD A ONE TO ONE RATIO BETWEEN FORM AND CONTENT: A FLIGHT OF DRAGONS WITHOUT HEADS."
